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What's Happening, the Summer 2011 Boys and Girls Club Newsletter
Boys and Girls Clubs
Director: Sylvia Adams
In every community, boys and girls are left to find their own recreation and companionship in the streets. An increasing number of children are at home with no adult care or supervision. Young people need to know that someone cares about them. Boys & Girls Clubs offer that, and more. Club programs and services promote and enhance the development of boys and girls by instilling a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging and influence.
The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Clubs have offered a positive place for kids in Winston-Salem since 1938. The Clubs provide quality after-school and summer programming designed to enable all young people, especially those most in need, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.
The Area Command currently operates Clubs at two sites:
The Ken Carlson Boys & Girls Club on Reynolds Park Road is the newest of the facilities and offers 22,000 square feet including a dedicated space for teens, a media center, art room, gym and gameroom, classrooms and a soccer field with a view of downtown Winston-Salem. This Club will have the capacity to service approximately 1,000 members.
The International Boys and Girls Club began in 2003 and has quickly grown to more than 100 members. This Club is located at the International Corps and provides an excellent feeder opportunity to other Corps programs.
Club staff monitor the number of school absences, tutoring and homework help is offered daily, report cards and progress reports are collected from all members, and individual help with End-of-Grade Tests is available.
Currently over 300 children are participating in the after-school program.
Thank you, Peace Haven Baptist Church!
Members of the Salvation Army International Corps Boys & Girls Club are making great use of their new computer lab, donated by Peace Haven Baptist Church. The computers were installed by Volunteer Steve Doss just in time for the new school year. Thank you, Peace Haven Baptist Church, for this great gift!
Thank You community partners!
August 9, 2011 -- Eighty-six Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club Members and their families were treated to a fashion show and dinner at the Embassy Suites in Winston-Salem. Club members got to walk the runway in their new back-to-school outfits, donated by JC Penney/Hanes Mall. Flow Automotive employees contributed to pay for new shoes and the YMCA donated backpacks filled with school supplies.
The biggest surprise of the evening though came when each family got a new Dell desktop computer, donated by Flow Automotive. The event was organized by employees of Flow Automotive.
Coach Jim Caldwell speaks at the Annual Boys & Girls Club Dinner
May 13, 2011 - Jim Caldwell, Headcoach of the Indianapolis Colts, headlined the Annual Boys and Girls Club Dinner and was enthusiastically received by a large crowd of Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club supporters, staff, parents and children. The evening was rounded out by presentations of awards and performances by the Praise Dancers and the Salvation Army's Music Conservatory Band.
In the News
Boys and Girls Club Members Attempt World Record
On May 17, 2010, Mayor Allen Joines and the City Council of Winston-Salem passed a resolution recognizing the Salvation Army Boys & Girls Clubs.
On September 8, 2010, the Ken Carlson Center hosted a fund-raiser to benefit the local Boys and Gilrls Clubs. Wake Forest University's Head Basketball Coach, Jeff Bzdelik, spoke at the event. Photos from the event are posted below: