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Club To Celebrate 20th Anniversary!
20 Years Of Impacting Lives!
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The Boys & Girls Club of the West Valley, founded in 1992, is celebrating its 20th anniversary of impacting lives! Thousands of underprivileged children in the West Valley community have benefited from the after-school programs offered by the Club at various sites over the course of twenty years. Club activities and events throughout the year will be themed around this joyous celebration.
The culmination of the 20th Anniversary celebration will occur on Saturday, July 27, with a wonderful gala, honoring the Club’s Founders and the generous people who have supported it throughout its twenty- year history. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Councilmember Dennis P. Zine, have agreed to Chair the Honorary Committee, and a distinguished group of members of the committee is being assembled…more on this next month.
Join the Club as it celebrates its growth, achievement, and dedication to provide the West Valley community with a positive place for kids!
For more information about the year-long 20th Anniversary celebration, please contact CEO/President Jan Sobel at 818-610-1054 or
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8th Annual Club De Cuba On March 30!
It’s Cuban Fiesta Time Again!
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 Mark your calendars for the 8th Annual Club de Cuba Fiesta! Join us for an exciting evening Friday, March 30 at the Warner Center Marriott Hotel as we transform the Grand Ballroom into a Cuban nightclub and casino. Enjoy a fabulous reception with dinner, dancing, exciting prizes and auctions, lots of casino gambling – including a Poker Tournament and MORE!
Tickets to the event are $100 per person and $150 to participate in the poker tournament, and include hors d'oeuvres, specialty cocktails, dinner, gambling, entertainment, and casino cash.
Available sponsorships include tickets, recognition in the invitation, an ad in the San Fernando Valley Business Journal, announcements from the stage and other promotional activities.
For more information, to purchase tickets, or to join the Events Committee, please contact CEO/President Jan Sobel at 818-610-1054 or
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Club Site - Tierra Del Sol
Offering Kids New Programs & Activities
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 The Boys & Girls Club of the West Valley has been running after-school programs at Tierra del Sol, a low-income housing facility, since 2007. More than sixty Club members participate in Club programs offered such as, Power Hour, Art Class, Ultimate Journey Environmental Awareness Program, Goals for Graduation, Kids in Control Safety Program, and more.
Tierra del Sol has implemented new programs that have increased attendance by Club members. One new program offered is French 101, where Club members learn about French culture and language. Also, with access to the New Academy Charter Elementary School Gymnasium, Tierra del Sol staff are able to facilitate a wide range of sports and fitness activities for Club members in the Triple Play Athletic Program.
Thanks to the support of the Carol and James Collins Foundation, Tierra del Sol has received a grant that will enable staff to continue making a difference in Club members’ lives and cultivate and maintain the high ideals of friendship and learning that the Club upholds.
Tierra del Sol is a first-of-its kind apartment complex that consists of 119 affordable apartment homes, and is part of a five-acre complex that includes; a Learning Center with after-school instruction, a Community Center with computer and family services, a parking garage, and New Academy Charter Elementary School with a gymnasium (the only full-sized indoor gym found in an elementary school throughout LAUSD!)
For more information about Club sites and programs, please contact Vice President Kelsy Maruyama at 818-610-1054 or
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PGA Tour Tickets Fore Charity
Support The Club & Watch Your Favorite Pro Golfers Tee Off At The Northern Trust Open!
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 The Club has partnered with the PGA Tour for this year's Northern Trust Open, Feb. 14-19 at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades. When you purchase tickets for the Northern Trust Open through the Club, the Club will receive 80% of the net proceeds!
This is a perfect opportunity for business owners to send their employees, clients, friends, and family to a Pro Golf Tournament!
Ticket prices are as follows:
• Daily Grounds Ticket: $30
• Weekly Ground Ticket: $80
• Weekly Clubhouse Ticket: $275
To purchase tickets, please contact President/CEO Jan Sobel at 818-610-1054 or
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Visit www.northerntrustopen.com/tournament/ticketsforecharity for more information.
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Special Thanks To
Our Sponsors And Supporters!
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Special thanks to AETNA Foundation for their grant of $20,000 to support the Club’s Healthy Habits–Eat SMART Program, designed to incorporate healthy living, active learning, good nutrition, and regular physical activity to improve youths overall well-being. |
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Thank you to 3M Foundation for donating $1500 for Project Learn, an after-school program that helps more than 550 school-aged children achieve academic excellence each year through homework help, tutoring, mentoring, and educational activities. |
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Thank you to Carol and James Collins Foundation for their $10,000 grant supporting the Club’s afterschool program at Tierra del Sol. |
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Special thanks to these generous donors for providing hundreds of Club members with tons of toys and gift cards to take home for the holidays!
• CSUN Library Staff
• Dustin Troyan – Motor4Cars
• California Highway Patrol
• Avalon Property Services
• Blue Shield of California
• Magic Mountain
• Josh Anderson
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Volunteer Of The Month – January 2012
Corinne Kentor
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 Seventeen-year-old Corinne Kentor is a senior at New Community Jewish High School in West Hills, where she is the co-editor of the school’s newspaper and literary magazine. She considers herself to be a bookworm and enjoys yoga and baking in her free time, but her true passion is education. She has actively participated at the Club since her freshman year of high school, where she has been able to make a difference for Club members, not only through academic assistance, but also by being a great role model and mentor. Corinne has also been a helpful volunteer for the Club’s Halloween Event, Cooper Reading Challenge, and Hip-Hop
Dance Classes where she loves to interact with the kids.
According to Corinne, “I feel as if I am able to provide a much needed service and to truly fulfill the essential mission of the Boys’ and Girls’ Club by creating a new and exciting path to education. Through all my work at the Club, I have found what it truly means to be a teacher. These kids have redefined my idea of education and truly inspired me in countless ways.”
Thank you Corinne, for your outstanding leadership in the youth community, and for inspiring other young people to make a difference in the lives of more than 3,400 children at the Club.
For volunteer opportunities, please Contact President/CEO Jan Sobel at 818-610-1054 or
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BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE WEST VALLEY
PREVENTS JUVENILE CRIME
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