Pender County Churches Support the Brigade
Pender County Churches Support the Brigade
Wachovia Supports the Brigade
On December 18th, Wachovia Bank at Monkey Junction presented the Brigade Boys & Girls Club a check for $1,000 as part of its Community Partner grant. The grant is part of Wachovia’s commitment to building strong and vibrant communities and improving education in their local service areas. The grant will be used to help maintain the Club’s Project Learn program, which provides support to Club members to help them succeed in school and become lifelong learners. A special thank you to Matt Collins at Wachovia for his help with this grant!
Volunteers Donate Stockings
Stockings full of candy, stuffed animals, yo-yos, activity books, crayons and more were a big hit at this year’s youth Holiday Party. Volunteers around the community donated stockings filled with these goodies for prizes for the “Stocking Walk”. A big THANK YOU goes to Kirsty Piper and Pure Communications, Inc. who supplied over 75 stockings to the party!! Thanks to their generous donation, all children who attended the party received a stocking!
Thank you to the following people who supplied stockings:
• Kirsty Piper & Pure Communications, Inc.
• PPD IT Department
• Kristen Beckmeyer
• Christy Rexroad
• Missy Ring
• Tammy Jackson
• Matt Collins
• Beth Cherry
• Cathy Hill
Teen Fall Festival
Teen Fall Festival
Teen members participated in many activities to celebrate the Halloween season on Friday, October 30th. 
The most popular game was “Bobbing for Donuts”, where donuts were tied to a string and the contestant had to eat the donut without using their hands. Other events that day including pumpkin carving, candy corn guessing game, caramel apple making and a relay race in which teams of 4 had to complete one station each including being rolled in toilet paper (like a mummy), Pumpkin Grand Prize game, Guess What game and the flour tour game. Thanks to all the volunteers and staff who made this day a lot of fun and a great success!
Congratulations to the Winners!
Bobbing for Donuts: Aaron Green
Pumpkin Carving: Nadine Brown, Kiara Trevino
Candy Corn Guessing Game: Shante Williams
Relay Race: Cameron Singleton, Devante Monroe, Sylvester Smith, Jocquise Pollock
“Stuff the Backpack” Campaign a Huge Success!
How do you help get the school year started off right? Supply students with new backpacks and school supplies! This was the mission as the Brigade Boys & Girls Club ran its first annual “Stuff the Backpack” Campaign. Local businesses and individuals sponsored our Club kids by supplying backpacks and buying grade-specific school supplies. The campaign’s original goal was to provide 50 backpacks to our Club kids, but due to the overwhelming response, we were able to provide over 120 backpacks!!
Our most generous donator was Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty, who supplied 76 of the 120 backpacks and also helped stock our POWER HOUR classrooms with extra paper, pencils, markers, rulers, calculators and much, much more! Other community sponsors include Carolina Roofing Specialist, Register’s Auto Glass, Wilmington Police Department, Keller Williams Realty, Berkshire Property Advisors, Pine Valley Church of God and Port City Community Church.
Thanks to everyone for making this campaign a huge success!
Target Fine Arts Program
As Target’s mission to give back to local communities, the corporation awarded the Brigade Boys & Girls Club a $2,500 grant to provide a Fine Arts Program to its Club members. The Fine Arts program will enable Club members ages 5-18 to develop their creativity and cultural awareness through knowledge and appreciation of the visual arts.
The program, which will start in the fall, will provide classes that will focus on various mediums of art including drawing, painting, mixed media, collage and sculpture. The Club will create an art gallery in which a dedicated space will showcase the member’s art work. Look for the Fine Arts Program classes this fall!
US Cellular supports the Club
On August 11th, US Cellular showed their continual support to the Brigade Boys & Girls Club by presenting a check for $10,000. The Platinum Sponsorship demonstrates US Cellular’s commitment to the Club’s mission of providing a safe and fun environment for young people to help realize their full potential.
This is not the first time US Cellular has shown their support to the Club. In 2007, the company donated $30,000 for a new playground equipment and in 2008, they supplied a new $31,000 technology center in the Montgomery-Register Teen Center including new computers and video equipment. In addition to financial support, volunteers from US Cellular visit the Club every month to participate in the POWER HOUR assistance program.
Thank you to US Cellular for all your support!!
Breakfast at the Kids Table Raises over $25,000 for the Club
Over 160 people including members of the community, Board Members, Club staff and Club kids all attended the second annual Breakfast at the Kids Table on August 11th at the Cape Fear Country Club. This hosted table event is designed to educate the community on the Brigade Boys & Girls Club as well as celebrate the accomplishments of the Club members. Twenty-five Club members were hand selected to attend the event based on demonstrating positive qualities such as honesty, respect and good attitude and serve as a great representation of the Brigade Boys & Girls Club.
The event was hosted by two of our Teen Club members, Andre Fullwood and Nadine Brown, whom helped with emcee duties. Our 2009 Youth of the Year, Diana Bracht spoke to the crowd about her personal experiences growing up in the Club and how that influence has helped shape who she is today. A big thanks to Gary Chadwick, Board Member, who also shared a personal testimony about the influence the Club had on him as both a youth and an adult.
Thanks to the generous support of the community, the fund-raising event raised over $25,000!! A special thanks to US Cellular as a Platinum Sponsor for providing a $10,000 donation to the Club. We are thankful for your commitment to providing our kids a safe and fun environment.
A special thank you to DJ Professionals and Video who provided audio/visual services for the breakfast. Finally, thanks to our Board of Directors, Club staff and Club kids who helped make this breakfast a wonderful achievement!
Do Something 101
This summer, Staples and DoSomething.org are teaming up for the “Do Something 101” Supply Drive. Now in its second year, the campaign encourages communities to collect and donate school supplies at their local Staples store to support kids in need within their community.
The Brigade Boys & Girls Club has been selected to participate in this program and receive donations – but we need your help! Please support our youth who need supplies for this upcoming school year. You can participate by donating school supplies or donating $1.00 at the Staples store in Monkey Junction!
What: Do Something 101 School Supply Drive
Where: Staples at Monkey Junction (5613 Carolina Beach Road)
When: July 16th – September 19th
Thanks for supporting the Brigade Boys & Girls Club!!
Golf Tournament at Echo Farms Country Club
We’re having a golf tournament at Echo Farms Country Club!