2nd Annual “Stuff the Backpack” Campaign
On Friday, August 13th the Brigade Boys & Girls Club distributed backpacks and school supplies to Club members in need as part of its annual “Stuff the Backpack” campaign. In addition, through a grant with First Book, each child also received 2-3 books to take home.
Thanks to generous dontions from the community, the Brigade distributed a record-setting 130 backpacks! A special thanks to RE/MAX Essential, the campaign’s largest supporter, who also helped distribute the backpacks to Club members. Other community sponsors include Wilmington Police Department, Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Keller Williams Realty, Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty, Osprey Landing Apartments, First Citizens Bank, Monarch Mortgage, New Hanover County Sheriff’s Department and Salling & Tate Dentistry.
4th Annual Bocce Ball Tournament Sets New Record
It was a record-setting day at the 4th Annual Bocce Ball Tournament! On Saturday, April 24th a record number of teams came out to Captain Bill’s to participate in the event. A total of 78 teams participated in this year’s tournament, breaking the old record of 62. The event also set a record for the amount of money raised, with the tournament netting almost $4,000, which will go to benefit the Brigade Boys & Girls Club.
The weather was perfect as the rain held off a players competed in the 2-person team in hopes to be crowned Bocce Ball winners.
This year’s winners are:
First Flight 1st Place: Steve O’Boyle & Nick Sorrells
First Flight 2nd Place: Tim Sorrells & Nate Sorrells
Second Flight 1st Place: Bryan Batten & Carl Stargart
Second Flight 2nd Place: Allison Day & Hunter Bryson
A big thank you to our event sponsor, Pinnacle Benefits Group of NC, along with our other sponsors, Action Coach, Atlantic Car Care, Clark Architecture, Fitness Together, PPD & UNCW Communications Studies Society.
Congratulations to our winners and we hope to see you all next year where will aim to break the records again!
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- First Fligh Champs: Nick Sorrells & Steve O'Boyle
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- First Flight 2nd Place: Tim Sorrells & Nate Sorrells
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- Second Flight Champs: Carl Stargart & Bryan Batten
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- Second Flight 2nd Place: Hunter Bryson & Allison Day
Pearson Honored as Youth of the Year
Pearson Honored as Youth of the Year
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!!