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10 unusual facts about Boys & Girls Clubs of America


2008 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby

10 Home Runs were hit while the Gold Ball (special balls used when the batters have nine outs) was in play, earning $170,000 for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

Camp Whitcomb/Mason

Founded in 1911 and owned and operated by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee, it is the oldest Boys and Girls Clubs camp in America.

Coco Ho

She frequently volunteers at the Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii and works to inspire healthy eating and fitness.

Freedom Rally

In 2008, the city of Boston issued a permit for the nineteenth Freedom Rally that sought to cut-off funding for the event by redirecting donations from food vendors at the rally away from Mass Cann/NORML and to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston instead.

Henry Pelham, 3rd Earl of Chichester

Thomas Henry William Pelham (21 December 1847 – 23 December 1916), who was involved in the early boys' clubs movement.

Miroslav Sasek

This Is New York also received the Boy's Club of America Junior Books Award in 1961, while This Is the United Nations appeared on the International Board on Books for Young People Honor List in 1979.

Tara Lynne Barr

Barr has donated her time over the past several years to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Huntington Valley as a performer and presenter for a variety of functions, and was a celebrity youth presenter at the 6th annual OMNI Youth Music / Actor Awards.

They enrolled Barr and her older sister Erin in the Boys and Girls Clubs of Huntington Valley's before- and after-school care program.

Will Pettis

He is an annual supporter of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas through the Desperados Impact Player Program.

Willie Burden

In 2005 Burden received another special honour, being inducted into Hall of Fame for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America of Raleigh, North Carolina, for his lifetime of good works.


Bancroft School

Myra Kraft (née Hiatt), (1942–2011), Bancroft Class of 1960: Philanthropist with the New England Patriots Charitable Foundation; Robert K. and Myra H. Kraft Foundation; American Repertory Theatre; Brandeis University; United Way of Massachusetts Bay; Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston; Kraft Stadium for American football in Jerusalem.

Bobby Singh

Singh is involved in a variety of volunteer and community work in the Vancouver area, such as youth football programmes and the Richmond Boys and Girls Club.

Boys 'Round Here

It features backing vocals from several people associated with Shelton: the Pistol Annies, a group featuring Shelton's wife, Miranda Lambert; RaeLynn, a contestant on The Voice, on which Shelton is a judge; co-writers Rhett Akins, Dallas Davidson and Craig Wiseman; and producer Scott Hendricks.

Chuck Wicks

In January 2009, his charity concert in his hometown of Smyrna raised $25,000 for the Smyrna-Clayton Boys and Girls Club.

City College Hyderabad

The college campus was depicted in several films like Ganesh (film), Naaga, Tere Naam, Boys (2003 film), Vennela etc.

Electric Pink

"American Girl" is the acoustic version of the song, which originally appeared on the Boys + Girls EP.

Hallmark Business Expressions

On October 9, 2008, Hallmark Business Expressions launched a line of business holiday cards that benefit four national charities – Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Feeding America, March of Dimes, The Salvation Army and Americares.

Howard Weiss

Weiss and his wife Geraldine involved themselves with Milwaukee’s civic affairs, donating their time and money to the Milwaukee Boys Club, the United Way, and the Milwaukee Art Museum.

JCPenney Afterschool Fund

Through its legacy of supporting youth and charitable organizations such as the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, YMCA of the USA, National 4-H Conference, United Way and FIRST, JCPenney formalized its commitment to the afterschool issue by making it the company’s signature cause in 1999.

Kips Bay Show House

The Kips Bay Show House is an annual fundraising event run by the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club in which celebrated interior designers are invited to redecorate a luxury Manhattan home.

Morris Light Reconnaissance Car

The vehicle had an unusual internal arrangement, with three-man crew sitting side by side by side with the driver in the middle, a crewman manning a small multi-sided turret mounting Bren light machine gun at the right side, and another with Boys .55 inch anti-tank rifle (mounted in brackets in the hatches on the hull roof) and access to radio set at the left.

Myra Kraft

She served on the boards of directors of the American Repertory Theatre, the United Way of Massachusetts Bay, Northeastern University, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston, and Brandeis University.

Nicestupidplayground

They achieved their highest success from the song "Bedroom Window", from the compilation Boys & Girls 1+1=3 which has received numerous awards, as well as inclusion in the soundtrack to the movie Chinese Box.

Pistol Annies

The group is also featured on the Blake Shelton single, "Boys 'Round Here," from his 2013 album, Based on a True Story….

Robert Meachem

Meachem is a contestant on NBC's Minute to Win It in an online exclusive episode playing to win money for the Boys and Girls Club of Greater New Orleans.

TWiiNS

The duo are known for their cover of Italian singer Sabrina Salerno's Boys (Summertime Love) under the title Boys, Boys, Boys featuring German rapper Carlprit in January 2010.