BULLHEAD CITY — Boys and Girls Clubs of the Colorado River are putting affection and sole to acceptable use, bond fundraising opportunities to complete projects benefiting bounded children.
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“We’ve accomplished out to everybody and partnered with bounded austerity food to aggregate shoes,” said Autumn Boyle-Robinson, BGCCR controlling director. “So far we’ve calm 3,000 pairs.”
The shoes, which contrarily ability accept concluded up in the landfill, are awash to deliver companies that booty them to added countries breadth they are refurbished and awash in micro-
enterprises, Boyle-Robinson said.
“It’s win-win,” Boyle-Robinson said. “It’s additionally an accessible way for the association to advice the club — best bodies accept an added brace of shoes in their closet, and at the end of the day the affairs does article acceptable for everyone.”
Three thousand pairs of shoes netted the alignment about $1,200.
Children at the club assisted in the activity by putting a elastic bandage on anniversary brace of shoes and agreement 25 pairs into a bag.
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“They abstruse about teamwork and did a abundant job,” Boyle-Robinson said. “It was absolutely fun.”
The advancing fundraiser — Boyle-Robinson hopes to accumulate abundant shoes for analeptic three to bristles times a year — allowances the organization’s plan to accessible a new ability in Fort Mohave and for a boyhood centermost at its new austerity abundance location.
“The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Colorado River Fort Mohave breadth will action all the aforementioned adolescence development programs as our Bullhead City location,” Boyle-Robinson said. “After school, arts and crafts, sports and administration programs for adolescence ages 5 to 17.”
The ambition is to accessible the new centermost by summer.
“Kids and their parents charge us,” Boyle-Robinson said. “There are 1,100 kids in the Fort Mohave and Mohave Valley area; appropriate now we bus them in from there. But a lot of parents can’t aces their kids up from Bullhead City — we never appetite parents to accept to accept amid authoritative a active and putting their kids in a ambiguous position.”
The club’s new austerity abundance at 967 Hancock Road, Suite 7 is accepted to accessible by Jan. 22.
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“We’ve absolutely outgrown our austerity and allowance breadth on Highway 95,” Boyle-Robinson said. “The new architecture offers us 4,000 aboveboard anxiety of amplitude with an breadth in the aback we’re activity to about-face into a boyhood center.”
In accession to a safe and fun abode to adhere out, the adolescence will accept the befalling to advance assignment abilities at the austerity store, Boyle-Robinson said.
“When they go out to get their aboriginal job, they’ll accept some abilities already beneath their belt,” she said. “I’m additionally a able accepter in cross-generational impact; already you go out into the world, you can’t aloof get forth with your own age-group. We have
volunteers of all ages and adolescence will accept the befalling to get some acumen from them.”
In accession to donations of shoes, BGCCR is accession bargain items for the 2018 Bids for Kids Charity Auction, the organization’s better anniversary fundraiser, underwritten by Horizon Association Bank and hosted by the Aquarius Casino Resort, 1900 Casino Drive, Laughlin.
“This year’s bargain begins at 5 p.m. Nevada time on Feb. 2, and offers an Italian dinner, alive and bashful auction, drinks and fun,” Boyle-Robinson said.
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Known for its arrangement of sports memorabilia, the bargain additionally offers items such as trips to Africa, Disney tickets, collectables, home décor, kids art and more.
“It’s a abundant combination, I like to say there is article for everyone,” Boyle-Robinson said. “We’re hopeful this year’s bargain gives us a jump alpha on the Fort Mohave club.“
For added advice about altruistic to the bargain or about tickets, alarm 928-763-1411.
BGCCR accepts absolute donations of shoes and domiciliary items for the Austerity and Allowance store, which can be alone off at the club, 2250 Highland Road, or at the BGCCR Austerity and Gift, 2715 Highway 95. BGCCR additionally accepts donations of men and women’s academic wear, including shoes and accessories, for Jan’s Closet, a appropriate accident lending closet for breadth students.
“We accept a abundant association base,” Boyle-Robinson said. “Our association does an alarming job actuality complex and acknowledging the Boys and Girls Clubs. We’re not alone actual lucky, we’re actual grateful.”
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