Girls Club

I just read the article announcing that the city of Laurel is receiving $150,000 to renovate a local park ("City gets state playground funds for Cypress Street field," Leader, Oct. 20), and though I am grateful that the state has chosen to invest in outdoor recreation, who's going to invest in LBGC? It amazes me that here we have a huge historic building, a staple in the community, and some areas of the building are in urgent need of repair. It is a structurally amazing building and the possibilities are endless.

Laurel Boys and Girls Club officials have not only decided to put off plans to open a charter high school in their Montgomery Street headquarters indefinitely, but they will not renew the lease of its current tenant, Princeton Day Academy, for next year. According to club president Levet Brown, the charter school is being delayed because club officials have not been able to raise the money needed to bring the building up to code in order to house a school in the facility. Brown said Princeton Day, a private high school with about 40 students, was using space in the annex portion of the building free of charge.

Laurel Boys and Girls Club officials have not only decided to put off plans to open a charter high school in their Montgomery Street headquarters indefinitely, but they will not renew the lease of its current tenant, Princeton Day Academy, for next year. According to club president Levet Brown, the charter school is being delayed because club officials have not been able to raise the money needed to bring the building up to code in order to house a school in the facility. Brown said Princeton Day, a private high school with about 40 students, was using space in the annex portion of the building free of charge.

Police arrested an Annapolis man who they believe was involved in a burglary at a Boys and Girls Club last month. Laptops and other electronics worth $15,000 were stolen from the Boys and Girls Club at Admiral Oaks, located in the 400 block of Captains Circle, sometime between February 18 and 19, police said. Akeem Howard, 18, was arrested Wednesday after admitting to officers he tried to sell the laptops; he denied being involved in the burglary, police said. Police said Howard was charged with fourth degree burglary and related offenses.

The Savage Boys and Girls Club is holding registration for flag football and fall soccer. To register, or for more information, go to http://www.savagebgc.org.

Laurel Boys and Girls Club, 701 Montgomery St., will hold registration for tackle football and cheerleading for ages 5 to 14 on July 7 and 8, 6:30-8:15 p.m., and July 9, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Registration fee is $75 per child. To register online, go to http://www.laurelboysandgirlsclub.org . Call the club at 301-490-4591.

Recently the Laurel Board of Trade hosted a meet-and-greet session with the candidates for city of Laurel. During that meeting Council President Mike Leszcz who is running for candidate-at-large defended the mayor and city of Laurel Council's position for nonsupport of the Laurel Boys and Girls Club by stating that the club needs to conduct independent audits and additionally the mayor and city of Laurel Council is concerned about where the more than...

The Laurel Boys and Girls Club's mission is to work in partnership with the greater Laurel area community in providing educational and recreational activities for youths and families. Our mission cannot be realized without the tremendous amount of support extended to us from dedicated volunteers, grantors, businesses and the community who believe in our programming, service to families and youths and realize the positive impact the club has on the greater Laurel area. Just recently, such a supporter, Laurel Art Center, who recently closed its business on Main Street after over 40 years of providing a service to Laurel, contacted the club expressing a wish to give a last tribute to the club by conducting a fundraiser at the Laurel Art Center.

A youth career fair, with keynote speaker Randy Edsall, head football coach at University of Maryland, will be held Wednesday, Feb. 22 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Laurel Boys and Girls Club, 701 Montgomery St. The program is presented by High School Development Program-Extended and Laurel Boys and Girls Club. Representatives from several career industries will be present, including education (college level), insurance, marketing, physical therapy, banking and child care and development.

Launching an effort to raise the profile of the Boys and Girls Club in Baltimore, club officials held a lunch yesterday at a swanky downtown restaurant to garner support to open a center in Park Heights this year. More than 50 of the city's movers and shakers attended the Capital Grille luncheon hosted by the Boys & Girls Club of Harford County and Neil Katz, CEO of Corridor Reznick LLC, a commercial real estate firm. Katz and the Harford County group split the $2,500 cost of the lunch.

Lynetta McCoy has told the teenagers the ugly truth, but not the younger kids. Instead, the smallest of the 50 or so children who regularly eat meals and receive tutoring at the Boys & Girls Club at Admiral Oaks in Annapolis believe that the club's recently stolen Xbox Kinect video game system stopped working. McCoy, the club's director, brought her own Xbox from home for the kids to use on Wednesday. She's still unsure how she'll explain everything else that disappeared during the burglary of more than $15,000 worth of club computers, electronics and cash earlier this week.

With each passing year, the connection between Lardarius Webb and the Webster Kendrick Boys & Girls Club strengthens. For the fourth consecutive year, the Ravens cornerback and the Lardarius Webb Foundation sponsored a Thanksgiving event for the club Tuesday evening, and the event gets larger each November. After distributing more than 300 turkeys and side dishes in 2011, the drive delivered more than 500 turkeys to families who stood in a line that snaked from just outside of the gymnasium at Callaway Elementary School - which shares the same building as the Boys & Girls Club - to a paved section outside of an entrance.

The Laurel Boys and Girls Club's mission is to work in partnership with the greater Laurel area community in providing educational and recreational activities for youths and families. Our mission cannot be realized without the tremendous amount of support extended to us from dedicated volunteers, grantors, businesses and the community who believe in our programming, service to families and youths and realize the positive impact the club has on the greater Laurel area. Just recently, such a supporter, Laurel Art Center, who recently closed its business on Main Street after over 40 years of providing a service to Laurel, contacted the club expressing a wish to give a last tribute to the club by conducting a fundraiser at the Laurel Art Center.

One of the organizations I have long respected in this community is the Boys and Girls Clubs of Harford County. It went through some rough times many years ago, in the mid-1990s . Its executive director resigned for "undisclosed reasons," according to an article in The Aegis in May 1997 announcing the appointment of a new executive director, Don Mathis . He took over after a "few tumultuous years of poor management," ...

A youth career fair, with keynote speaker Randy Edsall, head football coach at University of Maryland, will be held Wednesday, Feb. 22 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Laurel Boys and Girls Club, 701 Montgomery St. The program is presented by High School Development Program-Extended and Laurel Boys and Girls Club. Representatives from several career industries will be present, including education (college level), insurance, marketing, physical therapy, banking and child care and development.

Hard work and sweat on the wrestling mats that started in mid-November paid off Feb. 1 as the Laurel Boys and Girls Club captured the program's first-ever Southern Maryland Junior Wrestling dual meet championship. The squad overcame adversity with dedication and determination while forming a winning bond that peaked at the right time. "Our youth worked very hard to achieve this measure of success," coach Steve Overton noted. In the tournament, held at Patuxent High School, Laurel defeated Calvert, 80-60 in the first round, and Glenarden, 76-71 in the second round.

About 200 Van Bokkelen Elementary School students stayed after school yesterday -- all in good fun.They had their first chance to shoot baskets, color and play board games, Foosball and pool on the opening day of the Van Bokkelen Boys & Girls Club in Severn."

Amid the rhythmic pounding of drums from area marching bands, residents of the Pleasant View Gardens in East Baltimore yesterday dedicated a new Boys & Girls Club complex that officials hope will become a positive force in the community.More than a new recreation center, the Boys & Girls Club of Central Maryland says its mission is to enhance personal and educational development for youths ages 6 to 18 with dance classes, games, exercise and other activities.The new facility also boasts a computer lab, which NBA player and former Dunbar High School star Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues will fund with a $50,000 annual commitment that will pay for staffing, software and educational materials for the lab named in his honor.

Special prizes will be given throughout the evening to all players at the Laurel Boys and Girls Club Holiday Bingo. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 19 at the Phelps Center, 701 Montgomery St. The bingo includes a guaranteed $500 bonanza game. Prizes include electronics, kitchen items and jewelry. The kitchen will offer reasonably priced food. For information, call 240-264-6642.

In a letter to the editor, the Laurel Boys and Girls Club thanks the National Basketball Players Association and Wizard Andray Blatche for partnering with the club in giving away more than 1,100 turkeys to families in the greater Laurel area. The Laurel Boys and Girls Club would like to thank the National Basketball Players Association and Wizard's own Andray Blatche for partnering with the club in giving away more than 1,100 turkeys to families in the greater Laurel area. Many of the families really appreciated the gratitude of the turkey giveaway.