PRESS RELEASE
November 3, 2014
For Immediate Release:
Contact:
Ruth Provost (508) 477 8845
The Boys & Girls Club Of Cape Cod
Releases their Annual Wish List for The 2014 Holiday Season
The Boys & Girls Club of Cape Cod has released their annual Wish List for the 2014 Holiday
Season. The top item on the list remains cash donations to keep the Boys & Girls Club’s
doors open and the staff in place to serve 845 Cape Cod children & teens year-round.
The Boys & Girls Club is a place where kids find life changing programs - programs that help
them succeed in school, that help them develop job skills, learn teamwork and good
sportsmanship, express themselves through art or music, and develop into future leaders
who understand the value of giving back to their community. It is a place where great
futures start.
The Boys & Girls Club is serving 144 kids a day, which is the equivalent of 7 classrooms full of
kids who walk through their doors every day after school, along with 130 a day in the
summer, and meeting the need for affordable and life-changing and research-based
programs that serve Cape kids while parents work.
Club Executive Director, Ruth Provost, puts the need into perspective. “Because we keep our
fees low, parents don’t have to worry about how to keep their children safe while they are at
work. The Club provides kids with a safe place after school and in the summer but it costs us
just about $1000 a year per child, or $4 a day. We are very good at pinching every penny
donors give us, but when you multiply that out by 845 kids, it means we need community
support to provide programs and supplies for those kids. We are self-funded, raising our
annual operating budget of almost $800,000 from scratch every year through donations,
special events, and grants.” She added, “I want to ask your readers to please make a gift to
our kids during the holidays - or at any other time of the year! It is always appreciated and
makes a huge difference in the lives of so many Cape Cod children and families.”
The Boys & Girls Club Holiday Wish List also includes more concrete items beyond a cash
donation - things that are needed to run the club and serve the children, ranging from the
high of a new Teen Center at $850,000 - to the less costly need for healthy daily snacks, pool
sticks, and art or gym supplies.
“A gift to the Boys & Girls Club of Cape Cod is also a great present to give to someone who
has everything this holiday season,” said Jim Kiley, President of the Board of Directors at the
Boys & Girls Club. “When you give a person the gift of knowing that they have helped to
provide peace of mind to a struggling single mother working two jobs; or have given the gift
of a safe place with adult-supervision to a child who would have gone home alone after
school; or gave a summer camp scholarship to a youngster who would be home alone
otherwise - that makes a rewarding and meaningful present.” He added “And when you give
a gift to the Boys & Girls Club that honors the memory of a loved one, or that recognizes an
adult who has made a difference in your own life, you are giving a gift that keeps on giving
long after the candles are blown out or the last pine needles are swept away.”
Boys & Girls Club of Cape Cod Wish List for 2014
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
of CAPE COD, INC.
Kraft Family Club House
P.O. Box 895
31 Frank E. Hicks Drive
Mashpee, MA 02649
TEL:
508-477-8845
FAX:
508-477-1991
EMAIL: info@BoysGirls
ClubCapeCod.org
WEB SITE: www.BoysGirls
ClubCapeCod.org
Board of Directors
Steven Bell
Karen Bissonnette
Paul Bober
Paul Drepanos
Susan Dropo
Judith Fitzgerald
John Fulone
Judith Goetz
Edward Hanrahan
David Hendrick
Brian A. Hyde
James Kiley
Mary O’Keeffe
Judith A. Martin
Michael Richardson
Paul Squarcia
Robert Terry
Susan Wornick
Linda Zammer
Officers
James Kiley
President
Paul Bober
Vice President
Judith Fitzgerald
Treasurer
Michael Richardson
Secretary
Executive Advisory Board
Jack Cramer
George W. Baker, Jr.
Kenneth Bates
John Callahan
Polly Galliker
Susan George
Anne Grosso
Ann MacDonald-Dailey
Robert Hassey
James Long
Richard Nelson
Jamie Regan
William Sandler
Paul Sylvia
John DeNaples
William Zammer
Ruth Provost
Executive Director
First and foremost, the Boys & Girls Club needs cash donations to keep the doors open to
serve 845 Cape children & teens year-round.
A large and powerful snow blower to clear the sidewalks!
Gift Certificates in $10, $15 or $20 increments to various restaurants, stores, pizza places, or
malls that they can use as incentives for kids to do their homework, take part in fitness
activities, or as prizes for tournaments.
Gift Certificates to Supermarkets like Roche Bros, Stop & Shop, BJs, Shaw’s, Market Basket,
or the Hyannis Cash & Carry, to buy healthy snacks and food for the kids & for their Health &
Fitness cooking classes.
Gift Certificates in $10 increments to sporting goods stores, video game stores, beauty & nail
salons, CVS, Walgreens, iTunes, book stores, the Cape Cod Mall, Mashpee Commons, South
Cape Village, Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, pizza & sub places, etc. to use as prizes and
incentives and Holiday gifts for the Teens.
AA batteries & C batteries.
New Pool Sticks (kid size)
Gas cards to fill up the Club’s vans so they can take the kids on field trips.
A new Phone System ($4800)
The addition of a New Teen Center and Program Space at the Boys & Girls Clubhouse!
($850,000.)
The latest video game systems & games to play on them.
An old Dance Dance Revolution Game and operating system.
Xbox 360 & PS4 game controllers.
Toys & Games geared towards kids 9-13 to use as prizes for taking part in the Homework &
Health & Fitness Programs.
Movie Passes.
A new 15 passenger van ($36,00).
Gym Supplies – ping pong balls, jump ropes, soft dodge balls, basketballs.
Art Supplies of all kinds – Sidewalk chalk, construction paper, beads and jewelry making stuff,
sequins, buttons, pipe cleaners, glitter, hot glue sticks, gimp, plastic canvas, markers, etc
Gift Cards to Staples, KenMark, or other office supply stores for copy paper, toner &
envelopes.
Tickets to sporting events, plane tickets, tickets to musical or theatrical events, certificates
for professional services like dentistry or electrical or plumbing work, or use of a condo,
home or timeshare in any big city or warm climate that can be auctioned off at one of our
annual special events.
The Club needs two pool tables recovered at $360/table.
Bean Bag Chairs – Throw Pillows & Throw Blankets for the teen room.
Membership to the club is only $75 a child for the school year and the Club also reminds us
that a membership card could be a wonderful stocking stuffer for your own child to find on
Christmas morning. Membership is open to any Cape Cod child or teen, ages 6-18 and in
grades 1-12. Members have full use of the facility whenever it is open for their age group,
including use of the high speed internet computer room, teen programming, homework help
and tutoring when needed, games room activities that change weekly, arts & crafts
programming including music, drama, and movie-making, sports leagues, and health and
fitness programs in the club's full size gymnasium 2 to 8 or 10 p.m. Monday through Friday
and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. In addition, the Boys & Girls Club is open during school
vacation weeks from 8:30 am until 5:30 pm and members in grades 1-8 can spend all day at
the Club at those times, with special field trips available for both the younger kids and teen
members. Please see the Club Web site or call 508-477-8845 for further details. Donations
can be made by MasterCard or Visa on line at the Club’s secure web site,
www.BoysGirlsClubCapeCod.org or by calling 508-477-8845.