PRESS RELEASE
November 27, 2013
For Immediate Release:
ALL Towns
Contact:
Ruth Provost (508) 477 8845
The Boys & Girls Club Of Cape Cod
Releases their Annual Wish List for The 2013 Holiday Season
The Boys & Girls Club of Cape Cod has released their annual Wish List for the 2013 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 840 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 had the highest daily attendance they ever had last winter! 174 kids
walked through their doors every day after school. (picture 9 classrooms), than they did
before the recession, and they are doing it on a budget that was cut by $100,000 instead of
going up to meet the increased local need for affordable and life-changing and researchbased 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. At an average annual cost of just over $700 a child – or just about $1.50 a day per
child - we are hugely cost effective and good at pinching every penny our donors provide, but
when you multiply that out by 840 kids, it means we need community support to provide the
high impact programs that help Cape Cod kids. The Boys & Girls Club is not a town, county,
or government organization - we are a private non-profit charity - supported by grants,
special events, and by gifts from the public. This means that every gift is fully tax-deductible.
We raise our operating budget of $732,000 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, for that matter! It is always
appreciated and makes a huge difference in the lives of so many 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 end of a new Teen Center at $850,000 or a new van at $10,000 - to the less costly need
for healthy daily snacks, pool sticks, and art or office 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 provided a
safe place with adult-supervision to a child who would have gone home alone after school; or
gave the gift of a summer camp scholarship to a youngster - that makes a heartwarming
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, 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
Susan Gaulin
Edward Hanrahan
David Hendrick
Brian A. Hyde
Vicky Kelly
James Kiley
Kevin Kirrane
Mary O’Keeffe
Judith A. Martin
Michael Richardson
Paul Squarcia
Robert Terry
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
Boys & Girls Club of Cape Cod Wish List for 2013
First and foremost, the Club needs cash donations to keep the doors open, the lights on and
trained caring adults available to serve 840 Cape children & teens during the year.
Gift Certificates in $5 and $10 increments to various restaurants, stores, or malls to 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, iTunes, the Cape Cod Mall, Mashpee Commons, South Cape Village, Dunkin Donuts,
pizza & sub places, etc. to use as prizes and incentives for the Teen Program. Pizza places are
particularly prized!
AA batteries & C batteries for the camera’s they use in their digital arts, photography, club
newspaper, and clay animation movie making classes.
New Pool Sticks (kid size)
Gas cards to fill up their vans so they can take the kids on field trips.
A new Phone System. ($4800)
The addition of a New Teen Center and new Program Space at our Clubhouse! ($850,000.)
Xbox 360 Wireless controllers.
Toys & Games geared towards kids 9-13 to use as prizes for taking part in the Homework &
Health & Fitness Programs.
Movie Passes.
Gym Supplies – ping pong balls, jump ropes, soft dodge balls, basketballs.
Art Supplies of all kinds –Card stock 11x17 and 8.5x11; scotch tape and masking tape; spools
of elastic cord; regular cord for weaving bracelets; beads and jewelry making stuff, sequins,
buttons, pipe cleaners, glitter, hot glue sticks, gimp, plastic canvas, paper lunch bags, yarn,
white glue, construction paper, and fusible beads that adhere to each other when ironed.
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.
A Portable Score Board
Toys & games geared towards kids aged 9-13
A Dance-Dance Revolution Game & Mats for Xbox 360
A Wall-Mounted Flat Screen TV between 36” and 46”
A New Storage Shed or Storage Pod
A new 15 passenger van
Scholarships - provide a Club member with a membership or camp scholarship to the Club at
$75 for one child for the school year or $165 a child for a week of summer camp!
Membership to the club also 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
4:00 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 web site, www.BoysGirlsClubCapeCod.org on a secure site or by calling
508-477-8845.