February 15, 2019 Boys & Girls Clubs of Maury County will hold its 7th annual Great Futures Luncheon on Wednesday, April 17th , 2019. This inspirational event will take place from 11:30am-1pm in the upstairs space at Puckett’s Downtown Columbia. This year’s event will feature newly-elected Governor Bill Lee as
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You Give Our Kids a Place to Be Themselves
When you give to the Club, you help our kids and their parents. Thank you! Princeton is a single father raising his daughter Kealy, who attends our Teen Center. Princeton grew up in Columbia and is the oldest of four kids. When Princeton was just 12 years old, his mother died.
You Teach Our Kids How to Read – Thank You!
You Give Grandmother Tangila a Safe, Positive Place to Send Her Grandson Kamel After School – Thank You! Tangila is a 48-year-old grandmother raising her three young grandchildren. She has custody of all three kids, since her daughter was struggling with some personal issues and wasn’t doing well. The two
Cajunfest 2018 Raises More Than $18,000 for Boys & Girls Clubs of Maury County!
Amber Falls Winery (Hampshire, TN) donated the proceeds from this year’s Cajunfest event to Boys & Girls Clubs of Maury County. In total, this year’s event raised more than $18,000 for the Clubs, which currently serve more than 1,200 kids each year. Pictured, Gabe Zaunbrecher from Amber Falls presents a check to BGC
You Give Our Kids a Second Home at the Club!
When Barbara’s Husband Needed Heart Surgery, You Gave Her Daughters Support and a Sense of Normalcy at the Club Barbara’s daughters Alyssa (6) and Hailey (9) attend the Club at Spring Hill Elementary. “My husband David works as a lineman for AT&T,” she says. “I work for RT Medical in
BGC Maury’s Own Lauren La Porte Receives National Award
May 29, 2018 – These days, good help is hard to find, but for Boys & Girls Clubs of Maury County, Resource Development Director Lauren La Porte has been a model employee from the start. Recently Lauren received the national “Newcomer Excellence Award” from Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Wine & Dine on All Things Cajun on May 26 at Amber Falls Winery
Defined by its outstanding Cajun music, food, and fun, the 10th annual Cajunfest at Amber Falls Winery & Cellars is scheduled for 12 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 26, 2018. Always held on the Saturday before Memorial Day, it is a day filled with toe-tapping tunes unique to South
Isaiah Bullock: Becoming the Leader I Never Knew I Could Be
From the March 28, 2018 Edition of the Columbia Daily Herald by Editor James Bennett: Boys & Girls Clubs Celebrate Central High Senior When Isaiah Bullock visited the Boys & Girls Clubs of Maury County for the first time, Chauncey Julius saw a teenager with a nice smile filled with
Former TN Titan Chris Sanders to Speak at Great Futures Luncheon
The 6th Annual Great Futures Luncheon will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the upstairs space at Puckett’s Downtown Columbia. This year’s event will feature former Tennessee Titan Chris Sanders as the celebrity guest speaker. Like many of our Club kids, Chris Sanders comes from a broken
BGC Maury Honored for Impacting Nearly 1,000 Lives
Columbia, Tenn. – After tripling the number of youth served in the last 24 months, Boys & Girls Clubs of Maury County was honored on Feb. 21 during Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Southeast Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Ga. The prestigious ‘Gateway To Impact’ award recognizes Clubs who’ve significantly