The 26-foot JC TriToon will be put to use in the Club’s Camp Fletcher program. Long-time Board Member, Randy Parris, along with his wife Cindy, have donated a 1999 JC TriToon to Boys & Girls Clubs of the Ocoee Region (BGCOR) just in time for the Club’s #60for60 birthday/anniversary celebration. “We are so grateful for …
Even though Clubs were closed for an entire week at the end of May, staff from all across the Ocoee region were busy with activity. Every May, executive leadership conducts extensive training for all Club staff, full and part-time alike. Training includes classes on safety, classroom program delivery (from start to finish), and leadership development. …
Boys & Girls Club of the Ocoee Region intends to apply for the TN Department of Education’s 21st Century Community Learning Center grant application by April 1, 2024. Our Club organization is applying for grant funds for the following Club sites: If you wish to review the information, comment on our application or have questions, …
Uniting Two Tennessee Clubs Along I-75 (The following story was originally published March 11, 2024 on “Behind the Blue Door,” BGCAs online platform for over 60,000 Club professionals throughout the movement. Written by Emme Raus, Senior Writer & Editor for BGCA.) Boys & Girls Clubs of the Ocoee Region (Cleveland, Tennessee)Back in 2017, two Tennessee …
Thanks to a generous grant from the Tammis Day Foundation, students involved in our art program at the Tucker Unit in Cleveland had a chance to create unique works of art and have them featured in an art show. This grant has provided our Tucker Unit with art materials to enhance our art program since June …
2023 Tennessee Hall of Fame Inductee Todd Farrell started his service with Boys & Girls Clubs more than 15 years ago while managing an M&M Mars manufacturing company in Tennessee (where he was responsible for producing every Twix candy bar in the world!). Todd’s first volunteer work with Boys & Girls Clubs of the Ocoee …
As the very first event hosted in the brand new Sutton-Hooker Unit Gymnasium, Polk County’s Annual Dinner Banquet—now in it’s 11th year—featured a children’s choir singing Christmas songs, beautifully decorated Christmas trees, Youth of the Year speeches, and a record-breaking live auction that treated the crowd to several bidding wars. In addressing the crowd, Holly …
On Saturday night, October 22, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Ocoee Region’s Meigs County Unit, located in Athens, TN., gave away a brand new Polaris RZR XP 1000 Side-by-Side. The giveaway took place at the Meigs Unit’s Fall Festival. The lucky winners, David and Tiffany Wiggins, are residents of Meigs County. The Fall Festival, …
If you are 70 ½ and older and are considering a year-end gift to BGCOR, consider this gifting strategy to unlock tax-wise benefits: Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCD), also known as a Charitable IRA Rollover. Most of us spend our lives caring for family, our community, and favorite charities, while also saving for retirement. While you …
Did you know that BGCOR has its own fleet of buses, with six bus routes that pick up nearly 500 kids from 19 schools in Bradley County … every single school day? One thing that we have learned since our simple beginnings in 1964 is that as times have changed, transportation has become one of …
