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Public Notice

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, …

Behind the Strategic Alliance

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 …

Polk County Kicks Off 2022 Holiday Season with “Countdown to Christmas” Banquet

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 …

Our History

June 1, 1964 was a cool, cloudy Monday (just 68°). Spring was ready to make way for the summer heat. Both the Rolling Stones and the Beatles launched rock-n-roll’s “British Invasion” of the United States, revolutionizing music, and world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali had revolutionized boxing, even declaring himself “King of the World” on …

COVID-19 Statement

As I sit here thinking through what all has transpired around the world in such a short time, my mind easily wanders to the thing that matters most—to me and to you: Family. We all wish that the outbreak of COVID-19 had never occurred. We all wish our family, friends, and even jobs weren’t placed …