February 2021

Giving Back Brings Smiles all Around – Meet Nate Chen, Student Volunteer

[av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=” av_uid=’av-kll8ab1f’ admin_preview_bg=”] Mahatma Gandhi once said that “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” This past year, Nate Chen, a high school student at Friends Academy discovered the meaning of this quote for himself. As a volunteer who helps our 4th and 5th grade groups with their homework, […]

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A Lifelong Love Blooms at Grenville Baker

Wayne Longo joined Grenville Baker Boys Club in 1961 and got involved in many of the sports and programs offered, including baseball, wiffleball, basketball, football, bowling, floor hockey, the shop program, and enjoyed marching in the Memorial Day and Halloween parades, and playing in games room tournaments of ping pong and pool. During the summer, Wayne attended Camp

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An Ordinary Afternoon that was Extraordinary

People often ask how Grenville Baker Boys & Girls Club “inspires and enables all young people to realize their potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens and community leaders of tomorrow.” The answer is as complex as childhood, itself. Afterall, there are so many ways to interpret what it means to be “productive, responsible, caring

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