By Laura Portier-LaLumiere | Director of Development
Thank you for supporting the Boys & Girls Clubs of Huntington Valley! You make the holidays and every day happy and bright for kids at the Boys & Girls Club and you bring us an important step closer to building a new Club in Huntington Beach to help even more kids.
Part of the "Family Campus" at Golden West College that the Boys & Girls Club is building is the Robert Mayer Child Development Preschool, which opened in 2011 thanks to donors like you. I'd like to tell you about Jubilee, one of the Robert Mayer Child Development Preschool’s recent graduates. When she started at the Club, she was scared. She spoke only Vietnamese and she had never been away from her mom. She had a tough time with the separation. The Club’s staff worked hard to make her feel welcome and safe. They also worked with her on the English language skills that would help her make friends and become more comfortable and better able to interact with the other children. During her time at the Robert Mayer Preschool, she blossomed. Her English improved dramatically and she became an independent and social little girl. Her mother says, “She is doing amazing in kindergarten. She knows English and she’s making friends easily. She hasn’t been scared at all – just excited to go to school every day. She’s right on track academically, and it was a great transition for her.” Now, Jubilee’s little sister Josephine has started in the three-year old classroom. The Club is excited to help another little one get ready for success in school and prepare for a great future.
With help from donors like you, we are working toward opening a new school age Club to be adjacent to our preschool. When the new school age Club is complete, the Boys & Girls Club can continue to be part of helping children like Jubilee and Josephine succeed and excel in school and in life throughout their whole childhood. Your support makes that possible. Thank you so much!
From the entire Boys & Girls Club family, we wish you a holiday season filled with happiness!
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