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NFL Punt, Pass & Kick Competition
On Saturday, September 17th beginning at 1 pm the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley is hosting the NFL Punk, Pass & Kick Competition. All boys and girls aged 6-15 years old are invited to participate. The event is free and takes place at the Maxwell Clubhouse at 100 W. Verano Avenue in Sonoma. Boys and girls compete separately. Only soft-sole gym shoes are permitted. No football shoes, turf shoes, cleats or bare feet are allowed. The top finisher in each of the boys' and girls' divisions from the five age brackets of each Local Competition will advance to the Sectional Round. The top finisher is the participant who has the highest final score for that round. For more information, you can visit the NFL Punk, Pass, Kick website at nflppk.com or bgcsonoma.org, or contact Athletic Director, Dwayne Kilgore at 707.938.8544 x112/ dkilgore@bgcsonoma.org. » read more...
Pier Receives Spark Plug Award
October 2011 At the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Pacific Leadership Conference in Las Vegas last week, Dave Pier, Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley received The Spark Plug Award. » read more...
Wine & Dine November Special
During the Month of November, 5% of sales from the Valley Wine Shack will go to the Boys & Girls Club, as will all corkage fees at The Red Grape. » read more...
College Bound Success Story
Sonoma Valley High School senior Mariana Mendoza will be attending UC Santa Barbara this fall on an almost full ride, thanks to the Boys & Girls Clubs’ College Bound program. » read more...
BGCSV College Scholarship Recipients
2010 Boys & Girls Club College Scholarships awards go to.... » read more...
Members of the Month: Be Great Awards
At the end of each school year, each of our Clubs awards the Great Award to a club member. Greatness is defined as; remarkable or outstanding, superior in quality or character, noble, and skillful. The recipient of the Great award is all of these. » read more...
August Sebastiani Joins Board of Directors
Aug Sebastiani joins Boys & Girls Club Board of Directors » read more...
Keystone Club Attends Retreat in Reno, NV
This past month, five youth from Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley's Keystone Club attended a three-day retreat in Reno, NV, hosted by Boys & Girls Clubs of Truckee Meadows. » read more...
Mobilize, Act, Inspire!
August 5, 2010 Mobilize, Act, Inspire! That was the theme of the recent Intel Computer Clubhouse Network Teen Summit in Boston last week. The summit brought together over 250 teens from 20 different countries including Ireland, Palestine, New Zealand, South Africa , the Philippines, and the United States. Three youth leaders of our Club attended the biennial event, where they had life changing experiences, meeting kids from around the globe, making new friends, exchanging ideas, learning new skills, and working together on projects. » read more...
Grant Awarded for After Shool Programs at Adele and Dunbar Schools
The Sonoma Valley Unified School District was recently awarded funding from the State of California to support after school enrichment programs at two more schools in Sonoma Valley. The partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley, who is currently serving Flowery, El Verano, and Sassarini schools through ASES funding, will expand and the Club will provide the after school services at Altimira and Dunbar schools. » read more...
Boys & Girls Club Announces Youth of the Year Candidates
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley recently announced the candidates for the 2010 Youth of the Year program. » read more...
Area Middle Schoolers Ready for their Close-Up
Sonoma Sun - March 3rd, 2011 By Lorna Sheridan Three, two, one….ACTION!” Adele Harrison seventh grader Genesis Castaneda is amazed that she and her friend, Dhamar Gallardo, a seventh grader at Altimira, are not only behind the camera calling out that famous Hollywood line, but in front of a daunting array of lights, microphones and equipment as well. » read more...
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley to Participate in Triple Play Guinness World Record Attempt for Star Jumps
WHAT: Guinness World Records defines the Star Jumps (Jumping Jacks) record as, “This record is for the most people Star Jumping (Jumping Jacks) simultaneously at multiple venues for two consecutive minutes.” Jumping Jacks are called Star Jumps in some countries because the arms, legs and head form a five-pointed star. » read more...
Kids at the Boys & Girls Clubs Take on the Guinness World Record for Jumping Jacks
Boys & Girls Clubs, with Coca-Cola and the WellPoint Foundation, Call on Kids to Be Active! » read more...
Arbor Day 2010
From Today's Index Tribune, Kathleen Thompson Hill INDEX-TRIBUNE FOOD AND WINE EDITOR. "Wedekind's Garden Center will team up with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley to celebrate Arbor Day today » read more...
SiteSeeing : Making Neighborhoods Visible
The Boys & Girls Club is currently running a wonderful new program called SiteSeeing, Making Neighborhoods Visible, authored by Mary deLaittre. The environmental literacy Neighborhood Based Learning is an interdisciplinary curriculum teaching students how to see, read and think.. and more » read more...
District gets $1M after-school grant
Boys and girls from Flowery, El Verano and Sassarini elementary schools will have an after-school program for at least three more years after the state came through with a grant for more than $1 million. » read more...
Peterson Mechanical Tribute
Congratulations to Les Peterson of Peterson Mechanical, who received the 2008 Bay Area SMACNA (Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association) Leadership Award. Les designated the Boys & Girls Club as the beneficiary of the $10,000 tribute check. The money was used to underwrite a staff training in classroom behavior management. Congratulations to Les and thank you! » read more...
Girls on the Run
Congratulations to the members of Boys & Girls Club’s Girls on the Run (GOTR) team on completing their first 5k run/walk! » read more...
Boys & Girls Club Announces New Board Leadership
Larry Krieger, who recently began his two year term as Executive Board President of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley, announced Joe Capriola as a new member of the Executive Board. » read more...
New Running Clubs Offered at the Club
The Boys & Girls Club is on the run….literally. Two new running Clubs at the Club have our members getting fit! » read more...
Using Sun in the Valley of the Moon
It seemed like a bright idea at the time, despite the costs and large investment. For David Pier, executive director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley, putting solar panels on the roof was a mission worth pursuing. » read more...
Boys & Girls Club Members Take on Graffiti Removal
Through collaboration with Sonoma County Sherriff’s Department and the City of Sonoma Police Department, the Keystone Club members of the Boys & Girls Club Springs Village Unit have been spending many of their summer afternoons removing graffiti. more... » read more...
Club Members Attend Camp Mendocino
Over 180 campers from around the Bay Area attended the 10 day session. Club members participated in a wide variety of activities and for many it was their very first camping experience...more » read more...
Boys & Girls Clubs Athletics..Something for Everyone!
From 4 year old T-Ball to over-30year old men’s basketball league, our program has it all! Utilizing our full size gym and outdoor fields, the Athletics program is packed year round. Nearly 750 Sonoma Valley kids participate in our instructional athletic leagues each year...more » read more...
Club Awarded Grant from Sonoma Valley Fund
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley was awarded a Branch Out Grant in the amount of $2500 to conduct GIS Day 2009 from the Community Foundation of Sonoma County’s Sonoma Valley Fund...more » read more...
Club Garden Project
When a community comes together to tackle a project, the results are often far beyond what was originally expected. Such is the case with a recent project to build a learning/working garden at the Boys & Girls Club of Sonoma Valley at the Maxwell Farms clubhouse...more » read more...
Numbers Don't Lie
“Numbers don’t lie.” This old adage is certainly true when considering those organizations that serve and support our youth...more » read more...
102nd Annual Boys & Girls Clubs of America National Conference
Boys & Girls Club alumnus and best-selling author of Good to Great Jim Collins delivered the keynote address on attaining superior performance at your organization...more » read more...
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley gets an upgrade!
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma Valley, with the help of neighbors at Nelson Family of Companies, is completing a series of upgrades to their computer systems and computer network...more » read more...