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Advisor Karen Hawkins
Guild President Annette Smith
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ERE: CenturyLink Center Omaha (455 North 10th Street, Omaha, 68102)
WHEN: May 12, 2012
- 5:30PM – Patron Party
- 6:00PM – Cocktail Hour
- 8:30PM - Kool & The Gang Concert
COME ON:
The Boys & Girls Club of the Midlands is celebrating its fiftieth birthday with its biggest special event to date. The evening will feature multi-media recaps of the Club’s 1962-2012 history, a cocktail hour, a live musical performance from two-time Grammy award winners and Club alumni Kool & The Gang, as a well as a patron party where guests will have the opportunity to meet the members of the band.
Event tickets are priced at $150* and include access to the concert with Kool & The Gang. Patron tickets, $250* include access to a patron party where guests will have the opportunity to meet the band.
Event and patron tables include 10 event tickets (10 patron tickets for patron table) and are priced at $1,500 and $2,500 respectively.***
Tickets and tables can be ordered by calling 402.342.1600 or online. If ordering a table, please call BGCM to supply us with the names of your guests before May 1st.
The evening will also feature a short presentation from Rasheen Coleman, an Omaha Club alumnus whose story of overcoming a tragic childhood through the help of the Boys & Girls Club landed him an audience with President Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey and Denzel Washington. Coleman was named the National Youth of the Year in 1997.
Rasheen Coleman, 1997 BGCA Youth of the Year and Denzel Washington
Since 1962, through its eight neighborhood Club locations, the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands have helped youth ages 6-18 as they receive the direction and educational support that is vital to their success. Programs stress Academic Success, Good Character and Citizenship, and Healthy Lifestyles. Last year, the Clubs served more than 10,000 hot meals to children and provided a safe, nurturing environment to more than 1,100 kids each weekday. With the help of trained staff and tutors, 95% of regularly attending Club members to earned a grade point average of ‘C’ or higher. More than 800 teen members participated in truancy abatement, gang intervention, mentoring, college tours, and career preparedness programming. These services are offered to youth at a cost of only $30 per year.
*Tax Deductible Portion of Event Ticket: $75
** Tax Deductible Portion of Patron Ticket: $165
***Tax Deductible Portion of Event Table: $750, Tax Deductible Portion of Patron Table: $1,650
