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Joshua was a
troubled teen. He was an angry young man with little or no
self-discipline. He began attending the Boys & Girls Club near his
home and has been a club member for five years. Joshua says the
club has taught him discipline so that he could be successful at
basketball.
Club staff helped
him fill out college and scholarship applications. Joshua is the
first in his family to ever attend college, and he is now attending
university on a full basketball scholarship.
Myra has been
attending the Club almost every day for three years. She became a
leader in our Keystone teen leadership club. She grew up and has
lived in one of the worst gang infested neighborhoods in Fresno.
All of her siblings have been in trouble with the schools and the
authorities. All have been in the gangs. Myra has now led her
younger siblings into the Boys & Girls Club, and away from gangs in
their neighborhood.
As difficult as
it was for her, Myra is now attending college on a full academic
scholarship.
These two club
members, who would never have had a chance to go to college are now
attending university. That’s the difference that the Boys & Girls
Clubs make.
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