Do you believe in the power of dreams? With your help, the Club can teach kids to dream big and give youth the resources they need to achieve their dreams. With your help, the Club’s Annual Benefit Dinner & Auction, “The Power of Dreams”, to be held on October 24, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort & Spa, will raise $450,000 to benefit kids in need. To help make this event a success, you can:

· Donate an item to be used in the silent or live auctions · Join the auction committee to help sell tables or solicit auction items · Buy a table or tickets for the event.

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Make a kid’s day by bringing them to the annual Day for Kids Celebration at the Club’s Kingston Branch at Mile Square Park from 11:00am to 2:00pm on June 14, 2008. You and the special kids in your life will have a chance to spend meaningful time together while having tons of fun with carnival games and prizes, bounce houses, a Kids’ Choice Cook Off, crafts, barbeque lunch, and a health and wellness fair.

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To get involved, please call (714) 593-0753, ext. 110.

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May 21Calling all golfers! Have fun with your golfing buddies at Mile Square Golf Course while supporting the kids at the Club. Spaces are still available for golfers to join the JMG Security Systems’ 13th Annual Benefit Golf Tournament. For more information, visit www.jmgsecurity.com or call 800-900-4JMG.

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Nathaniel HatalaNathaniel is 14 years old and has been a Club member since 2005. For the last year and a half, Nathaniel has volunteered his time to lead games and activities and assist the staff in caring for the Kingston Branch’s youngest members. Unit Director Tom Krusic says of Nathaniel, “He is an amazing young person and will grow up to be a fine young adult with many leadership qualities. Nathaniel is looked upon as a positive role model, an inspirational leader, and most of all, a giving Club member.” Jessica ChildersJessica is a 14 year old long-time club member who has taken a real leadership role in the ClubHouse Theatre program. She choreographs dances for the beginning and intermediate casts, then spends more than 20 hours per month teaching the dances to the casts. During productions, she also acts as stage manager for both the beginner and intermediate casts. Unit Director Steve Savage says, “Her passion for helping is seen at the club each and every time she steps foot on site. Children know her by name and look to her for a positive example.”

Holly Maag17 year old Holly has attended the Club through our Clubhouse Theatre program for three years. Her enthusiasm and willingness to make a difference promotes the success of others around her. She not only makes a difference at the Club level, but also within her community by participating in several other extra-curricular and volunteer activities. “Her down to earth, kind-hearted ways keep everyone smiling when they are around Holly. Her genuine, fun loving character can always turn frowns upside down,” says Unit Director Steve Savage.

Brett McDanielBrett is 12 years old and has been attending the Huntington Beach Branch for three and a half years. As President of the Torch Club, a service and leadership group for teens and pre-teens, he has been a wonderful mentor to younger kids and peer mentor to kids his own age. He also helped organize a recycling program. Brett says, “I love to work with my friends and the staff to help others. The staff is always there to help me do my best. They guide me through the tough things, but at the same time allow me to succeed on my own.”

Boys & Girls Clubsof Huntington Valley16582 Brookhurst StreetFountain Valley, CA 92708Tel 714-531-2582Fax 714-531-7850www.bgchv.com

Kingston Branch16582 Brookhurst StreetFountain Valley, CA 92708

Huntington Beach Branch2309 Delaware StreetHuntington Beach, CA 92648

Learning CenterChild Development Preschool16081 Waikiki LaneHuntington Beach, CA 92649

Golden West CollegeChild Development Center15744 Goldenwest StreetHuntington Beach, CA 92647

ClubHouse AcademyFountain Valley, CA 92708Tel 714-593-0753

OfficersJohn RichPresident

Shirley DettloffVice President

*Alex Accetta, CPA Mike HaynesCo-Treasurers

Donna GraySecretary

*Brig. Gen. Al Guidotti (Ret.)Past President

Board of DirectorsDr. Kazuto Augustus*Dave BarrBrian BassalineHB Mayor Pro Tem Keith BohrFV Mayor John CollinsCarolyn CraftAlan DeCarr Resa Evans*Bob HoxsieKevin MorrisseyDave ReynoldsGlenn RichardsonHB Police Chief Ken SmallFV Police Chief Paul Sorrell Chuck Thomas

Board of GovernorsEd Arnold Laurann Cook*Richard CookSenator Tom HarmanBill HolmanKen JacobsClay JamesRay KromerJohn Maruska R.J. MayerTom McDanielAnn Meyers-Drysdale Linda Moulton-PattersonTom RossGeorge ScottAssemblyman Jim SilvaKen Yglesias*Past President

Chief Executive OfficerTanya Hoxsie

Federal ID# 95-6192466

Each year in April, Boys & Girls Club branches nationwide honor exceptional kids as “Youths of the Year.” Kids are chosen for displaying good character and leadership at the Club. This year, Boys & Girls Clubs of Huntington Valley honored four outstanding young people.

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Ashleigh Hampton and Kasey Cooper, juniors at Edison High School, were asked by their English teacher to try to make a difference in their community, and they certainly have succeeded. Both young people are sports players, and they realized that they could share their love of the game with disadvantaged younger kids and get their whole teams involved in making a difference. Ashleigh and Kasey collected an entire season’s worth of bottles used by Edison’s athletes and recycled them. Then,

they donated the money they earned from recycling to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Huntington Valley’s sports leagues. Thanks to these thoughtful teens, the Club can give scholarships to kids in need to play in this summer’s basketball and soccer leagues. We hope you will be inspired by this story and know that you can make a difference, too. By using the enclosed envelope to make a contribution, you, too, can help give scholarships to disadvantaged youth, ensuring that all kids in our community have the opportunity to participate in sports leagues, arts programs, and full days of fun at the Club all summer long.

Thanks to the generosity of long-time supporters the Draper Family Fund, the Children & Families Commission of Orange County, and Orange County’s United Way, immigrant families in Huntington Beach are making great strides towards success. By attending the Twilight Education Project three nights per week during the school year, whole families are getting the language skills and academic support they need to succeed through tutoring for school age youth, preschool instruction for tots, and ESL classes for parents.

The Cendejas family is just one example of the extraordinary success of this award-winning, model family literacy program. Mother Alicia Cendejas and her three children Ricardo (age 14), Juan Carlos (age 11), and Briana (age 4) are eager to learn and have a record of perfect attendance this year. Alicia and her two boys began attending the program when it first started six years ago. When Alicia became pregnant with Briana, they stopped attending for a while and noticed a huge difference: the boys struggled in school and lacked guidance during their time away from the program. When Briana was old enough to join the program’s infant care, they family returned to the program and once again saw the benefits of the program’s positive influence on the boys. Through Twilight’s tutoring component, Ricardo

and Juan Carlos get the help they need to do well in school and, because of Twilight’s preschool, Briana is prepared to enroll in English-speaking Kindergarten rather than ESL Kindergarten.

Alicia says she wants to give her kids a good foundation and the Twilight Education Project is the best way for her to do it. And, thanks to the adult ESL component of the program,

her English skills have improved so much that she can get more involved with her kids, helping with their school work and understanding more when they speak English

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The Boys & Girls Club extends a special thanks to the community partners that make success stories like this one possible, including the Draper Family Fund,

the Children & Families Commission of Orange County, Orange County’s United Way, Huntington Beach City School District, Huntington Beach

Adult School, and Golden West College.

Local families dream of high quality, affordable childcare and youth programs. The Club is working together with our family of supporters to make that dream come true by raising $6 million to build a new Boys & Girls Club on the campus of our partner, Golden West College. To date, the Club’s generous supporters have given nearly $2 million to make this new site a reality. The Club is slated to break ground in fall 2008 on Phase I of the project, a child development center. $4 million more must be raised to complete Phase II, a two-story school age youth center and a gymnasium. To make this possible, the Club is counting on the generosity of the community, making a difference to generations of local families.

When completed, this new site will enable the Club to reach more than 1,500 additional youth each year. These kids will get all the benefits of growing up at the Club, like academic support, a safe place to play and have fun, a sense of belonging, character development and more! And, they will have the unique experience of growing up on a college campus. It is the Club’s hope that this will inspire kids to dream of a college education and know that it is a dream that they can achieve!

To learn more about the project or find out how you can help build dreams, please visitwww.buildingdreamscampaign.com or call 714-593-0753 ext. 110.

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On March 7, Surf City Rotary Club held its first annual fundraiser, the Surf City “Splash”, at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort & Spa. The event drew a crowd of 250 guests and raised $118,000 through ticket sales and auction revenue. $40,000 of the proceeds goes towards fulfilling the Surf City Rotary’s pledge to donate $100,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Huntington Valley’s Building Dreams campaign to build a new Boys & Girls Club on the campus of Golden West College. Thank you to all the event’s supporters for helping “build dreams”!

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