Boys and Girls Club History Paper

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Boys and Girls Club of America Anthony J. Cole COMM/215 February 10,2011 Ruben Diaz Boys and Girls Club of America Considering the recent changes in economy funding a non-profit community book festival in a major United State city for the Boys & Girls Club of America (BGCA) requires knowledge of planning large events, marketing strategies, and grant funding. Planning large an event takes proficiency and knowledge of the targeted group and the appropriate connections with city officials in the planning of a major book festival. Knowledge of the targeted group is important when presenting a proposal of this magnitude to city officials on behalf of the Boys & Girls Club of America (BGCA). The knowledge of city officials in planning large event is important in order to get feedback, security arrangements, precise area, and the proper permission to hold a large event. In the following statements include the history of the BGCA (Boys & Girls Club of America), the importance of why having a book festive for the BGCA can be a positive impact to children statewide, an explanation of the different steps needed to conduct a large book festival, and the different ways BGCA is planning to fund the book festival. Boys & Girls Club of America (BGCA) is known nationwide throughout disadvantaged communities their function and purpose is an initiative to keep children off the streets. “Boys & Girls Club of America has 4.2 million young people served through membership and community outreach, some 4,000 chartered Club locations, and 51,000 trained professional staff,” (Boys & Girls Club of America, 2010). The BGCA can trace its lineage back to 1860 in the town of Hartford, Connecticut were a group of civic mined women got together to provide a recreational program for local boys, calling it the Dashaway Club. The program was considered the first attempt

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