Boys & Girls Club Blog

Mar 5

Club Members Use Gym Time to Stay Active and Learn Valuable Skills

March 5, 2021 During our Fall Program, members got a much-needed break from virtual meetings and homework by staying active in the gym. Members spent 30 minutes twice a day in the gym doing a

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Mar 2

Keystone Leadership Club Takes on National Project, “THERE IS NO PLANet B”.

March 2, 2021 This school year has been challenging to say the least! But given all of the struggles, our Keystone leadership club has adapted. Keystone is a national leadership club for teens that focuses

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Jan 27

Boys & Girls Club of Oshkosh Staff, Katie Talken, was promoted to Director of Development & Strategic Initiatives

The Boys & Girls Club of Oshkosh is pleased to announce that Katie Talken has been promoted to Director of Development & Strategic Initiatives. In this new role, Katie will be in charge of managing

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Jan 19

Boys & Girls Club of Oshkosh Member Lonzo Alvarado Wins Youth of the Year Competition

The Boys & Girls Club of Oshkosh is pleased to announce the 2021 Youth of the Year winner – Lonzo Alvarado. Each year a local Youth of the Year committee interviews a number of high

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Jan 5

A Look Back at 2020 from New CEO, Tracy Ogden

Happy New Year! While this was certainly not the year any of us had planned there were so many positive things I would like to call out. I saw our staff going above and beyond

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Sep 2

Teens Take Summer to Explore Colleges and Get First Time Jobs

This summer we wanted to focus on getting students to tour some of the bigger colleges in Wisconsin and help them look and secure jobs. The beginning of the summer tour to UW Milwaukee had

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Aug 6

Boys & Girls Club of Oshkosh Members Keeping Busy

This summer may be different for our Club members and staff, but we are making the best out of it! The Great Explorers Program, for children 5-7 years old, has been taking advantage of the

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Jul 29

Boys & Girls Club of Oshkosh Members Spend Summer at Camp Radford

During a typical summer, our Club members would usually go on a variety of different field trips and visit many different places. They would take in everything from watching a Timber Rattlers game, to visiting

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Apr 14

Graduation & Career Coordinator Update on Virtual Outreach

The recently added position through the Boys & Girls Club of Oshkosh this past year was the role of the Club’s Graduation & Career Coordinator. This position was taken by Jed Carlson, a former employee

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Mar 24

Great Futures Mentoring Program Staying Connected

There is no doubt that the COVID-19 is affecting our world greatly. During this time when the Club is closed and we are not sure when we will be able to reopen, mentors and mentees

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