On Tuesday, November 25th, we celebrated our annual Thanksgiving and Awards Dinner at the Al Lenzmeier West Side Boys & Girls Club. We were pleased to have 230 people in attendance to celebrate with us. Social hour and turkey bingo began at 5:00 pm where all adults had a chance to win a turkey that they could take home with them.
At 5:30 pm, one of our members, Jennifer Argenal, introduced our keynote speaker Enrique (Cha-Cho) Estrada. Mr. Estrada was a club kid himself, worked for the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities and currently continues his youth development on the West Side at Neighborhood House.
Once he spoke, we had our STARS Coordinator, Teria Masterjohn and our Education Director, Samantha Hausker present our Thanksgiving Play that was performed by eighteen of our members.
Once they finished their play, we had the invocation presented by Pastor Aune, from Augustana Church. The Thanksgiving meal and all of the fixings was generously donated by the members of the Augustana Lutheran Church who have been an integral part of our success each year. They were presented with our Good Neighbor Award for their constant nourishment, love and support to our members.
Once the meal was finished, we had our members that are part of the bell choir, under the guidance and supervision of Janet and JoAnn, volunteers from Augustana Church perform two songs.
Next was the awards ceremony where we were pleased to give out recognition and awards to our members who participated in soccer, Goals for Graduation, our STARS reading program, Torch Club, Keystone, and Camp CAMERA.
We then had the opportunity to thank all of the dedicated volunteers that help support us every day. We thanked our volunteers from Macalester College, Saint Thomas University, Century College as well as individuals such as Brad Goff, Peter Rhodes, and Barry Bloomgren for their service to the club.
A special thank you to our staff and everyone who came out to celebrate with us and recognize our outstanding members.
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