Annual Giving Campaign for the Boys & Girls Club of Easton

Annual Giving Campaign begins for the "Positive Place" ..." The Place That Beats The Streets," The Boys & Girls Club of Easton and the Easton Teen Center. Contributions are accepted payable by check to the Boys & Girls Club of Easton and mailed to the following address:

B&GCE

Annual Gift Campaign

Boys & Girls Club of Easton

P.O. Box 741

Easton, PA 18044-0741

Our kids have two doors open to them:
- one is to the Boys and Girls Club,
- one is to the street and all the problems that exist out there.
There is no middle ground - Your support keeps the positive door open.

The Future:

A Community Which Does Not Address The Needs Of It’s Children Today Condemns It’s Own Future!

You Never Know If The Next Child You Help Will:
Be The One Who Finds The Cure For Cancer
Discover The Secrets Of The Universe
Become President Of The United States
Be The Catalyst For Creating World Peace

Become An Active Member Of Their Community
Raise Their Children In A Warm Loving Home
Love Their Family Above All Else.

Pass On What You’ve Given Them!

Youth In Crisis:
What Young Americans Face Today
(Children’s Defense Fund 2004)
Every 10 seconds of the school day a child drops out.
Every 19 seconds a child is arrested.
Every 35 seconds a child is abused or neglected.
Every 40 seconds a child is born into poverty
Every 1 minute a baby is born to a teen mother.
Every 4 minutes a child is arrested for drug abuse.
Every 8 minutes a child is arrested for a violent crime.
Every 3 hours a child or a teen is killed by a firearm.
Every 5 hours a child under 20 commits suicide
Every 6 hours a child is killed by abuse or neglect
Every day 2,171 babies are born into poverty.
Every day one out of every four children live with a single parent.
Every day 7 million school age children are home alone after school and their risk of being a crime victim triples.
Every day 135,000 children bring guns to school.
Every day 3 children die of injuries inflicted by their own abusive parents.

Never forget that, for some children, the Boys & Girls Club is their family.