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Olivet Boys & Girls Club to Hold Open Houses and Annual
Day for Kids
Olivet Boys & Girls Club of Reading and Berks County
will hold Open Houses on Thursday, September 18 from 3:00
p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the following club locations: Oakbrook
(1161 Pershing Blvd.), Clinton Street (677 Clinton St.),
PAL (325 Walnut St.), Jamestown Village (300 Lackawanna
St.), Mulberry Street (722 Mulberry St.), PAL Center for
the Arts (328 Walnut St.), Glenside (1301 Schuylkill Ave.),
and 13th & Perkiomen (1310 Perkiomen Ave.). The public
is invited to tour the clubs, meet the staff, learn about
club programs, and sign up youth.
The Club also will celebrate the third annual “Boys
& Girls Clubs Day for Kids” on Saturday, September
20 from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. at Northwest Middle School,
1000 North Front Street, Reading.
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Mentoring and the Arts Program
The public is invited to join city officials, Olivet Boys
& Girls Club staff members youth from the Club’s
Mentoring and the Arts program on Wednesday, September 10
at 5:00 p.m. for a 10th anniversary celebration of this
special program. The celebration will include a dedication
of the newest mural on the side of the United Refrigeration
Building at 3rd & Walnut Streets in Reading. Special
10th anniversary posters featuring the murals of the Mentoring
and the Arts program will be available along with light
refreshments and the opportunity to meet some of the kids.
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Olivet Participates in Anti-Drug March Poster Contest
Olivet Boys & Girls Club youth created 175 posters
for the Anti-Drug March held on Saturday, Aug. 16 in downtown
Reading. Club members marched with Richard Bradbury, Director
of the Arts. Click here to view photos.
Oakbrook Garden Club Celebrates Its Harvest
The Oakbrook Garden Club celebrated its annual spaghetti
luncheon on August 15. Volunteers helped the kids prepare
the lunch using ingredients grown in their garden. Click
here to view photos.
RBI Season Another Hit with the Kids
Congratulations to all the Olivet youth who participated
in the Club’s RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities)
teams this season. Thanks to all the coaches, staff and
Reading Phillies organization for their support and inspiration. Click here to view photos.
 Susquehanna
Bank Donates $20,000 to Club’s Homework Centers
Susquehanna Bank presented a check for $20,000 to Olivet
Boys & Girls Club at First Energy Stadium on August
20 before the start of the Reading Phillies game. Mike Zaun
and Crystal Mills from the bank presented the check to Jeff
Palmer, Olivet Boys & Girls Club’s President &
CEO as part of the bank’s Hits for Kids sponsorship.
The donation will enhance the Club’s educational programs
and activities, including the Homework Centers and educational
materials.
Olivet Boys & Girls Club Teens Raising Money and Raising
Awareness About Deadly Diseases
Reading, PA—August 18, 2008: Teen members of Olivet Boys & Girls Club’s Keystone
Clubs are participating in the 2008 National Keystone Project
“Caring for Others.” This is a youth-developed,
youth-led initiative created to help build awareness and
combat AIDS, malaria and other life-threatening diseases
through fundraising and volunteer activity.
Teens from the PAL and Clinton Street Clubs are participating
in this national initiative. Teens from the PAL elected
to raise awareness and money for measles after learning
that each year an average of four million children die of
measles in Africa due to lack of immunization. All of the
money they raise will be donated to the American Red Cross
Measles Initiative.
An informational table will be set up at the PAL Unit Prom
from 1:00-3:00 on Thursday, August 21st to educate members
about measles, and accept donations.
Teens from the Clinton Street Keystone Club elected to
focus on malaria. In addition to raising awareness about
this deadly disease, members set a goal of raising $400
to purchase 40 mosquito nets to be donated. They are already
three quarters of the way there, having raised over $300.
Earlier this month the teens manned an information table
at the “Hanging in the Hood” event at the Club’s
Clinton Street Pool. They also accepted donations during
“National Night Out.”
A Bake Sale to raise money for mosquito nets will be held
on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, August 20, 21, and 22
at the Clinton Street club, 677 Clinton Street, Reading,
from 1:00-5:00.
Reading the Reading
Eagle's coverage.
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Reading Fair 2008
Stevens & Lee and Griffin Financial Group Treat Olivet
Kids to a Day at the Fair on Wednesday, August 6. Click
here for photos.
300 Attend Summer Theatre Camp Performance of Suessical
Jr.
Three-hundred individuals attended the Summer Theatre Camp
performance of Suessical Jr. on August 7 and 8 at PAL Center
for the Arts. Click here to
view photos from the performances.
Media Advisory: 10th Anniversary Celebration of Olivet
Boys & Girls Club’s Mentoring and the Arts Program
What: The public is invited to participate
in the 10th Anniversary Celebration of Olivet Boys &
Girls Club’s “Mentoring and the Arts Program”
by helping the Olivet youth paint a mural under the direction
of artist Jessica Sheetz. The mural will focus on the City’s
architecture and will include various landmarks such as
the Reading Hospital tower, Penn Street Bridge, Pagoda,
Reading Museum, Bandshell, PAL building, and more.
When: Saturday, July 11 from 9:00 a.m.
until 5:00 p.m. (Paint and brushes will be provided!)
Where: The mural will be painted on the
side of the United Refrigeration Building at 3rd & Buttonwood
Streets (on the Buttonwood Street side). Volunteers will
work under a shaded canopy. Lunch will be provided.
How to Sign Up: Contact Meghan Blevins,
Mentoring and the Arts Program Coordinator, to sign up.
She can be reached at 610-898-0789 or Meghan.blevins@olivetbgc.org.
About the Mentoring and the Arts Program:
Olivet Boys & Girls Club’s Mentoring and the Arts
Program combines the personalization of mentoring relationships
with positive adult role models and the therapeutic quality
of group art activities to provide a holistic approach to
working with high-risk students. The program began in 1998
when the Police Athletic League of Reading and Berks County
(now Olivet Boys & Girl’s Club’s PAL club)
joined forces with 15 other organizations to address the
serious and growing problem of juvenile delinquency and
the alarming high school dropout rate.
The Mentoring and the Arts Program incorporates four components
designed to increase healthy, positive self image of youth
participants and improve their ability to employ positive
problem-solving and coping skills. These components are:
mentoring; involvement in the arts; family involvement;
and a community-wide support system.
In addition to mural painting, Mentoring and the Arts students
participate in visual and performing arts, digital music,
photography, cooking, art history, and other artistic genres.
The first mural by Mentoring and the Arts students was painted
in 1998 on the 3rd & Buttonwood Streets building that
will be the site of the 10th anniversary mural painting.
Since then, the youth and community volunteers have painted
nine additional murals throughout the City of Reading under
the direction of various artists and Olivet Boys & Girls
Club staff.
A special limited edition 10th Anniversary poster featuring
“The Murals of Reading” will be available for
purchase. Please visit www.olivetbgc.org
or call Olivet Boys & Girls Club at 610-373-1314 for
details.
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Youth Named Teen Hero: Receives $5,000 Grant for
Olivet Boys & Girls Club
Reading, PA, June 23, 2008…
Fifteen-year old Tyeca Reviere will accept a $5,000 grant
on behalf of Olivet Boys & Girls Club on Friday, June
27 at the Taco Bell located at 1101 E. Philadelphia Avenue
in Glibertsville, PA. The youth is a member of Olivet Boys
& Girls Club’s Clinton Street club, and is receiving
the grant and an award from the Taco Bell Foundation as
part of the “Teen Hero Awards.”
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Outstanding Reading Teen to Compete for Boys &
Girls Clubs of America’s State Youth of the Year Honor
Reading, PA, March 10, 2008…
Angel Ramos is a true example of an extraordinary young
man. At age 17, he has just been selected to compete against
other Boys & Girls Club members for the Northeast Youth
of the Year title and a $1,000 scholarship from the Reader’s
Digest Foundation. As the Youth of the Year for Olivet Boys
& Girls Club of Reading and Berks County, Ramos is among
hundreds of local youth across the country recognized by
Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) for his sound character,
leadership skills and willingness to give back to the community.
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