Jr Suns/ Mercury Basketball is a great way to teach your child teamwork.  Register before it's too late.  For more information, click here.

Thank you to Healthways for hosting Clubs kids from the Ladmo, Gilbert and Father Kuban Branches on Halloween Eve.  Healthways employees and the kids dressed up in full costume and got to go trick or treating throughout the office.  There was no shortage of candy, popcorn, cotton candy and cookies! Thanks Healthways! 

Thanks to the North Tempe Branch Board, club kids were able to get free haircuts.  Professional stylists from Toni & Guy and Steven Paul Salon volunteered their time.  Everyone left happy and more stylish! Thanks Toni & Guy and Steven Paul Salon!

Every year, teenagers throughout the state of Arizona get together with one goal in mind- how they can better their communities.  This group of Club teens is called Keystone.  This year's Keystoner of the Year for Arizona was Araly Duran of our Grant Woods Branch - Mesa.  Congrats Araly!

Join us the evening of  Monday, November 16th for the grand opening of the new Compadre Branch - Chandler.  Thanks to bonds approved by Chandler residents in 2007, more children and teens will be calling the Boys & Girls Club their second home. Plus consider our Bricks for Kids Campaign. 

 

Not only is the Club the largest in the East Valley, it's a LEED silver-certified building which means it is green-friendly! It will house the largest Intel Computer Clubhouse in the world, two gymnasiums, stage, teen center, games room, an art room, plus, a community room.  To view invitation, click here.

The Goldwater Women's Tennis Classic held at Phoenix Country Club is the final women's USTA Pro Circuit event of the 2009 season.  All players are competing for WTA tour points in order to qualify for the 2010 Australian Open and proceeds benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley.  
 

Opening Ceremonies & Community Outreach Day will kick off the week-long event on November 8 with a free kid's clinic open to the public, sponsor clinics and qualifying rounds.  A Pro/Am and Celebrity Pro/Am event will be held on Monday, November 9.  A Player Party will be held Tuesday, November 10 and Military Troops & Vets Day will be held Wednesday, November 11 including a featured evening match.  November 14 is Super Saturday with Semi-Final Rounds and a Fashion Show.  Closing Ceremonies and Final Match will be held on Sunday, November 15. For more information, click here.

Hosted by 3TV's Beverly Kidd, the 32nd Annual Bids for Kids Auction & Dinner will be held Saturday, November 21st at the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa.  Join us for an evening of dinner & entertainment plus a live and silent auction with more than 500 fantastic items. 

 

All proceeds benefit the 11 branches of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley and the 30,000 youth served every year.  To purchase tickets or to donate an auction item, click here. 

 

Our K-8 charter school Mesa Arts Academy celebrated "Week without Violence" with a peace pole last month.  The pole was planted into the ground at MAA during an early morning ceremony with a special message "May peace prevail on earth" in English, Spanish, Hebrew and Chinese.  Students dressed up in their culture's native dress.  
 

The event was organized by The Children's Benefit Foundation and sponsored by the Sunrise Rotary Club in Mesa.  Students also submitted artwork and poetry into a contest for the Week without Violence. For a list of winners click here.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley (www.clubzona.org) serves more than 30,000 children and teens annually, and continues to grow to meet the needs of today's youth, providing a positive place for all kids and teens. Serving members in Apache Junction, Chandler, Gilbert, Guadalupe, Mesa, Tempe, Queen Creek, and the Gila River Indian Community, programs are offered after school and during the summer and provide youth and teens, ages 6 - 18, with fun and educational activities, supervised by professional staff.  The organization also runs Mesa Arts Academy, a K-8 charter school.  The Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley's annual membership fee is only $20 dollars a year and financial assistance is available.  No child is ever turned away if they are unable to pay the fee.