Boys & Girls Club of the Mountain Communities

Happy New Year to all our member families and supporters. The Mountain Communities Boys and Girls Club is thankful to all our end of the year donors. Your support is important to starting our 25th year in service of helping families in need of high quality before and after school services. Now is the time to sign up for membership enrollment for 2020. This milestone year of 25 years in service is a credit to our talent staff and their passion for nurturing your children in a...n educational, supervised, program structured environment. We have 20/20 vision in seeking only great success for all children on the mountain. Please contact your local club to sign your children today. We are now accepting all ages at all Club locations 1st - 12 grade. We have a focused teen center at Iacono Club, but all sites can accommodate teens for your convenience. Our mission is to serve families at every Club with equal access to services. TO BECOME A MEMBER (or) LEARN ABOUT PROGRAMS, PLEASE CONTACT THE CLUB LOCAL TO YOU. Crestline Iacono - 909 -338-0418 (Unit Director, Jessica) Running Springs - 909 -939-0151 (Unit Director, Gavin) Lake Arrowhead - 909-513-1 012 (Unit Director, Joleane) Valley of Enchantment - 909-589-2427 (Unit Director, Marcy) As well, You are always welcome to contact Tracylyn Sharrit, Executive Director at 909-997-0692 to donate, volunteer time, or request non membership information about our mission.

SNOW DAYS BOYS & GIRLS CLUB WINTER SERVICES INFORMATION Dear Members: ... Nobody can predict the weather condition perfectly... we understand this can add stress to working parents on the mountain. The Boys and Girls Club wants to do all we can to alleviate that stress for our members. When possible, the Mountain Communities Boys & Girls Club at IACONO CLUB in CRESTLINE will remain open this winter for snow day RIM District closures (Weather Permitting); no additional fees required to provide this service to our families. Note: All club sites are following the holiday school closure dates. Snow day Crestline services only apply to regularly scheduled school days effected by weather. ALL CAMPUS BASED CLUBS (VOE, LAE, CHE): will close on snow days called by the RIM SCHOOL District. Any members attending (LAE, VOE, or CHE) are welcome to attend the Crestline club should RIM School District close due to winter weather. The Club opens at 6:30 am - 6:30 pm (Weather Permitting). IACONO CLUB: (909) 338-0418 Club Site; or 909-997-0692 Executive Director (Tracylyn Sharrit). It is important to call the IACONO Crestline Club before coming on a snow day. You may call as early as 6:30 am to ensure the weather has enable the IACONO Crestline staff to safely travel and operate the Crestline Club. Should weather become extreme in Crestline, that site will close to ensure the safety of staff and members. Should extreme weather be widely predicted, Crestline Club will announce the snow day closure in advance. IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW: 1. If attending IACONO on a snow day, it is required for children to bring a shelf stable lunch; the clubs provided snacks only. 2. On snow days that the IACONO Crestline Club remains open, should the weather changes to become a threat to safety, parents are called to come get children. 3. You must have the ability to pick up a child when/if the phone call is made. 4. Parents may only have themselves or designated person ON FILE pick up your child from any Boys & Girls Club Site.

CALL OUT FOR VOLUNTEERS AND HELPERS NEEDED Renovations at the Crestline Iacono Club continues. We could surely use the help of handymen and ladies specifically to approach our outdoor deck/patio reconstruction and repairs. Many hands make for fun and enjoyable work. Please consider what your hands could to to help the Boys & Girls Club this Saturday. Give an hour or more, it's up to you. All volunteers are welcome. Thank you in advance for you consideration. 607 Forest Shade ...Rd, Crestline CA 92325 Starts at 9am and projects will be throughout the day up until 5pm. If you want to inform us you can help, you can call ahead to 909-997-0692, or simply drop in if your need more flexibility in your day. Sat: Interior - Basic Interior Painting (almost completed) Sat: Exterior - deconstruction and repair of patio/deck (started and in process).

Boys and Girls Club needs help today (Sunday) 10/27/2019. We in dire need of any handymen, contractor, or community folks that just want to paint walls. 9am - 5pm. The biggest need is help with outdoor deck/patio cover. The project includes replacing (16) 4'x8' floor/roof CDX boards and placing the saved (10) iron railings back on with posts. This would be much easier if a few strong people could make their way to donating a few hours today. Please come the Crestline Boys and... Girls Club at 607 Forest Shade Rd, Crestline, CA 92325. Thanks to all who have been helping and for those in intend to drop in today Sincerely Tracylyn Sharrit Executive Director

In response to member inquiries... The Mountain Communities Boys and Girls Clubs are open today (10/24/2019) and will remain open unless the Waterman Canyon fire conditions change. All four Club sites at VOE, IAC, LAE, and CHE are open during regular business hours and plan to remain open throughout the day. The Waterman Canyon fire is far enough away from all of our Club sites to NOT be considered a threat at this time. ... The Boys and Girls Club is here to serve the needs of families on the mountain. The SCE planned potential electrical outages that MAY occur (if deemed necessary for wind conditions) are not going to affect our ability to remain open. We have remained open during all outages this year. If phone service is interrupted, please contact the Unit Directors by cell phone if you need to call the Club, or the Executive Director at (909) 997-0692 with any questions you may have about our services today. It is our pleasure to serve the families and children of the Mountain Communities.

CRESTLINE CLUB REMAINS OPEN NOVEMBER 1st. The Crestline Boys And Girls Club location will remain open during the November 1st RIM Closure that is used for Teacher Development Day. The Crestline Club at 607 Forest Shade Rd. will be accepting any youth from all club sites at the Crestline location for an all day club time. Sack lunches will be required to attend; doors open at 6:30 am and Close at 6:30pm. We hope this is helpful to all working families in order to have a safe place for you children and teens during this one day school closure on November 1st.

The Mountain Communities Boys and Girls Club "Teen Mentoring Center" is under renovations and needs you help. We need volunteers over the next 2 weekends willing to provide some interior painting skills and those with any construction experience (specific to repairing our second floor patio). We will supply the materials, music, and community fund, you bring you heart and provide your time to help build the best place for teens on the mountain. Please contact Tracylyn Sharrit at 909-338-9390 to get on the volunteer list. We start at 9am and end around 5pm on Sat and Sun. Every hour is helpful. Thank you for helping the Club better serve our youth

As promised, here are some of the fabulous finished art projects from today's Therapeutic Art Classes provided at the Mountain Communities Boys and Girls Club "Teen Mentoring Center (TMC)". We are welcoming new members today at IAC Club and its TMC. This is only one of the many great weekly programs these teens get to take part in. Directly after this painting, they all went to their Skills Streaming Class. Success takes form in a smile.

The Mountain Communities Boys & Girls Club today is having their 3rd. Therapeutic Art Class. JD stopped me to say how much he is enjoying the art classes that are a part of the programs provided by the MCBGC Teen Mentoring Center. I will be posting their completed projects at the end of the day. Amazing Talented Teens.

Thank you Marcus Clark (manager of of Sherwin-Williams Paint in San Bernardino) for the deep deep discounts provided to the Mountain Communities Boys and Girls Club in support of the interior painting phase of the Teen Mentoring Center renovation project. Marcus provided Sherwin-Williams very highest quality paint at a genuinely unexpected larger discount than originally offered. We are were blown away by Sherwin-Williams generosity and love for our youth and project.

Club Members Notice: November 1st School Closure Care RIM District is having a Teacher Development Day on Friday November 1st. All campus club sites follow the school closures; they will be closed on November 1st.: LAE, CHE, and VOE will not be open. ... CLUB CARE OPPORTUNITY: If you are looking for a place for your children to be ALL DAY while you are working, the Iacono Club in Crestline will remain open from 6:30am - 6:30pm for all members of any Boys And Girls Club site to ensure our families have supervised safe care planned; regular program day fee applies. The Iacono Club in Crestline will require a minimum of 20 youth to sign-up ahead of this date to stay open on Nov. 1st. If we get less than 20 youth to enroll ahead of date, the Iacono Club will also close on November 1st. Please call asap at (909) 338-0418 and secure a spot today. The Club provides a light breakfast and requires any child coming on Friday November 1st to bring a sack lunch; we do not provide full meals, only snacks and light breakfast. You may also inform your site Unit Director in person that you are planning to attend the Iacono Club on November 1st. Call today to ensure your child is counted to meet our minimum attendee requirement to remain open. It is our staffs pleasure to serve your families needs. Sincerely Tracylyn Sharrit Executive Director

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED... THE CRESTLINE IACONO CLUB TEEN MENTORING CENTER (TMC) IS UNDER RENOVATION (Oct - Nov.) AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR AMAZING VOLUNTEERS. Iacono Club and the TMC will remain open during the next few months of planned renovation projects. Helping hands 13 years + with parent participation. 18+ without parent participation. Oct. 12-13: Interior Painting ... Oct. 19-20: Interior Paining finishing up all remaining areas Oct. 26-27: Exterior Deck Patio area needs major repairs If you have any construction skills, tools, ladders or just want to paint upon the finish if each area, we need your help. Contractors are very much appreciated. All paints, brushes, rollers and buckets are being provided during the project. Wear clothing that you don't mind getting paint on. Tasks Will Include: moving things away from walls, preparation of walls (cleaning), taping off areas, direct painting with rollers or cut-in brushes, ladder climbing, clean-up with specific paint cleaning instructions to protect the mountain environment. Call the IACONO Club to sign up today. We have added pictures of a few things our mountain Middle and High School Students are provided at the TMC; some of which will become part of the high-tech enhancements as part of the TMC renovation. Mentoring, Education, Technology and STEM, Cooking, Therapeutic Art, Sewing, Geology, Agriculture, and as requested free Counseling. These are just a few of the awesome reasons that all teens should become members of the Mountain Communities Boys & Girls Club, "The elevator to success is broken, you will need to take the stairs." The entire upstairs area of the Iacono Club is part of the renovations; The TMC. Become a part of what is great about our mountain community culture. To Volunteer Call: (909) 338-0418, or (909) 338-9390: ask for Kelly or Tracylyn

Captain Tony is at Goodwin's in memory of 911 to provide a positive way to remember the fallen heroes that died saving so many people. The funds he is collecting directly benefit the Mountain Communities Boys and Girls Club. If you can't make it to Goodwin's to donate and want to contribute to Tony's efforts you can do so online at mcbgc.org. Thank you Tony for all your efforts each year. We so appreciate all you do. Thanks to those who donated and will be donating. Every dollar matters in our mission to help children.

THE LAKE ARROWHEAD GOLF CLASSIC IS BACK !!! The Mountain Communities Boys and Girls Club "Lake Arrowhead Classic Golf Tournament" is on Oct. 4th, 2019. You can full information on playing, the dinner auction, and get signed up to become a sponsor @ ... www.golf4boysandgirlsclub.com Dust off your Clubs to help the Boys & Girls Club. After a day on the course, kick back at the Country Club for a great meal and auction also benefiting the Club. The youth on the mountain are incredibly thankful for all the support from the people in our communities. You can't golf? You have other commitments? Please consider a donation to the auction or a direct cash donation. Have an item of value that you just can't use, you could let that item make a difference to others. It as easy as calling Tracylyn at the Club (909) 338-9390 to donate that item to the charity auction. Thank you in advance for your support. www.golf4boysandgirlsclub.com