Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore (BGCMB), received a$1,000 grant as part of the inaugural Restaurant Community Grant Program from the Darden Foundation, the charitable arm of Darden Restaurants Inc.The Restaurant Community Grant Program is a local grants program intended to help support nonprofit organizations in the hundreds of communities Darden and its restaurant brands serve.The donation will enable BGCMB to continue to serve Baltimore's youth.

The S.M.A.R. T (Skills Mastery And Resistance Training) Girls Program sponsored by Unilever is a health, fitness, prevention/education and self esteem enhancement program for girls ages 8 to 17.  The program is designed to encourage healthy attitudes and lifestyles that will enable early adolescent girls to develop to their full potential.  Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropoitan Baltimore was  awarded a $5,000.00 grant to continue the work of the program.

THE B.ullying and S.enseless violence STOPS NOW!!! 

MARCH for PEACE & THE LOVE CAMPAIGN RALLY April 27th 2013

On Saturday April 27th 10a-12p the youth of Baltimore City invite you to join "The B.ullying and S.enseless violence Stops Now" march for Peace and LOVE Campaign Rally.  The March will begin at Westport Homes Boys & Girls Club located 2343 Norfolk Street Baltimore, MD 21230 and end at Brooklyn O'Malley Boys & Girls Club located 3560 3rd Street Baltimore, MD 21225.  Registration check-in and continental breakfast will be from 8a-9:30a and lunch at 12p. The LOVE Campaign Rally will be hosted by 92Q's Pork Chop from 12p-2p on the lawn of Brooklyn O’Malley Boys & Girls Club with special celebrity guests Bianca Chardei from America's Next Top Model, Celebrity designer Stevie Boi, Universal recording artist Shire and more surprise guests! Come and enjoy a day of Peace LOVE and Unity!

Register online at info@nsilive.com

This event is sponsored by Pepsi, 92Q, WPBradio.com, SB Shades, Diamonds On The Rise Inc. ,The Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore,The Family League of Baltimore and The Nevaeh Foundation.

On Thursday April 27th, Abc2 News visited The Boys and Girls Club which is thriving in Baltimore – changing the lives of young people – helping them grow up to be responsible adults.  The club came back into the area in 2007 after the supply for programs reserved for children were overwhelmed by the demand.  At the Brooklyn O’Malley Rec Center in South Baltimore, the city agreed to grant the club the use of the building – a building the city could no longer keep up.  As a result, children in the community now have a safe place to go after school.  “Our kids just need someone to be there for them, someone to care for them and support them. We show them that we care for them, that they are a priority,” says club president Kenneth Darden.  You don’t have to look hard to find the impact of the club in the community.  Since the program opened, sixth-grader Kenneth Bonner has seen his reading score soar.  Likewise, children don’t have to look far to find positive role models.  On Thursday, April 11, the second annual Be Great Gala will be held to benefit the Boys and Girls Club. Among honorees will be Ladarius Webb of the Ravens and Nick Markakis of the Orioles. 

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