Cape Charles Rotary Computers for Boys and Girls Club

At the check presentation ceremony: Bill Payne, Eastern Shore Boys and Girls Club Chairman and Kathy Custis, Executive Director, with John Burdiss, Cape Charles Rotary past president, and Allan Burns, current president.

At the check presentation ceremony: Bill Payne, Eastern Shore Boys and Girls Club Chairman and Kathy Custis, Executive Director, with John Burdiss, Cape Charles Rotary past president, and Allan Burns, current president.

February 16, 2015

February marks the beginning of a special new partnership between the Rotary Club of Cape Charles and the Eastern Shore Boys and Girls Club. The Rotary Club will bring much-needed technology and career mentorship to local youth in order to provide the teens a jumpstart on successful careers. The first step is a grant of $4,000 to the local Boys and Girls Club.In addition to the grant, Cape Charles Rotary will conduct a Career Day for the Eastern Shore Boys and Girls Club at Occohannock Elementary School February 21 from 9:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. According to Kathy Custis, Executive Director of the Eastern Shore Boys and Girls Club, “This generous grant will be used to purchase computers in support of the upcoming Career Day and various other Boys and Girls Club programs. We are so grateful that this will be an ongoing relationship with the Cape Charles Rotary Club.”

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Over a dozen Cape Charles Rotarians will facilitate five Career Day workshops for more than 50 Boys and Girls Clubs teenagers from the Eastern Shore and the Hampton Roads area.  The young adults will attend workshops structured to begin preparing them for college and workplace realities. Monika Bridgforth, Cape Charles Rotary President-Elect and Career Day project coordinator explains, “While the provision of current technology is unquestionably beneficial, it is the personal sharing of Rotarians’ experience and knowledge that will make a lasting difference in our teens’ careers, and their lives.”

The partnership with the Boys and Girls Club is an important new initiative of the Cape Charles Rotary Club, which supports the community through a variety of additional grants and service projects. The Club invites others in the community who are interested in learning more about Rotary membership or in supporting the Boys and Girls Club with their time or financial support to contact Bill Payne at 757-331-4047.

The Cape Charles Rotary Club, founded in 1924, is a member of Rotary International, an international service organization whose stated purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian services, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.

The Boys and Girls Clubs is a national organization founded in 1906.  Its declared mission is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.  The Eastern Shore Boys and Girls Club meets at Occohannock Elementary School in Exmore.

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