The 2024 Youth of the Year winner, selected from a list of outstanding candidates, was Greenwich High School senior, Omar Badr. Continue Reading →
PHOTOS: Much to Celebrate at Boys & Girls Club’s 2024 Youth of the Year Event
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Greenwich Marks Juneteenth Holiday with Featured Speakers Bobby Walker Jr, Rev Thomas Nins and Elected Officials
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“Learn how efforts around the country to stop teaching various topics in American history because of how it makes some people feel is actually denial of our greatest opportunity to honor all of those who came before us and to unite to build a better future for all that come after us.” – Bobby Walker Jr Continue Reading →
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Bobby Walker Jr to Depart Boys & Girls Club for Position at Greenwich Academy
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Mr. Walker is already a familiar face at Greenwich Academy. His wife Becky Walker has been head of Greenwich Academy’s middle school since 2005, and he is the father of two daughters at Greenwich Academy and a son at Brunswick School. Continue Reading →
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Susan Bevan to Be Honored as Boys & Girls Club’s 2020 Champion of Youth
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This year’s five Youth of the Year finalists are: Alessandra DeVito, a senior at Greenwich High School; Lara Javier, a junior at Greenwich High School; Max Pisacreta, a senior at Greenwich High School; Andres Rincon, a senior at Westhill High School; and Keely Rodriguez, a junior at Greenwich High School. Continue Reading →
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Panel to Discuss Support Options for Immigrants Seeking Settlement in Greenwich
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Bobby Walker, Jr. and Mary Lee Kiernan join CEO of Connecticut Institute of Refugees and Immigrants in Discussion of Services that Enable Smooth and Meaningful Transitions Continue Reading →
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Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich Announces 51st Youth of the Year Winner, Honors Rebecca Breed as Champion of Youth
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Michael Rincon was honored on Thursday night as the Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich 2019 Youth of the Year. Also honored was Champion of Youth Rebecca Breed. Her family pledged a donation to the Club of $1 Million over the next ten years from the Rebecca Breed Scholarship Foundation. Continue Reading →
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Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich Holds First Generation College Fair
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“We wanted our members to understand that they have more options than they think they do.” – Bobby Walker Jr. Continue Reading →
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Words Still Matter – Building a Community without Hate Event Honors Martin Luther King at YWCA Greenwich
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Due to the recent rise in hate speech and hate crimes, the YWCA’s focus for the event will be “Why Words Still Matter” in the context of building a community without hate. Featured guests will be Moderator, Steve Ginsburg, Director – Connecticut Region, Anti-Defamation League; Deirdre Daly, U.S. Attorney, State of Connecticut; Bobby Walker, Jr., Chief Executive Officer, Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich; and Dr. Salvatore Corda, Interim Superintendent, Greenwich Public Schools. Continue Reading →