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Finalists Elliot Branch and Ellis Dudley, Jr

Boys & Girls Clubs Set to Name 2008 Youth of the Year

On March 18th at 4:00 PM at the Central Village Boys & Girls Club located at 212 Van Buren Street, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Syracuse will announce the winner of the 2008 Youth of the Year competition. This year, the two finalists are both from the Club's East Fayette Street Clubhouse. Elliot Branch, 17 and Ellis Dudley, Jr., 16, are long time members of the Clubs. Both young men were finalists last year and have continued being a positive influence in their community. In order to compete in the Youth of the Year competition, each finalists had to complete an extensive application detailing their contributions to their Club, their Family and their community along with completing two essays and getting up to eight letters of support from staff, family and community members who supported their application. Each finalist was also required to prepare a speech which was given at a luncheon in front of staff, judges and family members as well as participate in a lengthy interview process with judges from the community. Both of these young men embody all that is good about teens in our community and this award recognizes not only their hard work through this application process, but the hard work they do every year making positive choices. Each finalists receives a brand new desktop computer and a touch screen Apple iPod and a Boys & Girls Clubs of Syracuse hoodie sweatshirt. The winner, in addition to these prizes also recives the Youth of the Year Varsity Jacket, a trophy, and a $1,500 college scholarship and competes in the State-Wide competition in Albany.

Special thanks to the judges: Bobbi Mindy, Stacey Stassi, Andrea Marshall and Howard Jackson for their time and for their tough work in picking this year's winner. Please join us for this special event, for more information about the event please contact Enza Procopio, Director of Program Operations, at 488-5753. Way to go Elliot and Ellis!

CLUBS BIDS FOR KIDS AUCTION SET FOR MAY 17, 2008

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Syracuse is hosting its annual Bids for Kids Auction this May at the Hotel Syracuse in May. This year the Clubs are honoring Doug Logan, who recently was elected to the Syracue Sports Hall of Fame. The black tie optional event raises more than $100,000 to support the Clubs and its mission to inspire all youth to reach their full potential. The event features a silent auction with more than 200 items, dinner catered by Pascale's, and a live Auction featuring trips, jewelry, Plasma Screen TV a much more. To get more information, please contact the Clubs at 472-6714 or email Jim Czarniak at jczarniak@bgcsyracuse.org.

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