Larsharae Hooker to now vie for State Title and Scholarship She was once shy and reserved, but now Larsharae is a responsible, goal-oriented teen who was just named the 2012 Northwestern Mutual Foundation Youth of the Year for Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee. Next, Larsharae will compete against other Boys & Girls Club [...]

Longtime Milwaukee drummer Anthony ‘Tony’ Finlayson jams with local Boys & Girls Club members during the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee’s Annual Fine Arts Exhibit held last Thursday, Jan. 5 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at its Mardak Administration Center located at 1558 N. 6th St. The event took place in the [...]

Learning how to manage money can’t start early enough. That’s why the PNC Foundation is awarding a $75,000 grant to Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee for a new program to teach local children about sharing, saving and spending and to equip their parents to reinforce the lessons. “For Me, For You, For Later” [...]

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee inspires and empowers local youth to realize their full potential. Now thanks to a gift from the Herzing Educational Foundation, Club members have an additional source of empowerment as they pursue their education and career goals. The Herzing Educational Foundation made a $40,000 donation to Boys & Girls [...]

Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare recently donated bicycles to 10 members of the Daniels-Mardak Boys & Girls Club. All the bikes were customized for the children at DreamBikes, located at 2021A N. Martin Luther King Dr. DreamBikes is a non-profit used bike shop designed to help a community in need in many different ways. As partners with [...]

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee announced that Vincent Lyles, current president of M&I Community Development Corp. (CDC), has been named president and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee effective January 2, 2012. The announcement comes after an extensive four month national search. Lyles will replace Jim Clark , who in [...]

Miami Heat Guard, Olympic gold medalist and Marquette University basketball standout Dwayne Wade made a special visit to the Pieper-Hillside Boys & Girls Club, 611 W. Cherry St., to encourage the children to have a positive and successful school year. He also announced his foundation’s reading incentive program for the Club.

The Bishop’s Creek Development Corporation, Bishop Sedgwick Daniels and the Holy Redeemer Church of God In Chirst joyfully dedicated its Pre- Collegant Dormitory prayer tower and one of a kind children’s orphanage. The dormitory is a 5 story, 23,000 square foot structure designed to be a co-ed living environment for high school students ages 14-18. [...]

PHOTO OF THE WEEK Last week more than 250 teens and adults walked to pay homage to the historic neighborhood of Bronzeville, which was once upon a time the social and economic hub of Milwaukee’s African American community. The Bronzeville Unity Walk / Renaissance Festival was hosted by Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee. [...]

Once upon a time Bronzeville was the social and economic hub of Milwaukee ’s African American community. On Thurs., Aug. 11, more than 250 teens and adults paid homage to the historic neighborhood as part of the Bronzeville Unity Walk/Renaissance Festival hosted by Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee. The event started from North [...]