A Board of Directors of a non

-profit corporation are usually

unpaid volunteers who are the

trustees of the corporation who

represent and are responsible to

the agency’s clients, to the

community, to the funders, to

the government and to the

taxpayers as a whole. In

conducting the business of the

organization, directors have

certain legal obligations.

Directors of for-profit and

nonprofit institutions have the

same tw o bas i c l ega l

obligations, duty of care and

duty of loyalty. The duty of care

requires directors to exercise the

care, diligence and skill that

an ordinary, prudent person

would exhibit under similar

circumstances. For directors,

this means, at the least,

understanding and paying

attention to the substantive

matters brought before the

board, attending meetings,

asking questions, challenging

assumptions, following up on

issues that may not have been

resolved, consulting with experts

i f needed, reading and

understanding materials and

reports given to the board. The

duty of loyalty requires pursuit of

the organization’s best interest,

avoidance of self-dealing and

conflicts of interests, as well as

disclosure of potential conflicts

and obtaining prior board

approval of any transaction or

siturations that might be

considered self-dealing or a

conflict.

Board of Directors - Moment!

HERE IS AN EASY CHECKLIST LISTING THE DUTIES OF A BOARD MEMBER:

Understanding the mission of your organization and helping to keep it current and relevant

Becoming familiar with the organization’s basic governance documents.

Staying current on government trends, business and societal issues that may affect the operation or mission of the organization.

Attending board and committee meetings regularly.

Actively contributing to the work of the board and the organization.

Asking questions at meetings on issues you don’t understand.

Offering suggestions and comments in a positive manner.

Avoiding micromanaging or nit-picking.

Being respectful of the management team and other directors.

Being collegial; refraining from dominating meetings or personaizing debate.

Supporting the chair in efforts to keep meetings moving by keeping questions and comments relevant.

Knowing key staff and their roles, but refraining from contacting lower level staff without advising the CEO.

Getting to know the other board members.

Supporting the organization financially.

Attending functions of the organization in the community.

Helping raise funds from others for the organization.

Being an advocate for the organization in your community. Engaging others in the work of the organization.

Keeping alert for warning signs of potential trouble within the organization.

Raising concerns about the organization or staff or board with sensitivity to the appropriate person and working to correct the problems.

Knowing when it’s time for a director to rotate off the board in order to help keep the board fresh and viable.

BGCA National

Conference

May 2-4 in San Diego. See online

Conference schedule for specific

information on keynote speakers and

break-out sessions. Then, please

contact Art if you plan to attend. We

have rooms held at the Host Hotel and

have sent in a group registration. This

is an unique opportunity to attend a

National Conference that is local.

JMG Golf Tournament

May 16th at Mile Square Golf Course.

All proceeds fund Club’s programs so

it is important that we support the event.

We need help in a few critical ways.

1. Finding golfers to play.

2. Gathering gifts for the raffle, silent

and live auctions.

3. Volunteers the day of the event.

If you can help contact Art.

Chili at the Beach

June 16, 11am to 6pm on Main Street,

HB. The Business Improvement District

(BID) is hosting their annual event and

has chosen BGVHC as their charity.

We need volunteers to man tables

selling chili tasting tickets. There will be

three tables, 2 volunteers each, from

10:30am to 3:30pm. Other volunteers

will be needed during the event which

may include pouring beer at the Beer

Garden and general runners/helpers.

Please let me know if you can

volunteer.

Pins for Kids

Mark your calendar, August 11, 2012.

More information to follow, but for now

start putting your bowling teams

together. Funds raised support the

Building Dreams capital campaign.

Upcoming CLUB EVENTS...

Kingston Branch, Fountain Valley April 2012 Page 2

The “Engineering Adventure

Program” at the Kingston Branch

has been shaking things up all

month long! Our members have

been incorporating science,

math, social studies, and the arts

to learn about earthquakes. They

even built their own earthquake

shaking tables! All month, they

have been designing earthquake

resistant structures to help

understand how engineers work

to build buildings that can

withstand an earthquake. We

even had Thomas McCann from

Rotary come and help our

members build their structures

and even test them out! Our

members have been enjoying

this hands-on science program

and will continue their science

adventure with even bigger

structures and more fun!

It was all about “Green” in

the month of March! Our annual

St. Patrick’s Day Carnival was

very successful, with more than

200 members participating.

Members enjoyed face painting,

the bounce house, lots reading

and coloring books as

prizes. The Carnival also

featured leprechaun ball

toss, ring toss and a potato

sack relay race. It’s always

a great feeling to watch our

member’s exhibit positive

attitudes and team work

during carnivals.

Learning Center Child Development Preschool, FV April showers bring you flowers

and the children at the Learning

Center have been planting seeds

and everyday measuring how

much their plants have grown.

On April 5th, Jeanne Reinhardt

and Amy Cha, two nurses from

the Huntington Beach School

District, came to the Center and

provided screening to 32 children,

ages 3-5, in the program. The

developmental screening included

vision, hearing, height, and

weight. Friday, April 6th was a

busy day for the teachers and

students as they hunted for eggs

and had a healthy snack party.

The children including the 12-24

month old infants had a fun time

searching for the eggs. On

Thursday, April 12 and Friday,

April 13, the children had their

pictures taken by a professional

photographer. The last weeks of

April will also be very busy for

the Learning Center. Besides

creating lesson plans for Earth

Day and learning about

recycling, the staff, parents, and

children are looking forward to

celebrating the Week of the

Young Child, which will be during

the week of April 23-27th. To

celebrate the Week of the Young

Child, the classrooms will be

doing different arts and crafts

activities each day. On

Wednesday, the Learning Center

will provide a continental

breakfast for the parents and

children; we are asking parents

to spend at least 5 minutes out of

their busy schedule to sit down

with their child and have

breakfast. To end the celebration,

we will be having a Week of the

Young Child carnival on Friday,

April 27th. The carnival will be set

up right on the court yard in back

of our Preschool playground; we

will have face painting, tattoos,

arts and crafts, and clowns from

the Volunteer Clowns of Orange

County will create animal

balloons for the children. We will

have games including Bean Bag

toss, Tin Can toss, fishing game,

and many more fun activities.

Volunteers will be needed to help

supervise the activities, the Exits

to the parking lot. Our enrollment

continues to grow and three out

our classrooms are at full

capacity and the other three are

filling out quick.

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April 2012

Events: The JMG Security

Systems Golf Tournament is

coming up soon on May 16th. We

are working on materials for this

event and for the Pins for Kids

Bowling Tournament, which will

be held on August 4th. To sign up

for either event, call Jamie at

714-593-0753, ext. 109. The

ImageMakers BGCA regional

competition will be held in our

Kingston Branch gym on Monday,

April 30th, with an open house on

the afternoon of Sunday April 29th.

Photos are arriving every day and

we are excited to host this event

for Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

As always, we continue to work

toward our Annual Benefit Dinner

& Auction, “Great Futures Start

Here,” and have completed many

online requests for donations.

Grants: We received a $5,000

grant from Union Bank and the

first payments from our OCTA

grant. We sent reports for OJP

mentoring program funding and a

grant proposal to the Norris

Foundation. We will submit

invoices and reports to the City

of Fountain Valley, Golden West

College, and the Orange County

Children & Families Commission

this month. We’re working on a

proposal to the Angels

Foundation and continuing to

pursue the Verizon Foundation

funding. We have a conference

call with OCTA to review Title VI

requirements for Federal Transit

Authority Funding.

Marketing: We have continued

working on summer program

promo materials, including

printing our summer flyers and

program books and creating new

enrollment contracts for all

locations. We also printed our

newsletter, which has an in-

depth look at Club alumni and

Angels pitcher CJ Wilson’s visit

to the Kingston Branch. Other

print materials include the

OrangeCounty.com article about

Learn to Skate Day at McKenna

Volkswagen’s benefiting the

Club and HBCultureMagazine

posted pictures of the event. We

also sent out press releases

about Spring Break enrollment

and CJ Wilson’s visit to the Club.

Other Activities: We submitted

an application to participate in the

Combined Federal Campaign

and also ran our staff United Way

campaign. We have registered a

team for the United Way’s “Walk

United” walkathon on Saturday

June 19th. If you’d like to support

the Club’s team or even join the

team as a walker, visit

tinyurl.com/teambgchv. We are

working with Starbucks on a

volunteer project which will

include Starbucks employees

volunteering in late April to help

with new landscaping ideas at the

Kingston Branch.

ClubHouse Academy, Huntington Beach April has been a great deal of

fun for the ClubHouse Academy.

Our dancers are eagerly working

on their choreography for our

upcoming spring dance recital

which will be on Sunday, May

20th at the Kingston Branch. For

this recital, we have 150 young

dancers enrolled, which is 1½

times as many kids from the

previous recital. Our dance

instructors are doing a great job

getting the kids prepared for the

show and the kids couldn’t be

more excited to show off their

dances and new costumes to

their friends and family.

Our martial arts classes have

also been active with

promotions. On back to back

Saturdays Tae Kwon Do and

Karate have done testing to

allow students to move up in

their belt rankings.

Saturdays are especially

busy this month because we

are having photo day for our

sports leagues. On April

21st, we had our basketball

photo day, where each player

actually did their hair

that day to look good

for their photos. This

coming Saturday our

soccer teams will take

their turn with photos.

After finishing up all of

the performances of

Seussical , the theatre

program is quickly getting for our

next production of The Lady

Pirates of Captain Bree. The

ClubHouse Academy will be

hosting an audition workshop on

May 5th, where our instructors

will help with choosing the

correct song for an audition,

choreography, and reading

lines. The auditions for the

show will be May 7th and 8th.

School Age Programs

1. Fountain Valley Kingston Branch

16582 Brookhurst Street, Fountain Valley, 92708 (714) 531-2582

2. Huntington Beach Branch

2309 Delaware Street, Huntington Beach, 92648 (714) 374-2600

Sports Leagues & Performing Arts Instruction

3. ClubHouse Academy

10200 Slater Avenue, Fountain Valley, 92708 (714) 593-0753 (between FV City Hall & Library)

Licensed Childcare for ages 6 weeks to 5 years

4. Learning Center Cild Development

Preschool 17565 Los Alamos Street, Fountain Valley, 92708 (714) 593-0753

5. Robert Mayer Child Development

Preschool 15744 Golden West Street, Huntington Beach, 92647 (714) 899-5900 (located near the intersection of Gothard St. & Center Ave.)

Building Dreams Capital Campaign

6. Partnering with Golden West

College to build California’s 1st Boys & Girls Club on a college campus! For information (714) 593-0753

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Child Development Preschool, HB April was a month full of

t ra in ing , ac t i v i t i e s and

celebrations! Curriculum has

included spring and the letters

“V” and “W” for the pre-k

children. Some activities

included the children “hatching”

baby chicks, making volcanoes

out of clay and having them

erupt by pouring vinegar on top

of baking soda and dressing up

wacky for Wacky Wednesday!

Staff has been getting very

creative in their ways of

teaching the alphabet.

On the 3rd Barbara Easton

from Department of Education

came out to our center to start

the first stage of the free

technical assistance training we

are being offered. She spent

the morning with some of our

Pre-K staff and Administration to

go over the results of our

ECERS (Early Childhood

Environment Rating Scale)

scores and to set up goals for

our training plan. Barbara

returned on the 6th to see what

changes we had done to one of

our Pre-K room environment

and give us her feedback which

was very positive. Staff is looking

forward to the many good

changes that will come from this

coaching and training.

April 17th & 18th we took our

annual school portraits! This

year we chose one of our

parent’s who has an infant at the

center to do the portraits. He

owns his own photography

business, you can check out

h is amazing work on

ccimages.com. We enjoyed

two days filled with children

dressed in their best outfits

and big smiles for the camera.

April 23rd – 27th we will

celebrate Week of The Young

Child; this year’s quote is

“Early Years Are Learning

Years!” We will celebrate all

week long with a variety of

activities done in the classroom

like creating pencil holders,

making star wands and, reading

quotes parents wrote about why

they think their child is special.

We will also offer a special parent

and child breakfast where we will

invite parent’s to come in 15

minutes earlier than usual and

enjoy bagels, cream cheese and

juice with their child.

The week will end with

a phenomenal carnival

held in appreciation of

the children at our

L e a r n i n g C en t e r

location.

www.BGCHV.com

Huntington Beach Branch

Over the last three months

we have instituted a mentoring

program. This program is

targeted to bring children from

all possible backgrounds

together to go over their

environment and teach them

how to deal with social,

emotional and physical

pressures in today’s society.

Under the guidance of our

Program director our staff has

done an excellent job of making

the weekly meeting relevant to

what’s going on with our kids.

These meetings give our

children an open forum to talk

about the issues they are having

and get feedback from their

peers. The one to one meetings

with the children’s mentors help

to bridge any gap that was not

covered during group meetings.

This program will have a lasting

positive effect on our children and

will develop their confidence to

work through all of life’s

situations.

We had a wonderful St.

Patrick’s Day Carnival. This year

our games were themed around

the Emerald Isle. One of the

most fun activities was to find the

Leprechaun. Leprechauns were

hidden all around the club and

the children who found the most

won prizes. As with all our

carnivals, fun was had by all.

Erin Go Bragh!