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Boys & Girls Club Renovation and addition to start this summer!
 Boys & Girls Club of Greeneville & Greene County Building Project
The renovation and addition project for the Boys & Girls Club of Greeneville & Greene County was approved for final reading on June 9, 2009 at the planning commission. The organization is waiting on the final approval from the state fire marshal and if all goes as planned, we are set to start construction sometime in July 2009. Construction is expected to take 6-8 months for completion. Complete renovation of the existing facility that will include adding central heat and air, a sprinkler system, new windows and doors along with new plumbing and electrical wiring throughout the entire building. Some walls will be taken down to make existing rooms bigger and some rooms will be converted into new uses. One example is the current gym becoming a game room on one side and a cafeteria on the other side. The addition will include 10 new program area rooms, new office and storage space along with additional new bathroom areas throughout the building. The organization will also build a new full size gymnasium with 6 drop down goals and bleachers for spectators. This renovation will allow the Boys & Girls Club to more than double the amount of children that they can serve each day and allow the club to serve them more efficiently. This past year the club had 424 registered club members and served 1,903 children throughout the community with their school outreach programs, jr. sports events and community wide programs. The project will take the existing facility that is approximately 10,000 sq ft and increase it to approximately 24,000 sq ft.
The Boys & Girls Club has announced that they will have an open house soon for tours of the current facility and to have plans available showing the changes that will take place to the facility for review for the general public. More information on the club’s building project will be forthcoming in a release from the club later this month.
Greeneville Pediatric Clinic and the Laughlin Memorial Hospital Children’s Center
Greene County Youth Golf Championship
Bob Kesling Boys & Girls Club Celebrity Golf Classic
June 19th at Link Hills Country Club
The 6th Annual Bob Kesling Boys & Girls Club Celebrity Golf Classic will be held on Friday, June 19, 2009 at Link Hills Country Club. The event will be held to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Greeneville & Greene County and it is title sponsored by DTR Tennessee and Takoma Regional Hospital. The event looks to have one of the marquee formats for this area as Kesling has invited celebrities from around the region to compete with local teams of four in this year’s tournament. This year’s event is first come, first serve for 180 golfers entered. The event has sold out every year. Former college and pro athletes as well as college coaches will be among the celebrities that will be involved in this year’s event. Past tournament participants have included: John Ward, Bruce Pearl, Ray Mears, Jeff Francis, Dane Bradshaw, John Chavis, Jeff Hall, Bert Bertelkamp, Rick Clausen, Craig Colquitt, Anthony Hancock, Condredge Holloway, Dale Jones, Bobby Scott, Pat Ryan, Dewey Warren & Dick Williams just to name a few as well as individuals that played collegiate & professional sports, broadcasters and other notables. Many of the celebrities have University of Tennessee ties, but Tusculum College, East Tennessee State University, Appalachian State University and Carson Newman have also sent participants to this annual event.
The tournament will start with an open range sponsored by Greene County Express and then lunch sponsored by RPC/ProCote and Cook’s Mechanical Services at 11 am. This will be followed by a round of golf for all participants that starts at noon. The evening will be capped off with a dinner sponsored by Forward air, Landair Transport and Distribution at 5:30 pm and an auction hosted by Kesling at 6:00 pm. The auction will be open to the golfers with several sports memorabilia and local items up for bid. The auction items also include many golf packages to play rounds at golf courses from Tennessee, Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina. Tickets to the dinner and auction will be available to the general public for those not participating in the golf tournament. The tournament participants will have a chance to win a items for a hole in one sponsored by Judge Tom Wright as well as prizes for the longest drive and closest to the hole contests. Other major sponsors of this year’s event include: Andrew Johnson Bank, C&C Millwright Maintenance, First Tennessee Bank, Grand Rental Station, Marsh Petroleum and Randy & Carolyn Brown Capps.
Kesling stated “that it was a great honor to be involved in an organization such as the Boys & Girls Club. He said that living in Knoxville he has seen what an impact Boys & Girls Club’s make on a communities youth. I hope that from our tournament that we can provide some additional funding for this great organization for the youth of Greeneville & Greene County.” Jerry Fortner, long time event chairman stated, “We are taking sponsorships if any business or individual wants to help sponsor this year’s event for the youth of our community”.
Shontricia Tucker Named the 2009 Boys & Girls Club
Youth of the Year
Boys & Girls Club Staff honored as Lindsey Brown & Sherronda Faw Receive 2009 State Award for Outstanding Service to Youth
Lindsey Brown Sherronda Faw
During the 2009 Tennessee All State All-Staff retreat held in Knoxville, Tennessee, two members of the staff of the Boys & Girls Club of Greeneville & Greene County were honored as “Outstanding Youth Development Staff for Tennessee”. Lindsey Brown & Sherronda Faw were selected as outstanding part time staff members from nominations from Boys & Girls Clubs employees from throughout the state of Tennessee. “We are very proud of these two individuals and what they bring to the programs and activities at our Boys & Girls Club” stated Scott Bullington, the club’s director. “They are outstanding individuals who are great role models for the youth we serve” he added.
Boys & Girls Club Celebrity Auction a Huge Success
Raising Over $60,000 for Local Club Activities
A big crowd turned out Saturday night for the 9th annual Boys & Girls Club Celebrity Auction helping the club to raise over $60,000 for their club programs and activities. This year’s event, title sponsored by EcoQuest International and Summers Taylor, was held at Trinity United Methodist Church and featured over 600 items including local business items, sports cards and items autographed by famous celebrities, entertainers, athletes and other notables. There were hundreds of items to choose from ranging from Tennessee Volunteer game tickets to a pie safe. State Rep. Eddie Yokley the event co-chairman, said this year’s auction total was the best net income that the club has ever had for a special event. The other major sponsors of this year’s event included: C & C Millwright, Modern Woodman and RPC/ProCote as the dinner sponsors, the bid tables were sponsored by Forward Air, Takoma Regional Hospital, The Orthopedic Center of Greeneville, and Vulcan Materials and EcoQuest Printing & Publishing sponsored the event program. Nata Jackson, the event co-chairman stated “We sold over 600 items this year and we were very pleased with the generous bids received during the auction. The generosity of the attendees and the hard work from our volunteers and staff is the reason that our event was such a success” she added.
Items ranged from photos and scripts to sports equipment, books and CDs. Also, many area restaurants, stores and other businesses donated certificates for various goods and services. The top-selling item was a Pete Rose autographed baseball bat that went for $700 purchased by Eben Jones. A Dale Earnhardt autographed Simpson racing helmet went for $600, a Pat Summitt autographed 2008 NCAA Champions' autographed basketball went for $575, the Mystery Box that included an autographed Jason Witten football & many pictures went for $500, a vacation getaway at Rudy’s Peachtree Plaza in the Smoky Mountains went for $475, a 5,000 count box of baseball cards, donated by Skeeter Swift, went for $475, two stadium seats from the University of Tennessee’s basketball arena renovation went for $450, tickets to the Tennessee vs. Alabama football game, donated by Randy & Carolyn Brown Capps, went for $450, a football signed by this year’s Bob Kesling Celebrity Golf Classic players went for $425, a package of Tennessee Lady Vols tickets also donated by the Capps went for $425, A pie safe, hand made by Tom Dubois, went for $425, a Carrie Underwood autographed Grand Ole Opry poster went for $400, a framed poster from the movie “ Broken Bridges” autographed by Kelly Preston & Toby Keith went for $390, a box of ABA & NBA basketball cards, donated by Skeeter Swift, went for $325, an autographed Peyton Manning picture went for $300, One night in the luxury suite at a 2009 Greeneville Astros game went for $300, a football autographed by Jonathan Crompton went for $275, a handmade quilt, made by Wilma Ricker, went for $250, Four day hopper tickets to Walt Disney World went for $250, a football autographed by UT Coach Phil Fulmer went for $250, a picture of NFL rushing king Emmitt Smith went for $225, an autographed Bobby Knight Texas Tech basketball went for $225, another box of sports cards from Skeeter Swift went for $225, an autographed Thomas Kinkade book of prints went for $200 and a second set of UT Lady Vols tickets donated by the Capps went for $200.
Other items of great interest were a bedding collections set, a Mike Singletary autographed football, a Kevin Harvick autographed mini helmet, a Longaberger gift basketball, from Shellie Hankins-Brown, a Judith Plucker signed print, a Cal Ripken Jr. autographed picture, a mini movie poster of “Love Me Tender” autographed by Debra Paget, an uncut sheet of 1992 Topps baseball cards, a Bruce Pearl autographed basketball, a signed script from Law & Order, a Washington Redskins football autographed by Joe Jacoby, a movie script from “The Princess Bride” signed by Rob Reiner, a 5,000 count box of football cards from Skeeter Swift, a Super Bowl football autographed by Joe Jacoby, an autographed picture of Pete Rose, The Civil War tape set autographed by Ken Burns, Tennessee Vols' Football Tickets donated by Randy & Carolyn Brown Capps, a picture of Pittsburgh Steeler Hines Ward autographed, a Passions script & picture autographed by Juliet Mills, an Adidas Shoe autographed by Bruce Pearl, a uncut sheet of 1990 Topps rookie cards, a UT Vols custom stroller from Central Drug Store, a picture of Jimmy & Roslyn Carter, and a package of UT men's basketball tickets also from the Capps. |
