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>>GERRY: IN THE FACE OF ENORMOUS
CHALLENGES BROUGHT ON BY THE
PANDEMIC, THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS
OF INDIANAPOLIS SAYS IT FOUND

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CREATIVE WAYS TO CONTINUE TO
HELP THOSE IN NEED AND BE A
PLACE THAT KIDS, FAMILIES AND
COMMUNITIES CAN COUNT ON.

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WITH MORE ON MANAGING THROUGH
CRISIS...I'M PLEASED TO BE
JOINED BY CEO MAGGIE LEWIS.
MAGGIE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING

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US.
APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON THE
PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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>> BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB'S HAVE
BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
EVERYONE KNOWS THEM.
IT DATES BACK TO 1893 IN

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INDIANAPOLIS, BUT THE MISSION
HAS EVOLVED OVERTIME GIVE US A
THUMBNAIL DESCRIPTION OF THEM
TODAY THAT SERVICES YOUR

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PROVIDER.
>> OUR MISSION IS SIMPLE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SERVE
THE KIDS AND WE ARE WILLING TO

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DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE
SURE THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL.
>> THE NUMBERS ARE BIG YOU SERVE
7300 KIDS AND FAMILIES ANNUALLY

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AND THAT NUMBER IS INCREASING
DURING THE COURSE OF THE
PANDEMIC.
TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS YOU ARE

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DEALING WITH AND HOW THE
PANDEMIC AFFECTED THOSE NUMBERS.
>> WE OPERATE 12 SITES AND MORE
THEN 7,000 YOUNG PEOPLE OVER A

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GIVEN YEAR AND WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE WE COME ALONGSIDE THE
COMMUNITY TO ENSURE OUR KIDS ARE
SUCCESSFUL AND THEY HAVE A SAFE

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PLACE TO GROW AND BE KIDS AND
GET MENTORSHIP THAT THEY NEED TO
GET THROUGH LIFE AND IT WAS
REALLY IMPORTANT DURING THE

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PANDEMIC WE CAME ALONGSIDE OUR
FAMILIES TO SUPPORT THEM DURING
THIS CRAZY TIME AND DURING THE
TIME WE FOUND IT WAS IMPORTANT

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WE PARTNER WITH OTHERS AND,
AGAIN, WE WANT TO BE AN ANCHOR
IN OUR COMMUNITY SO WE FOUND
OURSELVES WORKING WITH OTHER

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NON-FOR PROFITS TO ENSURE OUR
KIDS SUCCESS WITH UNITED WAY OF
CENTRAL INDIANA AND THE MIND
TRUST AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE

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OUR KIDS HAVE EVERYTHING THEY
NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
>> SO REALLY REACHING OUT IN
NONTRADITIONAL WAYS DURING THE

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PANDEMIC IS SOMETHING THAT WILL
CONTINUE POST- PANDEMIC AND
THESE PARTNERSHIPS HAVING A REAL
IMPACT.

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>> YOU MAY RECALL THERE WAS A
TIME NONE OF US COULD GET OUT SO
WE HAD TO CHANGE HOW WE WERE
REACHING OUT TO FAMILIES AND WE

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HAD TO GET ON ZOOM TO INTERACT
WITH YOUNG FOLK SO ONCE WE GOT
THEM CONNECTED WITH A DEVICE TO
GET ON SOON WE HAD TO MAKE SURE

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THEY HAD SUPPLIES SO WE FOUND
OURSELVES DELIVERING SUPPLIES TO
FAMILIES HOMES AND WE
TRADITIONALLY DO NOT DO THOSE

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THINGS BUT WE DELIVERED SUPPLIES
AND FOOD AND, AGAIN, DOING WHAT
EVER IT TAKES TO SUPPORT OUR
FAMILIES.

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>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS
OVER HALF THE HOUSEHOLDS YOU
SERVE HAVE AN INCOME ANNUALLY OF
25,000 OR LESS SO THESE ARE

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INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES REALLY
IN NEED OF YOUR SERVICES.
>> YES, WE SERVE A LOT OF YOUNG
FOLKS AND THE MAJORITY OF BLACK

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AND BROWN KIDS TO BE SPECIFIC
BUT, AGAIN, FAMILIES ARE LOW
INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE WANT
TO BE THERE FOR THEM AND SUPPORT

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THEM.
>> THREE YEARS ON THE JOB AND AS
YOU LOOK GOING FORWARD YOUR
VISION FOR BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB'S

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AND THE IMPACT YOU HOPE THE
ORGANIZATION WILL CONTINUE TO
HAVE AND WHAT IS THAT VISION FOR
THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.

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>> THREE YEARS ON THE JOB AND
IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING TIME FLIES
WHEN YOU ARE HAVING FUN AND OUR
VISION IS TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT

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WE ARE DOING AND ENSURING ALL
KIDS HAVE THE TOOLS THEY NEED IN
ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL, BUT ALSO
BEING THAT ANCHOR IN THE

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COMMUNITY AND LOOKING AT
NONTRADITIONAL WAYS TO SERVE
YOUNG PEOPLE AND, FOR EXAMPLE,
WE HAVE A PROGRAM WE ARE WORKING

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WITH 16-24-YEAR-OLDS WHO HAD
DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL AND HAD
ISSUES WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT WE
WANT TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP

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WITH THEM AND HELP THEM GET
THEIR LIVES BACK ON TRACK.
FIND OUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE
AND FEELS LIKE AND COME

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ALONGSIDE THAT YOUNG PERSON AND
FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
>> THE CEO OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS