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  Noni LaLone was the first person in her family with a college degree. Her father, 17 when she was born, didn’t graduate from high school. Today, LaLone is a partner in the Everett office of a major accounting, tax and consulting firm. She also heads a steering committee to launch InspireHer, a new effort […]

TACOMA, Wash. — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Everyone has the power for greatness, not for fame but for greatness, because greatness is determined by service.” In 2014, Tacoma’s Raining HOPE Keystone Club got to make this a reality when we were able to help those that were in need. We volunteered at a local pantry called St. […]

KENNEWICK, WA – A teenager at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Benton and Franklin Counties Music & Arts Center will soon help shape teen programs across the country. The organization has selected 14-year-old Monyae Rizzuto of Kennewick to serve on the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s 2014 National Teen Advisory Council. He is […]

The Vancouver Housing Authority and Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest Washington have agreed to share the cost of the new clubhouse, envisioned as 13,000 square feet near the entrance to the development, at Council Bluffs Way and Wichita Drive, just off Andresen Road. At a Jan. 23 meeting, VHA commissioners expect to approve spending […]

Nicholas Jefferson was eight years old when he first walked through the doors of the Al Davies Boys and Girls Club, home of the Tacoma Boxing Club, just as Olympic and world champions – Leo Randolph, Sugar Ray Seales and Johnny Bumphus, to drop a few names – had as kids before him. It’s an old […]

  This year our Boys & Girls Club did something that was out of the ordinary — and discovered something extraordinary as we found that giving is a gift itself! This season, we gave out gifts to Club teens who put their academics first and participate in programs. There were some heartfelt moments when the teens were told […]