 Boys & Girls Clubs of America launched a new Web Site as part of an ongoing dedication to serving families in the United States. In partnership with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation, the Web Site, Family PLUS, contains helpful activities, advice and resources for families to develop the youth of today into the leaders of tomorrow.
"Few of today's families fit the traditional definition of families. In fact, today's families are much more diverse which presents new and unique challenges to raising children," said Jose Cruz, Boy's & Girls Clubs of America's director of Family PLUS. “Our Web site was designed to help families find strategies for parenting a healthy young person, building strength and togetherness, creating connections with community resources and finding ways to get involved with their local Boys & Girls Club.”
In 2005, Kimberly-Clark Corporation pledged to support the Family PLUS, initiative with a 5-year, $7 million grant. This year, in addition to launching the Web site, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the Kimberly-Clark Corporation are awarding portions of the grant to 20 Boys & Girls Clubs across the country to implement Family PLUS. An additional 24 Clubs are receiving awards for the outstanding work they did for families in 2007.
"Kimberly-Clark is dedicated to helping strengthen families at the community level," said Carolyn Mentesana, vice president of the Kimberly-Clark Foundation. "With the creation of this Web site and by providing funding for expanded local family programming, Kimberly-Clark and Boys & Girls Clubs of America will be able to increase parents’ and caregivers’ access to meaningful information to help them parent today’s youth in an increasingly complex environment.”
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