Happy Pink Shirt Day! At BGC, today is kind of a big deal. Our kids and youth are celebrating kindness and standing up to bullying in ALL the ways, including getting creative to show what Pink Shirt Day means to them! We hope you’ll join us in sprinkling a little kindness today. Trust us, it…
DetailsBGC’s Club Champions support individual Clubs in a super special way. They make a financial commitment to a Club in their community that helps provide MORE opportunities to MORE kids and youth at that Club. This type of support means a lot to us because it provides financial stability and sustainability to our Clubs, and…
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Grow, increase, strengthen, expand, develop, maximize, cultivate – whatever you call it, what we know is the world needs MORE BGC. And BGC needs YOU! Right now, everything in the world feels like it’s followed by a thousand exclamation points. We all see it and feel it, and the truth is that kids see and…
DetailsWe laughed together, we cried together, and we raised an AMAZING $403,000 (net!) together!!! Whether you joined us a sponsor, bought a ticket to be with us on our big night, purchased raffle tickets or bid on silent auction items, or raised your hand to make a donation – your generosity means that more kids…
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For over 85 years, BGC has been giving thousands of kids a place to belong in their neighbourhoods across the Lower Mainland. Our Clubs open their doors to kids and youth when they aren’t at home or at school, where our trained staff provide programs that help them realize positive outcomes in self-expression, academics, healthy…
DetailsBGC South Coast BC’s Carolyn Tuckwell honoured with King Charles III Coronation Medal VANCOUVER, BC – March 11, 2024 – BGC South Coast BC proudly announces that its President & CEO, Carolyn Tuckwell, has been awarded the prestigious King Charles III Coronation Medal. This honour recognizes her significant contributions to the community and the profound…
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Camp is so much better with a friend! Thanks to one of our incredible BGC Besties, any gifts made right now to BGC will be DOUBLED! That means when you help us send a kid to camp, we can send TWO instead! This is going to be the BEST. SUMMER. EVER. Each summer, thousands of…
DetailsToday is Pink Shirt Day! For 17 years, BGC has proudly partnered with CKNW Kids’ Fund to champion Pink Shirt Day, and to support all the work that goes into combatting bullying. And, over this time we’ve seen some pretty amazing progress. We’ve seen legislation enacted against bullying, workplace policies that prohibit it, and a…
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This time of year, there’s something special about feeling surrounded by people who care about you. That’s the sense of belonging we want EVERY kid and youth to feel all year long, no ifs, ands, or buts. So, I think you’re ready for BGC Truth #2: We don’t ask or require families to prove that they…
DetailsAs we wrap up another year of unbelievable impact at BGC, I want to take some time over the coming month to share something a little different with you: BGC Truths. And, as a friend of BGC (you DID open and are reading this email, after all!), I think you can handle it. BGC Truth…
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