7th Annual Steak and Burger Dinner with Andre Reed

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 21:25:38 GMT

7th Annual Steak & Burger with Andre Reed

We eagerly invite you to come and join us at our 7th Annual Steak and Burger Dinner on Thursday, October 6, 2022, at the beautiful Manor at Mount Carmel. We are hosting our guest speaker, NFL Hall of Fame Recipient, Andre Reed , who will share his story with the Boys and Girls Club, and you may register to attend a special VIP pre-event reception which has limited availability.

It will be a fun night to honor our youth, volunteers, and community leaders and celebrate our success over the last year. This event is an opportunity for donors like you, guests, and community partners to meet and visit with the direct beneficiaries of your dollars--our Club members! You will have the opportunity to dine and fellowship with our youth and hear their stories of how the Boys & Girls Club has positively impacted their lives.

Club members are engaged in positive programming and exciting activities that they are eager to share. We also want the youth to practice speaking with people in our community, to showcase what they’ve learned!

Dealing with Bullies: Advice from WWE Superstar Titus O’Neil & Club Teen

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 19:05:10 GMT

Dealing with Bullies: Advice from WWE Superstar Titus O’Neil & Club Teen

What do a high school student and a WWE Superstar have in common? They both know bullying when they see it – and they see it constantly, whether at school or in the comments on social media.

Recently, Boys & Girls Club teen and anti-bullying advocate Dejae and Titus O’Neil, WWE Global Ambassador and Boys & Girls Club alum sat down to talk bullying.

How Bullying Affects Students

“I was bullied as a kid,” says Titus. “Being poor and growing up, we didn't always have the best clothes. I also wore glasses and got picked on in numerous ways, from jokes to fights to everything in between. As I got older, I grew a very strong distaste for bullying, just because I didn't understand how people could be so cruel.”

Now, Titus serves as a bullying prevention advocate, helping educate Boys & Girls Club youth on standing up to bullying through Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s partnership with WWE and the Be A STAR bullying prevention program.

For high school teen Dejae, bullying started early, too – and lasted. “I was bullied at a young age, from second through fourth grade, at least,” she says. “I cried a lot because I was picked on and I really didn't know why. It took me years to tell a teacher. And the only reason it stopped was because I went to an adult and got help.”

When Dejae joined the Boys & Girls Club of the Hatchie River Region in 2015, she found caring mentors and a bullying prevention program she wished she had while being bullied at school.

As a teen ambassador of the Be A STAR program, Dejae serves as a bullying prevention coach and role model to her peers at the Club, modeling tolerance, kindness and acceptance while educating younger Club members on recognizing and responding to bullying. “It feels good to help other kids learn the importance of not being a bully,” she says. “And helping other kids has taught me to be better myself.”

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7th Annual Steak and Burger Dinner with Andre Reed

7th Annual Steak & Burger with Andre Reed

Dealing with Bullies: Advice from WWE Superstar Titus O’Neil & Club Teen

Dealing with Bullies: Advice from WWE Superstar Titus O’Neil & Club Teen

How Bullying Affects Students