Blue Door Bulletin | Summer 2017

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Take a look at everything that has
happened since our last letter.
All of the smaller news you don't
want to miss.

On June 23rd, the Boys & Girls Clubs of
Oklahoma County hosted the 3rd annual
Flight for Futures event in Valair Hangar 9 at
Wiley Post Airport.
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We couldn't have asked for more perfect
weather in the midst of an Oklahoma
summer. Everything was a go and the event
"took-off" without a hitch!
The night started out with beer, cocktails
and food tastings from some of Oklahoma
City's finest local restaurants. As passengers
filled up on drinks and treats, games like cornhole,
jenga and ladder ball quickly became the
center of their attention.
As the night when on, party-goers put on their
goofiest attire and made the silliest faces as
our first ever photo booth made it's debut at
this year's event.
Luckily, this flight was turbulence free as
everyone enjoyed their evening among
friends, food, drinks and live music!
Towards the end of the night, 5 "lucky"
committee members received a pie-in-theface
by fellow volunteers and staff. Our brave
contestants included, BGCOKC President &
CEO Jane Sutter, Flight Committee
Members Jeff Kobs, Alison Travis and Matthew
Silver and our BGCOKC Board Chair Blair
Naifeh. All of this was in good fun as for each
face pied, $1,000 was raised for BGCOKC!
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The night wrapped up with a groovy dance
party as guests celebrated the night's success
to the tunes of local band Souled Out.
BGCOKC would like to thank our 2017 Flight
for Futures Sponsors as well as everyone who
was in attendance for a wonderful night. Your
generosity exceeds our expectations and give
our club kids dreams the opportunity to take
"flight".
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The 2017 Flight Crew
Volunteer Committee are
all smiles due to their hard
work on a great event
Flight for Futures
Committee Member, Matt
Silver, being a good sport
during the pie in the face
challenge
Marc Silver, Sarah Brown
and David Bohanon
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Guests rocked out all night
long to the soulful jams of
local band, Souled Out
Mickey Mantle's Steakhouse
serving up delicious treats
BGCOKC Board Members,
Janet Wedman, Craig
Clemons and Annette
Heaton share a laugh
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Craig Clemons, Janet
Wedman, John Semtner,
Annette Heaton, Mark
McCubbin, Blair Naifeh, Casey
Williams, Jane Sutter & Kathy
Brown
Cannon McMahan and
Bailey Warren
Susan Silver and friends take
part in an intense game of
Jenga
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Photo Booth Fun - BGCOKC
Staff, Becca Giles; Jr.
Committee Co-Chairs, Ben
Huffman & Sarah
Brown; FFF Co-Chairs, Colby
Wedel & Rachel Huckabee
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Party goers dancing the
night away
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Schwab Meats providing
yummy hot dogs for all the
guests

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Brylan Williams, 3rd Grade,
holds up his SONIC Power
Hour Award and prize next
to Becky Rickard with SONIC.
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Girls from BGCOKC perform a
dance they learned at the Club
from the OKC Ballet at the 2017
Spring Talent Showcase.
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BGCOKC President and CEO
Jane Sutter is interviewed
by Fox25's Mitch English
during the 2017 end of
school bash.
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BGCOKC Club Kids received
fried catfish from ICE Event
Center's food truck at the
end of school bash.
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Third grader Jurnee Tucker
gets her groove on at the
end of school bash.
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2nd grader Miranda Vasquez
plays red light, green light
with her Club friends.
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4th graders battle for possession
of the ball at the BGCOKC soccer
championship.
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Cesar Chavez soccer players
look on from the bench while
waiting for their turn to play.
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Third grader Diego Fraire
guards Santa Fe South's goal
at the BGCOKC soccer
championship.

SUMMERTIME
B Y A N A M A R I E L O P E Z
B G C A B L O G
“Summertime, and the livin’ is easy…”
Summer is the perfect opportunity to pick up a
hobby or learn something new. You can check
items off of your bucket list or do all those
things you never had time for like cleaning out
your closet and redecorating your room.
And I know that even though it's summer, we’ve
got millions of reasons to put off selfimprovement.
From assignments and jobs to
spending time with family and friends, the list
goes on. But our reasons shouldn’t stop any of
us from taking advantage of summertime.
I know that I personally have a million and one
things to get done this summer as well as things
I’d actually like to accomplish and begin. For
example, I started reading The Life-Changing
Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of
Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo.
Some of you may have heard of this book
because it’s very popular and some of you may
think it sounds extremely boring. But I promise
it’s not! It’s actually LIFE CHANGING.
So some of my “to do’s” include finishing this
book and attempting a minimalist lifestyle:
owning less but knowing and loving every item I
have. That’s cool and everything, but maybe
you’re not into that kind of thing? Totally fine,
there are tons of other books to read and plenty
of things to experiment with. That’s where the
beauty of summer comes in: if you’ve put
something off all year now’s your chance to get
it done or try it out! So think about your hobbies
and how you can take them to the next level or
different skills you’d like to learn. Let’s make
summer the best opportunity to learn and
improve ourselves in every aspect.
Hope you’ve been having a great summer!

P L A N N E D G I V I N G
Now available!
Show your support for BGCOKC by making a
lasting gift! BGCOKC now offers the
following planned giving options:
Cash Gifts
Credit Cards
IRA Charitable Rollover
Real Estate
Retirement Plan Assets
Stocks, Bonds and Mutual Funds
Business-related Assets
Oil and Gas Interests and Royalty Interests
For questions and information, contact
development@bgcokc.org or call 405-602-5713.
H A T ' S N E X T ?
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Mark your calendars!
Grab your golfing gear and head to the
Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club for an
afternoon of fun and games. Hit up the driving
range or gather a few of your best and form a
team for an 18 hole challenge. Relax and beat
the heat at the Country Club between games
and enjoy snacks and refreshments. The day
will be anything but sub-par. You don't want to
miss it!
Reserve your spot before August 1st and pay
only $1,500 for a Foresome Sponsorhip!
www.bgcokc.org/events

B G C O K C B L U R B S
N E W B O A R D
M E M B E R S
The BGCOKC Board of Directors welcomed
7 new board members at its meeting on
June 12. They include Bill Citty, OKC Chief
of Police (pictured); Staci Felker of Ernst
and Young; Jennifer Fogg, TBS President
and former Club Kid; Anne Harris,
community volunteer; Susan Harroz,
community volunteer and president of the
Teach for America Board; Jack
McClendon of American Energy Partners;
and Angela LeBlanc of Love's Travel Stops
and Country Stores.
Congratulations to all of our new Board
Members and welcome to the Club Family!
Volunteers from the Bank of Oklahoma took over the
gymnasium at the Memorial Park Club on April 18 to
teach Club Kids about financial literacy. Kids and
volunteers played a game called "Allowance", which is
similar to Monopoly, but with a greater emphasis on
sound money management. John Higginbotham, OKC
CEO of the Bank of Oklahoma even stopped in to
encourage the fun.
B A N K O F O K L A H O M A
Thanks Bank of Oklahoma for teaching our
Club Kids about how money works!

M O R E B G C O K C B L U R B S
F L O O D T I M E S
BGCOKC's Memorial Park Club was rocked
by a flood in late April. Restoring the
building to its original condition was no
easy task, but nothing is impossible in the
eyes of Mr. A Jaye! As soon as the building
flooded Mr. A Jaye and staffers went to
work lining the outside walls with sandbags
to direct excess water flow and prevent
more water from entering the building.
After weeks of hard work and repairs, the
Club is re-carpeted and is looking as good
as new. Thank you to everyone who worked
to get our Club back up and running!
T H A N K S , C U L T I V A R !
On April 30, the day of the Oklahoma City Memorial
Marathon, Cultivar Mexican Kitchen donated a whopping
10% of proceeds to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Oklahoma
County. A few staffers and Club Members manned their
stations in Cultivar, where runners could drop off their
personal belongings for safekeeping during the race free
of charge. Thanks for your support, Cultivar!

LOST LAKES
Thank you to Lost Lakes for throwing our Club Kids a
beach bash for no charge!
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Over 200 Boys & Girls Clubs of Oklahoma County Club
Kids attended the Lost Lakes Beach Bash this past
June.
Special shout out to Mark Holland for finding all of our
wonderful sponsors that made this fun summer day
possible for our kiddos:
T H A N K S , L O S T L A K E S !
"Lost Lakes was amazing. They loved every second of
it," said Stephanie Peterson, Sr. Programs Director.
With kayaking, canoeing, fishing, slides, wake-boarding,
swimming, paddle-boarding, beach play, inflatables,
trampolines and MORE, what's not to love?
Hideaway Pizza
Coca Cola
Braum's
Boys Scouts of America
Little Caesars
Ozarka
Ledbetter Insurance
Oklahoma Wildlife Commission

UPCOMINGEVENT
SAVE THE DATE
BACK
TO
SCHOOL
BASH
At Memorial Park
JULY 28 | TIME | MEMORIAL PARK CLUB | 3535 N WESTERN AVE.
Want to donate?
Drop off unused school supplies like backpacks, paper, pencils and more at our
Memorial Park Club Site before July 28th. Contact Mr. A. Jaye Johnson for more details!
ajohnson@bgcokc.org | 405.602.5715
JULY 28, 2017 | MEMORIAL PARK

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