Boys & Girls Club hosts Blue Door Breakfast to celebrate local youth

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December 03, 2019
Autumn Boyle-Robinson
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Colorado River
Phone 928-763-1411
Fax 928-763-6616
autumn@clubriver.org
  Boys & Girls Clubs of the Colorado River
Press Release

 

Boys & Girls Club hosts Blue Door Breakfast to celebrate local youth

Bullhead AZ.  The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Colorado River hosted the Blue Door Breakfast on November 23rd.  The event was attended by 130+ guests who came to cheer on the Youth of the Year nominees.  CEO Autumn Boyle-Robinson welcomed the crowd.  “This is our  favorite event of the year,  we truly get to celebrate the youth of the tri-state.”
 
Prior to the main event the team of judges had their work cut out for them Larry Kendrick -Mohave Daily News, Michelle Keunen-Eagle Motorcycles, Loke Lau – the Knack, and Natalie Carson- Doterra poured over the nominees essays, interviewed each of them, and listened to their speeches before casting their scores in a closed ballot.  The nominees for the Junior Youth of the Year (ages 9 to 13) and Youth of the Year (ages 14 to 180
 worked hard to prepare and on Saturday they stepped way outside of their comfort zones when they braved the microphone to share their speeches with the crowd.  The audience listened to each word and roared with applause for each nominee.
 
Junior Youth of the Year Nominees:  Tommy Martinez, Jaelynn Meyers, Andrew Pina, Chad Schawb, and Jahnezz Jones.  Youth of the Year nominees Jacob Thompson, Michelle Hau, and Kiarah Holmes.
 
“All of the nominees have done an amazing job, they are all wonderful role models and we are so proud of each and everyone of them.” Bree Gonzalez – Director of Operations
 
After all the speeches and with a crowd produced drumroll, the Junior Youth of the Year was awarded to Jahnezz Jones and the Youth of the Year was awarded to Jacob Thompson.  Jacob will be moving on to the  Boys & Girls Club State Youth of the Year competition where he will compete for a scholarship.
 
In addition to awards for the youth, the Club also awarded Youth Development Professional of the Year to Trinity Metler of the Fort Mohave Club, Thrift Store Employee of the Year to Ofelia Mora, Thrift Store Volunteer of the Year Carol Garland, and Helping Hands Award to Jim & Heather Boyle.
 
The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Colorado River is a 501c3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most to realize their full potential as productive caring and responsible citizens.  The Club has four locations; 2250 Highland Rd, Bullhead City AZ 86442, and  1975 Arie Avenue, Laughlin NV 89029, and  5593 Hwy 95, Suite 7, Fort Mohave 86426 and Teen Center 967 Hancock Rd. Suite 7, Bullhead AZ.  The clubs provide after school programs and summer day camp to over 1,400 students annually.