http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest story posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5Denver Nuggets superstar Marcus Camby thrilled a standing-room only crowd Monday at the William E. Cope Boys & Girls Club. Camby was there as part of an annual turkey dinner giveaway, in which families were selected to receive turkeys and all the trimmings, plus children's books. Towe...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~395193.aspx11/21/2007 12:32:18 PMKalen Landow Three Denver-area adults proved this week that they could roll with the best and brightest students Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver has to offer. In a game show event based upon the popular television show "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?" three community leaders squared off against ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~398751.aspx11/30/2007 1:52:40 PMKalen Landow For more than 20 years, members of the Monaco South Optimist Club have served up a hot Thanksgiving dinner will all the trimmings to members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver and their families. The man behind this ongoing effort is Bill Walters, an Optimist Club member since 1977. ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~398774.aspx11/30/2007 2:48:47 PMKalen Landow Twelve-year old Josue Hernandez was challenged with creating a digital art piece he felt reflected the changing world before him for the sixth annual Club Tech Digital Arts Festivals. His photo illustration entry, entitled Trashing Negativity , not only captured the theme, but it broug...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverSouth/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~398785.aspx11/30/2007 3:02:27 PMKalen Landow From jars of homemade bean soup mix to handmade Christmas tree ornaments, jewelry, picture frames, and more, hundreds of Metro-area Boys & Girls Club members descended on the J. Churchill Owen Club for a holiday gift-making extravaganza last night. Sponsored nationwide by Herman Miller eac...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~398792.aspx11/30/2007 3:10:11 PMKalen Landow Boys & Girls Clubs members from around the Metro area celebrated the season a little early on Tuesday night with Denver Broncos safety John Lynch and Santa Claus. Thirty-five kids ages 6 to 18 gathered at the DenverCenter's Galleria Theater for dinner provided by Old Chicago and a bounty of ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Holidays/Christmas/Story~406312.aspx12/19/2007 3:46:41 PMKalen Landow Denver Nuggets superstar Marcus Camby arrived at the William E. Cope Boys & Girls Club right at 3:00 and whisked 15 lucky children, all sporting Camby's #23 jersey, to Macy's in a white stretch limousine. Stopping only to tell a television reporter about the importance of giving back to the ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~406666.aspx12/20/2007 12:09:47 PMKalen Landow As a participant in the Club Tech Digital Arts Festivals, Josh Rothman 's mission was to produce a song falling under the theme "Our Changing World," and musically capture the ways today's youth are positively changing the world. His entry, entitled Math Rock , recently brought home t...http://denver.yourhub.com/Montbello/Stories/Archive/Entertainment/Music/Story~406669.aspx12/20/2007 12:15:49 PMKalen Landow Sporting purple Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver t-shirts, a group of Commerce City Club members proudly showed off their new Club to parents, community leaders, and the media this week. Tours were just part of the open house festivities, showcasing BGCMD, Adams County School District 14, ...http://denver.yourhub.com/CommerceCity/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~416866.aspx1/18/2008 2:08:28 PMKalen Landow The arts are alive and well in Denver, as BGCMD celebrated its annual juried competition with an artists' reception on Tuesday, January 15. Young artists, ages 6 to 18, from around the area gathered to view each other's work and receive awards for monochromatic drawing, multicolor drawing, pas...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Entertainment/Art/Story~417650.aspx1/21/2008 12:56:13 PMKalen Landow Each of the eight Metro area Boys & Girls Clubs celebrated the holiday of love with cookies, candy, games, and lots of craft projects. We were lucky to have three different groups of volunteers join us in the fun this busy week. On Friday, February 8, the festivities kicked off with eig...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~429657.aspx2/15/2008 3:33:27 PMKalen Landow Moises Bañuelos, a five-year member of the William E. Cope Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver has been presented with a scholarship from the Major League Baseball Hank Aaron Chasing the Dream Program, providing financial support and mentoring to pursue his dream of attending college and bec...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Education/Student-News/Story~432083.aspx2/21/2008 3:24:40 PMKalen Landow When the doorbell rings and the teenager on the other side of the door tells you they're selling magazine subscriptions to benefit Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver, they're not. BGCMD has learned that sales efforts are underway by people claiming to represent the organization, not just in D...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Business-News/Story~435364.aspx2/29/2008 2:43:45 PMKalen Landow Congratulations to Amber C., Heaven P., Teon H., and Syraea R., all 12-years-old and all from the Boettcher Club in Aurora, for winning the southwest region Club Tech Digital Arts Festival movie making competition! The goal of the project was to create a 30- or 60-second public service announc...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Stories/Archive/Entertainment/Movies/Story~435381.aspx2/29/2008 3:16:42 PMKalen Landow Tune in Sunday night, March 9, when Oprah Winfrey's "The Big Give" comes to Denver. Find out what happens when one of the show's nine contestants visits Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver's Broncos Club in Montbello! Harpo Productions, Winfrey's company, was in Denver for two days in July...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~438053.aspx3/6/2008 12:16:35 PMKalen Landow On Wednesday, Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver and the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club announced a new, five-year partnership, that includes the team's $500,000 commitment to programs that support Denver's at-risk young people at the J. Churchill Owen Boys &Girls Club in southwest Denver...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/News/General-News/Story~460942.aspx4/24/2008 11:36:58 AMKalen Landow On Wednesday, May 21, a standing-room only crowd watched the unveiling of the new larger-than-life statue of slain Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams . The statue was donated by Doug Morton and Marilyn Brown , and created by local artist Ed Dwight (with assistance from members of the ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Sports/Broncos/Story~474499.aspx5/23/2008 2:37:15 PMKalen Landow Eriko Tsogo , 16, is one of thirty-seven Boys & Girls Clubs artist whose work has been chosen to appear in the 2008 National Fine Arts Exhibit. Selected from more than 222 finalist vying for top honors for this year's national judging, Girl With the Brown Eyes , won for the 16 to 18 age g...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/News/General-News/Story~487522.aspx6/23/2008 3:15:58 PMKalen Landow On Thursday, 14 members of the William E. Cope Club had an opportunity to show off their newly-learned drumming skills in a performance for friends, staff, and parents in Denver's Lincoln Park neighborhood. The Cope Drummers were students in ArtReach's YouthReach project, that provides Denver you...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~503061.aspx8/1/2008 2:51:30 PMKalen Landow Throughout the month of August, Borders stores in the Denver-metro area, Boulder, and Longmont are hosting a book drive benefitting Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver. Together, both organizations are working to promote literacy, expand reading comprehension, and foster a love of reading amo...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Goings-on/General/Story~503922.aspx8/4/2008 2:05:14 PMKalen Landow