[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 6, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1200]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             A TRIBUTE TO BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PASADENA

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 5, 2007

  Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the Boys and Girls 
Clubs of Pasadena, which will be celebrating its 70th anniversary this 
year. For the past 70 years, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Pasadena have 
remained committed to their motto of ``Caring for our future, one child 
at a time.''
  Incorporated in 1937, the Boys Club of Pasadena, a member of the 
national organization, Boys Clubs of America, began by serving a 
Christmas dinner for 200 underprivileged boys in a rented space in 
Pasadena.
  By 1953, the Boys Club membership had reached 4659, a drastic 
increase from 560 only ten years earlier. In the early 1960s, several 
milestones were achieved; the Boys Club acquired its own property, 
joined United Way of Los Angeles and received the National Program 
Award for Excellence for its Science Series Program.
  Continuing to expand its services, the 1970s saw the Boys Club of 
Pasadena acquiring the Slavic Branch in Pasadena, becoming Pasadena's 
sponsor of the Summer Hot Lunch Program for Children, which served over 
400 meals daily to club members, and the Boys Club Scholarship Program 
was formally established to aid young people with vocational, 
educational or fine arts pursuits.
  The Boys Club of Pasadena opened the first childcare facility 
operated for pre-school children by any Boys Club. The Mackenzie/Scott 
Child Development Center opened in 1989 and was licensed by State of 
California for 88 preschool children. In 1990, the Center was accepted 
into the State of California Food Program and was formerly recognized 
by the City of Pasadena for excellence in child care.
  In 1990, after the Boys Clubs of America changed its name to Boys and 
Girls Clubs of America, the Boys Club of Pasadena changed its name to 
the Boys and Girls Clubs of Pasadena.
  Hilary Crahan became Executive Director of the Boys and Girls Clubs 
of Pasadena in 2004 and under her leadership the club has continued to 
emphasize both formal and informal education. Currently, over 7200 
children participate at the five sites: Slavik Branch, the Mackenzie-
Scott Branch, the Scott Child Care Center, the Performing Arts Center, 
and the Orange Grove Learning Center. The more than fifty academically 
enriching programs include music and arts education, sports, technology 
training, leadership classes, and tutoring in math, English, and 
science.
  It is my pleasure to honor the Boys and Girls Clubs of Pasadena on 
their anniversary of 70 years of dedicated service to the youth in the 
29th Congressional District. I ask all members to join me in commending 
their efforts.

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