Collegiate STEPS - Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas

06/15/2017

That time when we surprised all of our graduating seniors that participated in our college ready program with laptops!

06/08/2017

2017 TOPPS Celebration

On Tuesday, May 23, 2017, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas (BGCD) hosted its 9th Annual TOPPs (Threshold of Opportunities) Celebration, co-chaired by Michele Wheeler, COO of Jackson-Shaw, and George S. Watson, owner of Steelcreek Management, LLC. Karen and Tom Falk, Chairman and CEO of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, served as the Honorary Chairs. The event took place from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Frontiers of Flight Museum with an audience of 640 guests. TOPPs is a special dinner recognizing BGCD’s Youth of the Year and graduating seniors that participated in BGCD’s college-ready programs, Collegiate STEPS and diplomas-to-degrees. 100% of members who attended at least 80% of Collegiate STEPs sessions graduated from high school and moved on to higher education or the military.

At the TOPPs Celebration, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas awarded over $360,000 in scholarships to dozens of deserving youth. With many of the teens coming from economically- disadvantaged communities, we hope to relieve some of the financial burden weighing down on the students and their families.

05/08/2017

The Annual TOPPs Celebration is a fundraising dinner that provides the opportunity for Boys & Girls Club members to dine with corporate sponsors and community leaders. It is designed to honor our members and to bring the supporters of the Club in direct contact with the children that benefit from th...

04/13/2017

Special thanks to State Farm for presenting Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas with a $15,000 check in support of our college-ready program, TOPPs Celebration (honoring graduating Club members), and our Day for Kids event. Thank you for investing in !

04/12/2017

Yesterday, several of our graduating Club members came dressed for success to participate in scholarship interviews conducted by our wonderful volunteers! All of these youth participate in our college-ready program, Collegiate STEPS. We can't wait to award them for their hardwork at our 9th Annual TOPPs Celebration on Tuesday, May 23rd! Find out more about TOPPs here-->http://bit.ly/21uhmDT.

04/11/2017

Etiquette Dinner, prepping for our TOPPS Banquet next month!

04/06/2017

What an awesome opportunity to hear from such an amazing young woman. We can't wait until the TOPPs Celebration on May 23rd!

Hear from BGCD alum, Geolaina, at our 9th Annual TOPPs Celebration on Tuesday, May 23rd, at the Frontiers of Flight Museum. Geolaina was a Club member from the age of 9 until she graduated high school. She attended our West Dallas Boys & Girls Club, as a safe haven from gun violence, drugs, and gangs. She has since graduated from Prairie View A&M University and has been working as a teacher at the same elementary school she attended as a child.
Check out Geolaina's story at http://bit.ly/2odIKuK!

Find out more about TOPPs at http://bit.ly/21uhmDT.

03/31/2017

Congratulations to Junior League of Dallas Women LEAD scholarship finalists, including Collegiate STEPS members Bawi Par and 5th place winner Eleni T-Giorgs

03/21/2017

We are looking forward to celebrating our Seniors at TOPPs. Thank you so much to this year's co-chairs!

We are so excited to announce the Co-Chairs of our TOPPs Celebration- Michele Wheeler, COO of Jackson-Shaw, and George Watson, Owner of Steelecreek Management, LLC! Special thanks to these two BGCD Board of Directors for stepping up to the plate to help knock this year's event out of the park!

TOPPs will take place on Tuesday, May 23rd at the Frontiers of Flight Museum from 6:30-9pm. Find out how you can support such a wonderful event, honoring the hard work of our graduating seniors that participated in our Collegiate STEPS program! https://bgcdallas.org/events/topps-celebration/

03/04/2017

Spent the morning at Preview Day. Here's some of our students enjoying the nursing tour!

02/28/2017

Applications are now open for scholarships awarded through the Boys & Girls Club. You will need the following information:

- family financial info
- test scores
- copy of transcripts
- completed essays

If you are selected for an interview, the interviews will take place in early April.

https://bgcdallas.org/2017-scholarship-application/