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A 4 page paper discussing member involvement in decision-making in this organization. Recognizing that "relevance" will be different in the center of New York City than in a farming community in Kansas, Tennessee or any other location, the organization's leadership depends on the members to convey their needs to those who can arrange community events; secure corporate sponsors; translate national program design to local needs; secure staffing for new and existing programs; and conduct all other activities that directly or indirectly affect members' experiences with BGCA and the benefits they gain from membership and participation. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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4 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KShumSrvBGCAinp.rtf
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Knoxville, Tennessee is nestled in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains and essentially is surrounded by various bodies of water. One of those, the Tennessee
River, travels through the center of the city and is transversed downtown by two old bridges that have been in place well more than 100 years. One day each
year as many as 50,000 small rubber ducks are released at one bridge and collected at the other. Each is numbered and has been "adopted" for a fee of
$5 to benefit the local Boys and Girls Clubs association. Local sponsors pay the costs of the production; all money collected goes to the organization.
The funds collected through this and other efforts are used to support the programs offered in the local area. In Knoxville, that amounts to about a
dozen programs gleaned from those available from the national association. In outlying areas, other clubs offer the same programs; some offer different ones. Program availability at each site
in large part depends on the needs of the geographical areas served. Local Programs The means by which programs are selected for individual
areas originate on several fronts. Common to all clubs is the homework help, tutoring and after-school care offered to the children of the local community. Beyond that, the
numbers and types of programs offered at any specific club site depends on funds availability and participant input. This is not to say
that there is little uniformity among clubs within the national network, however. The national association offers dozens of established programs from which local clubs can choose in designing programs
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