WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AND
THE COLD FRONT THAT WILL BRING
STRONG STORMS ON WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.
COMING UP, WE'LL BE RIGHT
ASHLEIGH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH NOW.EI
THIS WEEKEND THE BOYS AND GIRLS
CLUBS OF INDIANAPOLIS REVEALED
THIS YEAR'S YOUTH OF THE YEAR
THE ANNUAL TRADITION RECOGNIZES
KIDS. IS
THERE ARE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS.
LISTEN.
I AM SO HONORED THAT I GET A
CHANCE TO BE ONE OF THE EMCEES
FOR THIS AMAZING EVENT AND
JOING US TODAY IS NONE OTHER
THAN THE ONE THE ONLY MAGLIARI
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB HERE IN
INDIANAPOLIS.
FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU I MEAN I'M
SURE YOU'VE SEEN MAGGIE ALL
AROUND EVERYWHERE.
LET ME TELL YOU SHE'S
PHENOMENAL.
THEY DO SO MUCH AMAZING WORK.
WE'RE EXCITED WE GET TO KICK IT
WITH YOU RIGHT HERE.
LOOK AT HER MAKING ME WATCH.
>> LET ME TELL EVERYONE A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS
GAILA THAT'S COMING UP BECAUSE
IT'S AMAZING WHENEVER WE GET A
CHANCE TO HONOR OUR KIDS THERE
WHO ARE DOING A REALLY GREAT
JOB.
YEAH, YEAH.
SO THIS SATURDAY WE'RE GOING TO
CELEBRATE OUR CLUB KIDS THE
BEST OF THE BEST AS AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ELEVATE THEM FOR
THEM TO SHARE THEIR STORIES AND
WE ARE GOING TO SELECT ONE
WINNER AND I DO NOT KNOW WHO IT
IS BUT FIVE FABULOUS KIDDOS ARE
GOING TO SHARE THEIR STORY AND
WE'RE GOING TO ANNOUNCE THAT
THAT WINNER THIS SATURDAY.
>> WOW.
WOW.
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD WHEN YOU GET
TO SEE THESE IS THE REACTION
BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S
COMING.
THEY'RE COMING.
WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE SOME OF
THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS YEAR'S
EVENT THAT PEOPLE CAN LOOK
FORWARD TO?
>> THIS HERE IN THIS STORY
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR
KIDS FROM THEM DIRECTLY ABOUT
THINGS THAT THEY'VE OVERCOME
AND THE IMPACT OF BOYS AND
GIRLS CLUBS OF INDIANAPOLIS
HAVE HAD ON THEIR ON THEIR
LIVES AND THAT'S ALWAYS HEART
WRENCHING JUST TO HEAR THEIR
STORIES AND THEIR SUCCESS.
AND AGAIN, OFTENTIMES WE HEAR
ABOUT THE BAD THINGS THAT OUR
KIDS ARE DOING.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO UPLIFT
THEM, SHARE THEIR STORIES,
CELEBRATE THEM AND JUST LOVE ON
THEM.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM
THEM.
WE'RE GOING TO ANNOUNCE THAT
WINNER.
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
FOLKS TO GIVE IT IS A
FUNDRAISER.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING
FOLKS TO COME ALONGSIDE US AND
INVEST IN OUR BABIES, COME AND
BE GENEROUS SHALL WE SAY A
CHURCH DON'T JUST BE PASSING
THE PLATE WITHOUT PUTTING THAT
TOGETHER.
WE GO YOU KNOW, LET'S TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THESE KIDDOS
ESPECIALLY ALL THE THINGS THAT
THEY'VE GONE THROUGH IN THIS
LAST YEAR AND A HALF.
AND WHAT I THINK IS REALLY COOL
ABOUT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
AND THIS HAS BEEN GENERATIONS,
RIGHT?ND
YOU ALL GET A CHANCE TO SPEND
MORE TIME WITH THESE KIDS THAN
SOME OF THEIR FAMILY, EVEN SOME
OF THEIR TEACHERS.
I MEAN YOU LITERALLY HAVE THEM
ALL THE TIME.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY MOMENT IN
THIS LAST YEAR AND A HALF WHERE
YOU'RE LIKE, WOW, I'VE LEARNED
THIS FROM THEM IN THE MIDST OF
A PANDEMIC?
THIS IS WHAT THEY TAUGHT ME SO
WELL AND WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR
A HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT
YEARS AND OUR MISSION HAS NOT
CHANGED.
WE ARE HERE TO SERVE THE KIDS
WHO NEED US MOST AND THAT'S SO
IMPORTANT.
AND THIS YEAR WE KNEW THAT WAS
OUR PURPOSE, OUR MISSION AND
WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO OUR
CALLING.
BUT THIS PAST YEAR WITH
EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON,
IT JUST KIND OF RESONATED WITH
THE TEAM AND I THAT THIS IS
WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE
DOING.
SO AS ADULTS WE ALL STRUGGLED
RIGHT LIKE WE START SOMETHING
IT'S THAT WE CAN GO OUT WE GOT
TO COME BACK IN.
OUR BABIES FELT THAT AS WELL.
BUT TO HAVE A SAFE PLACE WHERE
THEY CAN STILL GO AND GET
TUTORING AND SUPPORT AND BE
WITH THEIR PEERS AND JUST BE
KIDS WAS SO IMPORTANT AND WE
HAD TO SWITCH THINGS ON AND
OFF.
OUR KIDS ARE SO RESILIENT RIGHT
.
THEY JUST ROLLED WITH IT AND
THEY SHOWED UP.
THEY WERE HAPPY TO SEE AS WE
WERE SO HAPPY TO SEE THEM AS
WELL THERE WAS A PERIOD WHERE
WE HAD TO CLOSE FOR ABOUT TWO
WEEKS.
WE MISSED OUR KIDDOS
DESPERATELY AND SO WHEN THEY
RETURN AND THEY WERE YELLING
AND FUSSING THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE
THAT WE WE NEED THAT AND WE
KNOW THAT THEY NEED THAT TO
THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THERE'S
AT LEAST ONE PERSON OUT THERE
THAT REALLY CARES ABOUT THEIR
WELL-BEING.
I HAVE THAT SPEAKING OF THE
KIDDOS EVERY TIME I GET TO MEET
THE YOUTH OF THE YEAR WITH YOU
GUYS, I'LL WALK OUT FOR A
LITTLE BIT BAD ABOUT MYSELF, A
LITTLE TO ACCOMPLISH FOR ME.
DOES IT AMAZE YOU WHAT THEY
PULL OFF?
I'M IN WITH THEM AND THEN I DO
FEEL LIKE A SLACKER AS WELL.
MY WHAT DID I GO WRONG AND THEN
AT THAT AGE TO KNOW WHAT THEY
WANT TO DO WITH THEIR LIVES IS
AMAZING TO HEAR THAT AND THEN
ALSO WE SURVEY OUR KIDS AND SO
WE'RE OFTEN FINDING INFORMATION
ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
THE MAJORITY OF OUR KIDS KNOW
THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO ON TO
DO SOMETHING GREAT AND THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING
GREAT IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND
THAT JUST MAKES ME FEEL SO GOOD
THAT THEY KNOW THAT ABOUT
THEMSELVES ALREADY.
>> I LOVE THAT.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
THE COMMUNITY CAN ALSO GET IN
ON THIS FUND.
SO WE HAVE THE GAILA AND HOW
COMMUNITY GET TICKETS REAL
QUICK FROM OUR WEBSITE BOAKAI
INDIGO AND YOU SEE IT RIGHT
THERE COME JOIN US ON SATURDAY,
OCTOBER TWENTY THIRTY SIX PM AT
THE GREEN BAY EVENTS.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT
TIME.
MAGGIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR