Boys & Girls Club meets website goal

The Boys & Girls Club of Huntington Valley made its goal of raising $4,000 in two weeks to win a coveted spot on a philanthropic website.

The club participated in Global Giving’s U.S. Open Access Challenge to gain a permanent spot on Global Giving’s website, which matches donors looking for a cause with nonprofit projects.

“It was exciting that people stepped up,” said Tanya Hoxsie, chief executive of the Huntington Valley Boys & Girls Club.

Hoxsie said they weren’t sure they were going to make the goal, but the money came in. The club’s new permanent position on Global Giving’s website will help it meet its ultimate goal of making Golden West College the first college in the state to have its own Boys & Girls Club on campus.

The project is part of the club’s Building Dreams Campaign, which will also replace the existing child development center with a new facility on three acres of Golden West College’s campus in Huntington Beach, in addition to building a two-story Boys & Girls Club and gymnasium.

Golden West College currently has a preschool program run by the Boys & Girls Club, but the renovations will expand its services. The campaign has raised more than $2 million of the $6.37 million needed to complete the three-phase project.

Despite the club’s achievement, the program is looking in every corner for a way to fund the project, and while people are giving small amounts, according to Hoxsie, it is hard to find a big donor who will make the project a reality.

“It’s just a bad time to be raising money for anything,” Hoxsie said. “We are fighting our way through it like everyone else.”

— Britney Barnes