{"id":11702,"date":"2013-10-08T13:40:57","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T20:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=11702"},"modified":"2013-10-08T13:41:23","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T20:41:23","slug":"boys-girls-clubs-gala-raises-220000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/?p=11702","title":{"rendered":"Boys &#038; Girls Clubs Gala Raises $220,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Member-Performers.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Member-Performers.jpg','popup','width=1916,height=1066,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Member-Performers-tm.jpg\" height=\"239\" width=\"430\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Member Performers\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Club kids are excited to perform at the annual Gala! Photo Credit: <\/em><strong><em>Joanna Herr<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The annual &#8220;Come Play With Us\u201d Gala held Saturday evening September 28, 2013 ended up raising a record $220,000 for the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bgccarlsbad.org\">Carlsbad Boys &#38; Girls Clubs<\/a><\/strong>, up 30 percent from last year. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI am so proud of the fun, memorable evening we created,\u201d said Chair <strong>Barbi Nelson<\/strong>.  Co-Chair <strong>Viola Wheelihan<\/strong> added \u201cThanks to the talented members of the event committee, we were able to raise significant funds that will benefit our community\u2019s children!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For the official word from the Boys and Girls Clubs of<!--more-->(Carlsbad, CA \u2013 October 8, 2013)  The martinis were chilled, the mood was celebratory, and a terrific time was had by the 500 guests who attended Boys &#38; Girls Clubs of Carlsbad\u2019s \u201cCome Play With Us\u201d Gala. A record $220,000 was raised at the black tie event held at La Costa Resort and Spa\u2019s Costa Del Sol Ballroom on September 28 \u2013 a 30% increase over the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>The dynamic Wayne Foster Entertainment provided sensational sounds that kept the dance floor packed all night. Additional touches included a cup-stacking and singing performance by Club members, a  candy bar, as well as a photo booth complete with dress-up props. The event was emceed by Kimberly Hunt, and honored Jim Minarik, CEO of DEI Holdings, Inc, and Chairman of the Board of Forte For Children Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so proud of the fun, memorable evening we created,\u201d said Chair Barbi Nelson.  Co-Chair Viola Wheelihan added \u201cThanks to the talented members of the event committee, we were able to raise significant funds that will benefit our community\u2019s children!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the event go directly towards operating funds for Boys &#38; Girls Clubs of Carlsbad, which has played an integral role in the Carlsbad community since 1952.  For more information regarding Boys &#38; Girls Clubs of Carlsbad or your own personal tour, please call (760) 444-4893, visit www.bgccarlsbad.org, or email info@bgccarlsbad.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Club kids are excited to perform at the annual Gala! Photo Credit: Joanna Herr The annual &#8220;Come Play With Us\u201d Gala held Saturday evening September 28, 2013 ended up raising a record $220,000 for the Carlsbad Boys &#38; Girls Clubs, up 30 percent from last year. \u201cI am so proud of the fun, memorable evening [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11702"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11703,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11702\/revisions\/11703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carlsbadistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}