Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Miguel Rojas is the Youth of the Year, having been presented with the highest award that the Boys & Girls Clubs of North County can bestow on one of its members, at the annual Great Futures Award Ceremony on May 21. This year’s theme was Rising Stars. (Miguel Rojas is the Youth of the Year, having been presented with the highest award that the Boys & Girls Clubs of North County can bestow on one of its members, at the annual Great Futures Award Ceremony on May 21. This year’s theme was Rising Stars.)
Great Futures Award winners, from left, Miguel Rojas (Potter Junior High), Jesus Medina (William H. Frazier), Eddie Mercado (Live Oak), Orion Anding (Ingold Unit), Fabian Bailon (Fallbrook Street), and Roberto Zermeno (Vallecitos) represent the Boy of the Year for each of their sites.
Emily Kenner, left, and Brianna Vega are the Staff MVP Award winners for their excellent service to the Boys & Girls Clubs of North County.
Emily Kenner, left, and Brianna Vega are the Staff MVP Award winners for their excellent service to the Boys & Girls Clubs of North County.
Yolanda Bailon, last year’s Youth of the Year welcomes everyone to the 2015 Great Futures Award Ceremony at the Boys & Girls Clubs of North County gym.
Rising Star award winner Alexis Mendoza, second from right, is surrounded by his family at the Boys & Girls Clubs' Futures Awards ceremony, from left, Jessica Mendoza, Blanca Mendoza, and Jorge Mendoza.
Rising Star award winner Gabriella Cortez, front, is accompanied by her family, from left in back, Blake McGinley, Shannon Cortez, and Greg Cortez to the awards ceremony.
Yuliana Garcia, right, holds her Rising Star Award certificate from the Ridgecrest Family Endowment Fund, with Josefina Lopez at the Boys & Girls Clubs' Futures Awards ceremony.
FALLBROOK – With nearly 100 guests in attendance, the Boys & Girls Clubs of North County celebrated the achievements of its members and staff at its annual Great Futures Awards presentation.
The club recognized members for their academics, athleticism, and citizenship. Miguel Rojas of Potter Junior High took home the award for the Youth of the Year, the highest award the club can bestow on one of its members.
The club also handed out awards to its dedicated staff and volunteers recognizing them for their extraordinary efforts throughout the year. The award for Program Volunteer of the Year went to Jennifer Day for her outstanding service to the club; the award for Coach of the Year went to Jessie Garibay for his ability to run successful teams that teach his members the importance of good sportsmanship; the MVP Staff award went to Emily Kenner and Brianna Vega for their passion of the club’s mission and the way they embody that mission in their programs.
This year a special award was handed out to Alexis Mendoza, Yuliana Garcia, Jorge Lombera and Gabriella Cortez by the Legacy Endowment Community Foundation. This Rising Star Award recognizes those outstanding youth who excel in being positive role models by their exceptional community service, academic improvement, peer mentoring and leadership abilities.
Each Rising Star honoree receives $200 towards college expenses that will continue to grow until they graduate from high school. The Ridgecrest Family Endowment Fund was created in 2008 at the Legacy Endowment Community Foundation by Laurenn Barker and her brother, Sandy Prater as an incentive to encourage youth to stay on the positive path toward high school and college.
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