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Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) October 29, 2011

For 20 years, Boys & Girls Clubs of America (http://www.bgca.org) has been providing the children of American military families? vital services and programs ? wherever they are stationed around the world. Since 1991, children have had access to on-base Youth Centers that offer the same guidance and proven programs – focusing on academic success, good character and citizenship and healthy living – provided by traditional Boys & Girls Clubs across the United States.

?Children of military families face more than the usual challenges of growing up, from moving and re-establishing friendships every few years to worrying about family members who have been deployed,? says Terrill Wicks, vice president, Military Services & International Projects for Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

As the military deploys troops in and out of multiple active combat zones, BGCA?s traditional Clubs also assist families with the transition to civilian life, especially when the youth has a wounded, ill, or injured parent.

The Next Five Years

With the just-announced plan to have all U.S. troops out of Iraq by the end of this year, and the goal of drawing down the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan over the next five years, BGCA?s mission will adapt accordingly. The influx of military parents returning from war is expected to result in a corresponding rise in mental health issues for both youth and parents.

BGCA training and support will focus more on that area, and the organization plans to increase community support through traditional Clubs. Staff will assist families with the transition to civilian life, especially when children have a wounded, ill or injured parent.

What the Youth Centers Offer

From teen leadership groups to fine arts exhibitions, BGCA-affiliated Youth Centers give members a safe haven to learn and grow. The military Youth Center is a positive place that offers a wide variety of educational, recreational, cultural and social activities. Using a comprehensive youth development strategy, caring, trained staff provide guidance in helping girls and boys to:

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A History of Service

Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s partnership with the military began in 1991 during the Persian Gulf War. As parents in the Reserves and National Guard were deployed overseas, BGCA asked local Clubs to reach out to children in need, providing memberships and special programming to some 17,000 youth.

Over the next two decades BGCA worked with the Department of Defense to develop formal partnerships to extend the program to each branch of the Armed Forces — Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard. Today the program is thriving across all fronts, with 386 Youth Centers serving almost 460,000 children in the United States and 15 different countries.

?Military children are resilient and proud of their parents? service. The changes in the type of wars our country fights, and the multiple deployments that go along with that, require us to re-focus the support we provide to military youth,? says Wicks. ?This is particularly important during the deployment and reintegration process, where we must sustain and strengthen their resiliency.?

A Sense of Continuity

Youth Centers are there to help, providing stability and a sense of place. Most military parents are redeployed every two to three years, creating a challenge for their children to settle in and make friends. The consistent Boys & Girls Club programs at every military installation Youth Center address that issue, so youth see familiar services, programs and resources no matter where their family is deployed.

And because military families are located in every community, especially now that more than 75 percent of them live off-base, Boys & Girls Clubs everywhere open their doors to children of all military families. The Clubs give these young people a safe place to go, staffed with caring adults who provide relief.

BGCA Military Programs – By the Numbers

Youth Served by Service

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????Army: 227,407
????Marine Corps: 22,982
????Navy: 66,722
????Coast Guard: 831
????Countries: 15
????Total Youth Served: 460,000

About Boys & Girls Clubs of America

For more than 100 years, Boys & Girls Clubs of America (GreatFutures.org) has enabled young people most in need to achieve great futures as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Today, nearly 4,000 Clubs serve some 4 million young people through Club membership and community outreach. Clubs are located in cities, towns, public housing and on Native American lands throughout the country and on U.S. military installations worldwide. They provide a safe place, caring adult mentors, fun and friendship, and high-impact youth development programs on a daily basis during critical non-school hours.

Club programs promote academic success, good character and citizenship, and healthy lifestyles. In a Harris Survey of alumni, 57 percent said the Club saved their lives. National headquarters are located in Atlanta. Learn more at http://bgca.org/facebook and http://bgca.org/twitter.

Contact: Mitch Leff, (404) 861-4769, mitch(at)leffassociates(dot)com

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Los Gatos, CA (PRWEB) February 24, 2009

Two years in the making, the Wine Clubs Directory by Wine Club Directory.net, contains detailed reviews of both US and international wine clubs. These wine club reviews enable consumers to make educated decisions as to which wine club is right for them and ensures they avoid the wine clubs with poor performance records.

All wine tasting clubs featured in the directory were tested for a minimum of one year to ensure any potential problems, such as poor wine quality or shipping / packaging issues, we’re brought to light.

Each wine club review contains detailed information on overall experience, wine quality, pricing, packing & delivery and customer service. In addition, some wine clubs provide special offers to Wine Club Directory.net users that are not available anywhere else. These include up to 6 free bottles of wine and special bottle openers that only the best vintners use.

While the Wine Clubs Directory has tested and reviewed well over 100 different wine clubs, ranging from California wine clubs to white wine clubs, only those wine clubs with a 3 star rating or above are made available to consumers to ensure they don’t accidentally pick one of the poorer quality wine clubs.

The Wine Clubs Directory continues to test and review new wine clubs on a monthly basis and makes those reviews available for free to all website visitors.

About the Wine Clubs Directory

The Wine Clubs Directory is a family owned website that provides quality wine club reviews and recommendations of only the very best US and international wine tasting clubs. The Wine Clubs Directory goal is to make your life easier by pre-testing all the wine clubs we recommend, so that you’re only getting a top notch wine of the month club. Learn more at http://www.wineclubdirectory.net.

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Natick, Massachusetts (PRWEB) September 30, 2011

The TAG Health Club Network has been formed to support independent health clubs. In making the announcement, John Atwood, TAG?s Founder stated: ?As I was helping independent health clubs to become financially healthier ? one at a time, I concluded that by forming a network, my team could provide broader support across any number of independent health clubs in helping them to discover and implement ways that they could operate more cost effectively and more profitably.?

He continued; ?As health club consultants, we test marketed this group power concept focusing on marketing support. Ten health clubs participated. The results were amazing. We had a situation where one participant saved over $ 3,800 for just one direct mailing. On average, the savings ranged from $ 700 to $ 850 per mailing.? Atwood said his network of health clubs and gyms is focused on saving money across the board with fitness equipment, health club software, credit card and EFT fees, utilities, and almost any other expense incurred by a health club, gym, or fitness center. The network is even working to lower prices in areas as diverse as facility design, website development, and staff training. Atwood says ?the bottom line is if you spend money on it we will work to bring the cost down while maintaining the quality. We are working strategically to provide independent clubs some of the infrastructure, and advantages of scale, that large organizations enjoy.?

The TAG Network recently added their 20th member with a goal of reaching 250 members by mid 2012. Membership includes a baseline purchasing cost analysis to identify immediate cost savings opportunities. Monthly web conferences are also available to members to gain new insights and share ideas regarding such matters as financial management, SEO web optimization, and cost-effective marketing programs. Emails are sent out announcing new partnerships with vendors that have agreed to lower prices for network members. And a list of vendors who agree to discounts will be put on the TAG Network website for any member to access.

Atwood concluded; health club and gym management is challenging; ?Health club membership growth, nationally, is being far outpaced by the proliferation of new clubs. Many independent clubs are hitting a crisis point and must begin to manage in a new way to compete with the big players. In my work with clubs, especially in this increasingly competitive situation, I have found that simply ?grabbing? new members is not the answer — success is driven in large part by better operating efficiencies across the board. That?s what TAG is all about.?

And now a quote: as Thomas Paine said in the throes of the American Revolution – - – ?These are the times that try men?s (and women?s) souls?. Today, Independent health clubs are in a “Battle for Survival” and these are trying time to be sure; but vision and dedication, merged with the combined powers of a network of independent clubs, can bring these clubs through the hard times, and help them emerge as strong independent businesses and centers of their communities.

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Austin, TX (PRWEB) November 17, 2005

The first shopping comparison site for the niche market of gift of the month clubs launched this week, just in time for the holiday season. Club-Offers.com brings together over 120 monthly gift clubs in 30 different categories from 25 merchants for consumers to find, compare, review and buy. The site, http://www.club-offers.com, will also provide coupon codes on many items, allowing consumers to save up to 15 percent on gift of the month club purchases.

Gift of the month clubs have risen in popularity with the onset of online shopping. Traditionally, fruit gift of the month clubs were the only option, but today?s consumers can choose from dozens of gift clubs for every lifestyle, age and interest. Examples of gift of the month clubs found on Club-Offers.com range from the modest (fruit, flower and coffee) to the magnificent (steak, chocolate and wine) and also include off-the-wall options such as magic trick and necktie of the month. Club-Offers.com provides a variety of price options ranging from $ 12.95 for one month of a tea of the month club geared towards the individual tea lover to $ 1,145 for twelve months of a gourmet food of the month club designed to feed a family of four.

The value of shopping on Club-Offers.com is evident in the variety of options of gifts, even within the same category. For instance, if a consumer wanted to purchase a coffee of the month club prior to the launch of Club-Offers.com, he or she may not have found more than one or two options while shopping online. Club-Offers.com brings together over 10 different coffee of the month clubs, allowing the consumer to compare brand, price and variety in one place. Club-Offers.com also provides an RSS feed that features a new gift of the month club every day.

?Online shopping comparison sites are common in the travel industry, but no one has really brought it down to this level of specialty ? until now,? said Steve Schaffer, creator of Club-Offers.com. ?Instead of spending hours online searching for the perfect gift on a variety of sites, Club-Offers.com brings it all together for consumers and gives them one place to find that unique gift that keeps on giving the whole year through.?

About Club-Offers.com

Club-Offers.com is the first shopping comparison site for the gift of the month club market. The site helps consumers find, compare, review and buy unique monthly gifts for everyone. Club-Offers.com provides gift givers with variety ? over 120 monthly gift clubs in 30 categories from more than 25 merchants ? all available to purchase online. Gift of the month club choices range from fruit, food and flower of the month to drink, cookie and even perfume of the month.

To find the perfect gift club, visit: http://www.club-offers.com

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Austin, TX (PRWEB) January 26, 2006

Book-Clubs.com features over 50 book clubs for visitors to browse, research, and join. Popular choices include Doubleday Book Club (5 books for 99? plus a free book), Book of the Month Club (5 books for $ 1 plus a free book), History Book Club (4 history books for $ 4), and Quality Paperback Book Club (6 books for $ 1 each). Visitors can browse through these and other book clubs to find a club with appropriate books for their literary tastes.

Book-Clubs.com has many childrens book clubs that will help you save big on books for your kids. The Childrens Book of the Month Club allows you to pick 8 books for $ 2 when you join. Scholastic Book Clubs feature favorite kids characters such as Mickey Mouse, The Cat and the Hat, Thomas the Tank, and more. Each of the children?s book clubs deliver your children books on a monthly basis and fosters their love of reading.

For adults, Book-Clubs.com features numerous options including audio book clubs. Audio book enthusiast Craig Johnson says that ?Joining an audio book club rentals service has saved me hundreds in the purchase costs for audio books over the past year!? These services allow members to rent CDs by mail or download audio books to their MP3 players. Book-Clubs.com has the latest offers from these clubs, including 3 free audio books from Audible Digital Audio Book Club, and 2 week free trials from Jiggerbug Audio Book Rental Service] and Simply Audiobooks. Other adult book clubs include a romance book club from Harlequin, mystery book clubs, and Crossings Christian book club and Quality Paperback Book Club from BooksOnline.

All online book clubs are a great way to save money popular book titles. Many “bill me later book clubs” are available. These clubs allows you to join without giving a credit card number. Book-Clubs.com helps you choose book clubs wisely and maximize your savings.

About Book-Clubs.com:

Book-Clubs.com features book clubs from BooksOnline, Harlequin, Scholastic, Audible, and other major book clubs. The site provides an excellent resource for visitors to find, research, and join book clubs online.

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Austin, TX (PRWEB) March 28, 2006

Book-Club-Offers.com was launched in 2003 to guide visitors to the best book club offers available online. Now, three years later, thousands of visitors have used the site to join book clubs online. The site features all the major book clubs, Doubleday Book Club, The Literary Guild, and Smart Reader Rewards from Book of the Month Club. The various categories of book clubs include general interest and bestseller book clubs, mystery, science fiction, and romance book clubs, special interest book clubs, children?s book clubs, and audio book clubs.

?One of the major requests we got from Book-Club-Offers.com visitors,? said site designer Cory Edwards, ?was the need for a better way to compare book clubs and choose the right one.? Since the best book club is different for each person, the editors of Book-Club-Offers.com painstakingly recorded over fifteen variables of information about each club. They then selected the top three book clubs from each category to be prominently displayed at the top of the page, and listed all book clubs from the category below. Visitors are given the option to choose up to three book clubs from these lists and compare them side-by-side on six highly important variables, including price, selection, payment options, and more.

Book-Club-Offers.com also offers a comprehensive review of each book club and its current offer along with numerous articles on joining a book club. The list of frequently asked questions addresses many of the questions that the editors receive about book clubs including how they work, why they charge so little for books, and how to contact customer service for the various book club providers.

Visit Book-Club-Offers.com today to find, review, compare, and join book clubs online.

About Book-Club-Offers.com:

Book-Club-Offers.com is a website for finding, reviewing, comparing, and joining book clubs. The site features compare pages that make it easy to compare book clubs. Book club providers include BooksOnline, Scholastic, Highlights, Harlequin, Simply Audiobooks, Audible, and Jiggerbug. Related book club sites include http://www.Canada-Book-Clubs.com, a site that features Canadian book clubs, and http://uk.Book-Club-Offers.com, a site that features UK book clubs.

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