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Boys & Girls Clubs leaders want to teach skills to give young people a head start.
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Byline: Douane D. James
Jan. 20--The Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County has set an ambitious vision for its future: Be the model organization for clubs nationwide. The Broward division wants to teach young people job skills, pushing beyond the core mission of being a "positive place for kids."
The organization will ask incoming CEO Frank Till to lead its push to add vocational programs to the county's 13 Boys & Girls Clubs.
"We wanted an adminis...
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