BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB CRUNCHES NUMBERS; AGENCY LOOKS FOR FUNDS, LONG-TERM PLAN TO CONTINUE PROGRAMS FOR 3,700 YOUTHS.(Local)

From: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) | Date: June 20, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: Maureen Sieh Urban affairs editor

Faced with more funding cuts, the Boys and Girls Club of Syracuse is struggling to determine how it will continue serving more than 3,700 city youths attending its year-round and summer programs.

For the fiscal year starting July 1, the Boys and Girls Club requested $485,000 from the United Way of Central New York, officials said. It got $175,000, down from the $181,000 they got last year, they said.

Four a...