For more information, please contact:
Annie Meagle
Boys & Girls Town of Missouri
Phone: 314-256-4943
Fax: 314-535-6632
annie.meagle@bgtm.org

Chip Wolf, regional vice president of Boys & Girls Town, Laura Ward, advisory board president for Boys & Girls Town and Jim Moore, past advisory board president, accept the grant check from Randy Russell of the Community Foundation of the Ozarks.

BOYS & GIRLS TOWN OF MISSOURI-SPRINGFIELD COMPLETES COMMUNITY RESPONSE CHALLENGE GRANT

Springfield, Mo (January 14, 2010) – The Community Foundation of the Ozarks has awarded Boys & Girls Town of Missouri a $25,000 grant through its Community Response Challenge Grants Initiative, a project funding area organizations that provide direct services that meet local “red-flag” issues. The grant challenged Boys & Girls Town to match each grant dollar with new donations, raising the total amount donated to $50,000. Boys & Girls Town successfully raised the matching funds prior to the April 30, 2010 deadline, and was presented with a check from the Community Foundation of the Ozarks last Friday.

“We are so thankful for the continuous support of the Springfield community,” stated Chip Wolf, regional vice president of Boys & Girls Town. “The $25,000 raised through community efforts matched with the $25,000 generously granted by the Community Foundation of the Ozarks will help ensure that our programs continue to provide shelter and stability to at-risk youth in the Springfield area.”

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About Boys & Girls Town of  Missouri
Founded in 1949, Boys & Girls Town of Missouri is a nationally accredited organization that provides extensive treatment through residential, foster care case management, outreach and family therapy programs for troubled youth with a history of abuse, neglect, severe behavior disorders and psychological problems. The organization's mission to "improve the lives of children with emotional and behavioral problems through superior, family-focused services" is fulfilled through campuses in St. James, St. Louis, Springfield and Columbia, MO.  BGTM helps redirect the lives of more than 6,700 boys and girls and their family members annually.  For more information, please visit the website at www.bgtm.org

About Edgewood Children’s Center
Founded in 1834, Edgewood Children’s Center provides compassionate care and treatment to restore children and strengthen families through intensive therapy, education, case management and support services. Many of the children served have been physically, sexually or emotionally abused; neglected; or abandoned. Edgewood offers a broad array of treatment, education, prevention and support services for children and families, active child advocacy, professional consultation and training. Edgewood Children’s Center is a 501(c)(3), nonprofit, nonsectarian, United Way agency. For more information please visit the Web site at www.eccstl.org.