White Pine Boys & Girls Club of Dumplin Valley presents  

WHEN: Thursday, October 22, 2015
TIME: 5:30 pm -7:00 pm
WHERE: Boys & Girls Club of Dumplin Valley
3107 Circle Drive
White Pine, TN


White Pine branch to celebrate the achievements of afterschool students and draw attention to the need for more afterschool programs to serve the millions of children nationwide who are unsupervised and at risk each weekday afternoon. This gathering will be one of more than 8,000 such events across the nation emphasizing the importance of keeping the lights on and the doors open after school. Speakers at the rally celebrated the many benefits of afterschool programs, and encouraged lawmakers, businesses and other to support afterschool funding.

White Pine Lights On Afterschool participants will see what their children have been working on, while discussing the importance of afterschool programs.  Organized by the Afterschool Alliance, Lights On Afterschool has been celebrated annually since 2000.  This year, more than one million Americans will take part in the only nationwide rally for afterschool programs.



Questions, please contact
Rachel Hicks
Director of Resource Development
Ph: 865-761-0143
Email: rhicks@bgcdumplinvalley.org