Boys & Girls Club of the Valley wins prestigious EAGLES award

Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s National Headquarters based in Atlanta will honor the Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley for achieving the Silver Level of the League of EAGLES Award Program. 

This award is a key element of the national organization’s Leading Edge: 2020 Board Transformation Strategy. 

The award recognizes local affiliate organizations for achieving 90 percent or more of the Key Performance Indicators which defines the strength of the organizations board of directors in meeting and exceeding a set of standards which provide an outcome based assessment of the boards responsibilities and impact on for the organization. 
This awards program measures six key elements of a “strong board of directors” which include 75 percent of individual board members achieving the following:

Engagement.	Engaged and attend board meetings
Ask.	Ask others face-to-face for funding
Give.	Give back by making a personal financial gift
Lead.	Lead the organization to achieving strategic initiatives
Evaluate.	Evaluate their individual board  performance based on a personal plan
Serve.	Serving actively on committees or task forces of the organization

                               

Reaching this milestone is a significant accomplishment of which only 10 percent or less of the 1,000 member organizations of the 160-year old national youth development organization met in 2014 and is a testimony of the dedication and commitment of the organization’s board and executive leadership to serving the youth of your community at the highest level. 

Shaye Roscoe, Executive Director, will receive the award during the Northeast Leadership Conference to be held Thursday in Princeton, N.J.

For more information about the League of Eagles award, log on to http://bgcaboards.org/impact/board-recognition-awards/.

For more information about the Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley visit www.BGC-LNV.org.

This is a press release from the club.

Congratulations to the staff and board of the club for earning this national recognition!