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Boys and Girls Club asks Carbondale for $50,000 as residents press for transparency
Summary
Doctor Glenn Bouchard asked the Carbondale City Council to consider a $50,000 contribution toward a $200,000 fundraising goal to reopen the Boys and Girls Club of Southern Illinois; residents voiced concerns about past management, transparency and pending investigations.
Doctor Glenn Bouchard, speaking on behalf of the Boys and Girls Club of Southern Illinois, told the Carbondale City Council the organization needs to raise $200,000 within the next two months to qualify for a possible $400,000 grant and reopen program sites by the start of school this August. He described managerial failures that contributed to the club’s closure and said the reconstituted board plans to contract an external accounting firm and recruit a chief executive with strong financial skills to avoid past problems.
“The board asked me to chair a fundraising effort to raise…
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