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2010 Barn Bash Attracts Record Crowd

On April 9, the second annual Barn Bash was held at the Loveless Barn. The event honored and celebrated the Middle Tennessee Youth of the Year Denzel Caldwell and the Sydney F. Keeble Distinguished Service Award winner Scott Portis. WSMV’s Jonathan Martin served as Master of Ceremonies of this year’s event. We are very grateful to our event sponsors, attendees, auction donors, and the many volunteers that made this event a huge success. Thank you to the Phoenix Club of Nashville for hosting the After Party, featuring the Chris Weaver band. To view photos of the Barn Bash After Party, click HERE.


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Youth of the Year

Join us at the Barn Bash, Celebrating the Youth of the Year

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Throughout each year, Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee conducts a “Youth of the Year” Program in our Clubs culminating into a spring awards dinner that is also a major fundraising event for our Clubs.

The Youth of the Year program benefits our Club members by helping them:
    - develop healthy attitudes toward home, community, school and Club;
    - recognize the importance of patriotism and good character and demonstrate it in all aspects of their daily lives;
    - strengthen their moral values;
    - build a positive self-concept;
    - achieve personal growth;
    - improve writing, listening and speaking skills;
    - identify with positive role models; and
    - develop leadership skills.

In order to select a Youth of the Year, each Club unit names a Youth of the Month each month that exemplifies Youth of the Year characteristics.  Judging to select the winner takes place in February and the finalists are honored at the spring awards dinner.

BGCMT is honored to host this ever-growing awards dinner!  An audience of up to 600 gathers for an auction, musical performance (previously a speaker) and a special segment highlighting the accomplishments of the young people attending the five Club sites in our community.

During the program, each finalist is introduced and rewarded with items such as a new laptop computer.  In a most gratifying moment, our Youth of the Year Winner will receive an award and $2,500 college scholarship and will offer personal acceptance remarks.
 
Past speakers include Hank Aaron, Archie Manning, Peyton Manning, Steve McNair, and Kyle Vanden Bosch among others.  Most recently, our Youth of the Year Awards Dinner was held April 28, 2008, at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Nashville. 

In 2004, 2007 and 2008, the Middle Tennessee Youth of the Year has gone on to win the TN state title and has competed in the Boys & Girls Clubs of America regional finals.


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