500 Boys & Girls Clubs Families Receive Christmas Dinner Donations

500 Boys & Girls Clubs Families Receive Christmas Dinner Donations Roughly 500 Boys & Girls Clubs families will have Christmas dinner this year thanks to donations from Strack & Van Til, Indiana Beverage, MolsonCoors and Aunt Millie’s. Continuing an annual tradition, employees of each gathered at the John...

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Top 10 community articles on NWI.Life in 2021

By: Allison Tunstall, Amber Tomlinson, Aubrey Thomson, Colin Lenburg, Curtis Hankins, Grace Bentkowski, Peyton Mahlmann Last Updated: December 23, 2021

Top 10 community articles on NWI.Life in 2021 In times of struggle, we can always turn to our community to be reminded of all the good happening around us. Throughout 2021, that community was stronger than ever. Whether it was grabbing a friend to run a 5K with you, appreciating front-line...

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Lifer travels Lake County: Executive Director gets new view of the Region

Lifer travels Lake County: Executive Director gets new view of the Region While 2021 was marked a successful year for many in the area, that success looks different for GreatNews.Life Executive Director Jenny Craig-Brown. For Craig-Brown, success is being the spokesperson for GreatNews.Life and spreading the great news all...

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Boys & Girls Clubs Honors Board Members at Annual Event

Boys & Girls Clubs Honors Board Members at Annual Event Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana honored departing members of its board of directors earlier this month at a small ceremony at Avalon Manor. President and CEO Ryan Smiley also welcomed incoming board members and presented service...

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Christmas Came Early for Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana

Christmas Came Early for Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana put on their fourth-annual “Christmas to Remember” event on December 9 at the Dean and Barbara White Community Center in Merrillville. All ten Boys & Girls Clubs from the area came out for a...

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Allen Law Group sponsoring Boys & Girls Clubs’ after-school child care program

Allen Law Group sponsoring Boys & Girls Clubs’ after-school child care program Injury Attorney Kenneth J. Allen and Allen Law Group are again sponsoring Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana’s Kidstop program. Kidstop provides safe, fun and educational activities for students before and after their school day in...

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Boys & Girls Club of Greater Northwest Indiana gives Region children a Christmas to Remember

Boys & Girls Club of Greater Northwest Indiana gives Region children a Christmas to Remember He’s making a list; he’s checking it twice; he’s going to find out all the kids in Northwest Indiana are nice! Children in the area writing letters to Santa this year are sure to be in for a treat thanks to Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater...

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U. S. Steel Gary Works Donates $75,000 to Boys & Girls Club for New Valpo Club

U. S. Steel Gary Works Donates $75,000 to Boys & Girls Club for New Valpo Club United States Steel Corporation Gary Works donated $75,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana to sponsor the teaching kitchen in the new Club the youth development organization is building in Valparaiso. Finishing operations plant...

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Boys & Girls Clubs Donation Personal for Indiana Beverage Employees

Boys & Girls Clubs Donation Personal for Indiana Beverage Employees Indiana Beverage’s recent donation to Boys & Girls Clubs marks the tenth consecutive year the two have partnered to help region kids avoid peer pressure and risky behaviors. The $4,161 donation, which comes from the proceeds of merchandise...

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