Miguel: Out of the Shadows and Proud

Miguel: Out of the Shadows and Proud

DOWNLOAD ARTICLE August 2016 By Laurence Kaldor, President of the VCLF WHEN ROBERTA BLOOM met Miguel in foster care, he was somewhat unique: he had actually chosen to be there. Miguel had come out as gay and quickly found his home life too toxic because of his newly...
Rising to New Heights

Rising to New Heights

DOWNLOAD ARTICLE January 2017 By Laurence Kaldor, President of the VCLF JANNYDA SRE FIRST participated in the Boys and Girls Club of Pomona Valley the summer before her freshman year of high school and has been intimately involved ever since. She attributes the life...
Helping Jayden Find Family

Helping Jayden Find Family

DOWNLOAD ARTICLE June 2016 By Laurence Kaldor, President of the VCLF THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE just going to see a baseball game. But when six-year-old Jayden and his newly adoptive mother, Shellie, arrived at the minor-league Kane County Cougars’ ballpark in Geneva,...
Going From Survive to Thrive

Going From Survive to Thrive

DOWNLOAD ARTICLE April 2016 By Laurence Kaldor, President of the VCLF RUBY ANTOSH COMES FROM a troubled past, to be sure, but her future is brighter than ever, thanks to the Boys and Girls Club of the West Valley, and support from local attorneys through the Valley...