{"id":15688,"date":"2023-08-09T10:28:44","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T14:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&#038;p=15688"},"modified":"2023-08-09T11:09:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T15:09:13","slug":"boys-girls-clubs-of-the-big-bend-receives-3-6-million-in-state-funding","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/boys-girls-clubs-of-the-big-bend-receives-3-6-million-in-state-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of the Big Bend receives $3.6 million in state funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gadsden County received a $77 million grant for multiple infrastructure and youth projects including, The Boys and Girls Clubs of The Big Bend.<\/p>\n<p>The money was secured during this year\u2019s legislative session. Kacy Dennis is the CEO of the organization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou always hear about there\u2019s not a lot of things for kids to do in Gadsden County, that\u2019s no longer the case,&#8221; said Dennis.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enh\" data-align-center>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"OneColumnContainer\">\n<div class=\"OneColumnContainer-row\">\n<div class=\"OneColumnContainer-column\">\n<div class=\"PromoXS-content\">\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Boys and Girls Clubs is receiving $3.6 million dollars in state funding. With that, Dennis says, they\u2019ll build their own facility for afterschool programs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can not be more excited about the opportunity and the support that we received from the community members, senators, and the governor,&#8221; said Dennis. &#8220;We\u2019re just super excited about having this opportunity.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<div class=\"fullattribution\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&amp;utmdt=Boys+%26+Girls+Clubs+of+the+Big+Bend+receives+%243.6+million+in+state+funding+&amp;utme=8(APIKey)9(MDA4MzU1MzUzMDEzMTkyMzAwMzY5MjY1Mw004)\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":15689,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[],"tags":[1136,1135],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of the Big Bend receives $3.6 million in state funding - WFSU Local Routes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/boys-girls-clubs-of-the-big-bend-receives-3-6-million-in-state-funding\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boys &amp; 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