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The Boys & Girls Club of Central Pennsylvania, founded in 1939, is located in Harrisburg, Pa., and serves more than 3,000 at-risk kids. It offers programs and specific guidance-oriented activities including socialization and team building through sports and recreation, vocational motivation through training and job placement, educational motivation through remedial studies and tutoring and individual and group guidance to address special needs and develop specific talents. B&GCCP also offers a range of clubs, such as street smart, kids in control, power hour, family support, fine arts exhibits program, national photography contest, jazz band program, career explorers, job ready, keystone club and junior staff development.

The Latin American Community Center in Wilmington, Del., has provided more than 35 years of service to the community. It was established in 1969 by a group of young Latinos whose parents came to the United States seeking greater opportunity to provide for their families. Its focus is to assist with the assimilation of Latinos from varying cultures into an English-speaking community. Help provided consisted of learning English as a second language, after-school tutoring and other children and youth programs, as well as family service programs to deal with the challenge of maintaining cultural pride while adapting to cultural change. The Latin American Community Center serves an average of 6,500 individuals with a staff of more than 50 bilingual employees that provide services in programs. Clients served come from Cuban, Mexican, Guatemalan, Puerto Rican, Dominican and other Central American countries.