President's Message

As the Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, as well as the President of the Connecticut Alliance Board of Directors, I can speak first hand of the importance of the Connecticut Alliance and the benefits to be gained by each of the state's sixteen clubs if the Alliance successfully implements its mission.

The growth our state's Boys & Girls Club movement will, for the most part, be determined by the availability of financial resources to fund our "outreach" activities. Local funding activities, even those that are effective and successful, are needed to support the program activities within the current club structure. There are still so many children in the State of Connecticut that need our services and they can only be reached by funding our outreach initiatives.

The Connecticut Alliance is a 501 (C) (4) non-profit organization which conducts its fund raising activities, on behalf of the sixteen state clubs, in the area of state and federal funding sources. While the Alliance's Mission addresses other related activities, the Alliance Board of Directors has carefully examined and limited our staff resources to those programs and activities that clearly fell within the overall strategy of seeking increased governmental funding on both the state and federal level.

On behalf of the Alliance's Board of Directors, I welcome the opportunity to dialog with you in regards to our defined Mission and will continue to communicate with you and provide periodic updates as to our success, or lack thereof, in executing our mission.

Sincerely,

Jack Ribas

President