For Immediate Release

Waltham Boys & Girls Club Executive Director Receives Demont & Associates, Inc. Scholarship

Thanks to a generous contribution from Demont & Associates, Inc. of Portland, ME, Jennifer Aldworth, Executive Director of the Waltham Boys & Girls Club received a scholarship to attend Boys & Girls Clubs of AmericaÕs Northeast Leadership Conference last week in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The scholarship funds covered conference registration fees and three nights lodging for the conference.

Among many other workshops at the conference, Jenn attended Boys & Girls Clubs of AmericaÕs Resource Development Day which explored issues facing the Northeast Region and its culture of giving. She heard best practices from Club professionals and volunteers and learned about gifts of stocks and bonds, gift tax issues, estate planning, etc.

These scholarships are intended to help local Club organizations improve their resource development capacity. Boys & Girls Club professionals receiving scholarships must have met the following criteria to even be considered: operational budget less than$2,000,000, individual attending holds a senior management position and has some responsibilities in fund raising and resource development and must have a Board member registered for the conference. Board members Cheryl Marcou and Madeline Osit also attended the conference.

At the conference, Jenn was able to meet representatives from Demont & Associates who granted the scholarship. Demont & Associates was founded in 1993 and is a full-service fund-raising consulting firm committed to making a lasting difference for good. With more than a decade of successful service and having served hundreds of clients throughout the United States, the Demont team combines national experience with local knowledge, service, and commitment to philanthropy. In partnership with client personnel and volunteers, Demont offers a variety of services tailored to client needs such as internal organization assessments, feasibility/planning/market studies, donor cultivation, and other pre-campaign programs, capital and planned giving counsel, residentcampaign management, periodic strategic campaign counsel, campaign office management, board development, and leadership and volunteer training.