Boys and Girls Clubs combat COVID learning loss
The pandemic hurt kids academically
The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Big Bend are helping families rebound from the pandemic.
and last updated 2021-06-30 19:07:51-04
As more people get their COVID-19 vaccines, the clubs are getting back to how thing were before the pandemic. Now, club leaders are facing a new challenge.
âI think of the Boys and Girls club as a big family,â said 17-year-old Nina Fisher. Sheâs been coming to Boys and Girls Clubs of the Big Bend for 10 years now. âI was able to find out more about who I am.â
Bonnie Singleton grew up in rural Wisconsin, in a town so small it made Colorado Springs seem startlingly large.
âNew Auburn is a town of 500. and I graduated with a class of 27 students,â Singleton recalls. âYeah, teeny tiny.
âWhen I moved to the Springs, it was kind of shocking. I lived near UCCS, and I remember having to make a left turn on Austin Bluffs and felt overwhelmed by just two lanes of traffic â and I cried. I had never parked in a parking garage before. Iâm kind of an undercover hillbilly, really. Now, Colorado Springs feels like just the right size for me: Itâs not small, but not a huge metropolitan [city]. Iâm able to network and connect with others while maintaining some anonymity here.âÂ