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100% of the high school seniors who have participated in our annual college tour attend college.
100% of Vacaville Neighborhood Boys & Girls Club members participate in community service.
75% of Vacaville Neighborhood Boys & Girls Club students understand the importance of character & leadership.
70% of Vacaville Neighborhood Boys & Girls Club participants come from disadvantaged circumstances.
70% of Vacaville Neighborhood Boys & Girls Club participants make the honor roll!

Brittany Blais - Club gives teenager new outlook on life

Published 12-16-06 - Brittany Blais, 15, a sophomore at Will C. Wood High School, has benefited from the Boys & Girls Club by turning her life around. She used to beg directors at the club not to send her home and now mentors younger kids and survives her home life as well. [more...]

Fatima Armstrong, Part II - Happy determination

Published 11-28-05 - Solano Community College history professor Diane White knows freshman Fatima Armstrong as the kind of student she loves most. "If all my students were like Fatima, I would die a happy teacher," says White with a wishful grin. [more...]

Fatima Armstrong, Part I - Against the odds

Published 06-28-05 - Fatima Armstrong knew the odds were stacked against her going to college. But Armstrong, 18, couldn’t afford to think about that. She couldn’t afford to think about the two-bedroom apartment she shares with six family members, or the fact that no one in her family has ever gone to college. [more...]