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	Radical Red Robots win the Presentation Award at the First LEGO League Regional Competition The Alderwood Boys & Girls Club LEGO Robotic team, the Radical Red Robots, participated in their first Regional competition at Lynnwood High School on Saturday December 3rd. The competition was an all-day event. Before lunch, the team was judged on their teamwork skills and their ability to explain why they built their robot the way that they did. They also had to give a presentation about contamination in food. Our team had researched how crab was contaminated during the BP oil spill. They came up with a product, Crabteria, that would make crabs molt to get rid of the bad bacteria. After lunch, the robotic competition got under way! Each team had 3 chances to accomplish different missions they had programed into their robots. The Radical Red Robots pulled out an amazing score on their third try and achieved a wonderful 7th place out 28 teams!! They also recieved a trophy for their presentation, and one of our coaches received the Most Inspiring Young Coach! Great job Radical Red Robots!!
Jon Brockman visits the Alderwood Boys & Girls Club Jon Brockman, former UW Basketball player and current Milwaukie Bucks player, came to visit us on November 17th. He played pool and basketball with the teens, and talked with the elementary kids about having goals in life and working hard at school. Then he slam dunked and signed pictures and shirts for the kids! It was a fun and inspiring day.
	Microsoft Techfest In October, we took eight 4th-8th graders to Microsoft for the Washington State Boys & Girls Club Techfest. We were able to participate in many workshops including: LEGO Robotics, Claymation Movie Making, Career Development, Team Building, Green Energy, and more. Although all the workshops were fun and educational, the highlight for most of our participants was playing in a giant room filled with Kinect and Xbox games that had not come out on the market yet! Thank you Microsoft for hosting such a fun event! The kids had a great experience

Congratulations to Kaitlin Evers, Alderwood's 2011 Youth of the Year

The Alderwood Club is proud to announce Kaitlin Evers as our youth of the year. Kaitlin, a junior at Lynnwood High School, has been a Boys & Girls Club member since kindergarten. At school she is involved in volleyball, band, and Future Business Leaders of America. Kaitlin will participate in the Boys & Girls Clubs of Snohomish County youth of the year event in January. Congratulations Kaitlin!

Thank you for your help!

Community Health Plan of Washington volunteered their time to help clean up and organize around the Alderwood Boys & Girls Club. We appreciate all their hard work! Thank you so much!

2010 Youth of the Year

On March 23rd Sara Alkhedairy, Alderwood’s Youth of the Year represented Snohomish County in the Washington State Youth of the Year competition at Qwest Field. She gave her speech twice about the Boys & Girls Club and participated in seven 8 minute individual interviews with the judges.

On March 24th the state winner, Kainen Bell from the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound was announced during a breakfast at the Governors Mansion in Olympia.

Sara did a great job representing the Alderwood Club and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Snohomish County during this event which featured 15 kids from organizations around the state. Sara has been a member of the Alderwood Club for 9 years and has been very involved in volleyball playing, officiating and coaching for the past six seasons. Congratulations Sara!

Book Reading at the Alderwood Club

Umpqua Bank sponsored bestselling children’s author and publisher Tina Powell reading her new book, "Samantha’s Silly-icious Sandwiches” on Friday December 10 at the Club. She did a one hour presentation and the Umpqua Bank ice cream truck delivered ice cream to the kids afterwards. A special thanks to Umpqua Bank Lynnwood and Tina Powell.