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Boys & Girls Club of the Wisconsin Rapids Area Receives $5,000
AT&T Donation to Support its Diplomas to Degree Program
Program Helps Prepare Underserved Middle School and High School
Students for College and Career Success
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Friday, November 20, 2015 The Boys & Girls Club of the Wisconsin Rapids Area
received a $5,000 AT&T donation today to support its Diplomas to Degrees program and help underserved
teens prepare for college and career success.
Diplomas to Degrees (d2D) is a college readiness, access and success program that provides a range of
services to help guide Club members through high school and plan for post-secondary education and career
success. The goal is to create a college-bound culture at the Club that will prepare youth to graduate high
school and complete college.
We all know that education is crucial to future success in life, said Kent Anderson, the Clubs Executive
Director. Through our Diplomas to Degrees program, we are working hard to help our youth graduate high
school and go on to successfully enroll in and graduate college. We are grateful for AT&Ts support.
The d2D program provides a range of services to Club members, including:

Helping youth develop short, intermediate and long-term goals;

Supporting youth with step-by-step progression to become college-ready;
Providing experiences such as college tours to familiarize Club youth with the post-secondary
educational lifestyle; and
Assisting youth in pursuing and securing essential financial aid; and
Fostering supportive relationships between program participants and adults who can provide
ongoing support through a young persons college experience.

The Boys & Girls Club is doing wonderful work to help our students not only graduate high school, but also
begin to prepare for success in college and a career, said State Rep. Scott Krug (R-Nekoosa). The
Diplomas to Degrees program will help more teens from the Rapids area graduate ready for whats next in
post-secondary education or the working world.

As a company, AT&T has a long-standing commitment to helping advance education. The company invests
in education through donations to local organizations and through the AT&T Aspire program. AT&T Aspire
is one of the nations largest corporate initiatives committed to helping more students graduate from high
school ready for college and careers.
AT&T is committed to not only helping our teenagers stay in high school, but also preparing them for
success after graduation, said Scott T. VanderSanden, president of AT&T Wisconsin. We are proud to
support the Boys & Girls Club and its efforts to help Rapids youth stay in school, succeed academically and
prepare for college and beyond.

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