Boys & Girls Club Benefit

Thad Matta, Jordan Miller, Rebecca Asmo and Jim Tressel.

Four hundred people attended the first annual Great Futures Start Here benefit dinner for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Columbus at the Columbus Athenaeum April 6. Guests were treated to a panel discussion featuring Gordon Gee, Thad Matta, Jordan Miller, Gene Smith and Jim Tressel. In addition, Roxanne Spillett, president and CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, delivered the keynote address. The benefit raised nearly $175,000 to benefit the city’s most at-risk youth. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Columbus provide after-school programs including tutoring, recreation and overall character building assistance. Tickets were $100 & $250. (Photography by Scott Cunningham; photos and IDs courtesy Boys & Girls Clubs of Columbus.)

This article appears in the July 2011 issue of Columbus Monthly

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