Montana Lights on After School Rally - Programs supporting working families

Hundreds of children, parents, business and community leaders will come together on October 27th at a Lights On Afterschool rally at the historic Tenth Street Bridge in Great Falls, MT. They will celebrate the achievements of afterschool students and draw attention to the need for more afterschool programs to serve the millions of children nationwide who are unsupervised and at risk each weekday afternoon. 

The gathering is one of 7,500 such events across the nation emphasizing the importance of keeping the lights on and the doors open for afterschool programs. Speakers at the rally warned that tight budgets are endangering afterschool programs here in Gallatin, Madison, Meagher and Park counties, forcing many to cut back or even close their doors. As at other Lights On Afterschool rallies across the nation, Montana afterschool supporters urged lawmakers not to deny or divert funding needed for afterschool programs.To learn more about local before & after school programs, click kidsLINK

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The event is sponsored by Boys & Girls Clubs of Cascade County. The Club will hold an open house with dinner, speakers, prize drawings, and the illumination of the Tenth Street Bridge, a concrete arch bridge spanning the Missouri River.  For more information, contact Quinn Boehme, 406/761-1330.
Please join and celebrate the afterschool programs that keep our kids safe, inspire them to learn and support working families.     

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