Episode 41 - Boys and Girls Club of Toledo

Toledo Matters Podcast

Toledo Matters - Barefoot at the Beach with Matt Reny Matt Reny is the development coordinator for the Boys and Girls Club of Toledo, and the man behind the plan for Barefoot at the Beach! This fundraiser event for the Boys and Girls Club takes place Saturday August 12 from 6-11pm at Maumee Bay State Park. ****Toledo Trivia*** Q1. True or False; The Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo has been around since 1892 and is one of the original 53 Clubs A1. True Q2. John Gunckel started the organization after seeing rowdy boys downtown selling WHAT item? A2. Newspapers Q3. To get the kids off the streets Gunckel hosted how many of these boys to Christmas Dinner7? A3. Christmas Soon that number would climb to 250 in Toledo, and Gunckel would take this plan to the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904 creating a national organization. Bonus: Nowadays, the spirit of Gunckel’s original idea still lives on with what Toledo community organization? A: Old Toledo Newsboys *****Credits****** - For more information on Matt and Barefoot at the Beach visit barefootatthebeach.org - hope to see you there this Saturday! - Toledo Matters is always recorded out of magnificent recording studios of WavFlow Media. Nate and the WavFlow team are the most professional Audio Engineering Studio around. We promise he will make you and your guests sound pretty dang crispy. www.WavFlowMedia.com - Thank you to Toledo Matters Trivia prize sponsor Actual Coffee. - Another thank you to the ridiculously talented designer, Jacob Parr. Our logo, cover photos, and much of everything else visual to Toledo Matters was created by Jacob. For more of his work, or if you want to kick your brand up a notch, visit jacobparr.design - You can always get more information about this show and a map of the hidden gems our guests have mentioned at Toledomatters.com - And thank you Toledo, for tuning in, and making Toledo Matter. Until next time, we wish you well.