MOULTRIE, Ga. — Boys & Girls Clubs of Moultrie/Colquitt County will hold its Eighth Annual Founders Banquet on Tuesday, May 23, at Colquitt County High School.

Highlighting this year’s banquet success will be Boys & Girls Club’s 2017 Youth of the Year, Eyona Moore and guest speaker, NFL Hall of Fame wide receiver Andre Reed.

Through the club’s Annual Founders Banquets, the organization seeks to ensure that every child and teen has access to a safe place afterschool and during the summer where they can build the knowledge, skills and behaviors to put them on the path for success, the club said in a press release. The way a child spends their time out of school and during the summer can significantly impact the path they take.

Joseph Matchett, the Moultrie club’s chief executive officer, believes in the importance of investing in the lives of young people through the Boys & Girls Clubs and the positive impact the investment has made by decreasing juvenile crime by almost 45 percent, the press release said.

“With the community’s continued support, Boys & Girls Clubs of Moultrie/Colquitt County can full fill its goal of ‘Serving more children more often,’” the club said.

Boys & Girls Clubs has served Moultrie and Colquitt County with afterschool and summer programs since June 1, 2009 and has seen the positive impact that occurs when young people have access to a safe place with caring adult professionals and enriching programs during out-of-school time, the press release said.

Stay up-to-date on the club by visiting its website, bgcmoultrie.org, or by clicking “like” on its Facebook page at Boys & Girls Club of Moultrie-Colquitt County.