Clark Man To Serve As New Board Secretary Of Boys & Girls Club

Press release from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Paterson:

Nov. 10, 2020

The Boys & Girls Club of Paterson and Passaic is honored to announce its Board of Directors elected Deborah Brim as the new President of the Board.

Brim, a Vice President in Middle Market Commercial Banking of M&T Bank, will serve a two-year term on the Board effective November 1, 2020. She succeeds Barbara Collins, Senior Director in Wealth Management at BNY Mellon, who served as the Board President since 2018 and will continue to serve as Chairwoman of the Board’s Executive Committee.

Richard Mainardi Jr., Vice President and Broker of Record for Mainardi Management Company, was re-elected to serve as Vice President. Additionally, the BGCPP Board of Directors elected Arthur Corwin as its Treasurer and Thomas Sebok of Clark as its Secretary. Corwin is the President of Railroad Construction Company, Inc. located in Paterson. Sebok is an Executive Vice President of PNC Bank.

“I am deeply honored to be elected as the new President of the BCGPP Board of Directors. I look forward to working with the Board and the staff to move our Club’s mission forward. We are making a positive difference in the Paterson and Passaic communities through our quality childcare programs that focus on academics, healthy habits and social-emotional learning which, given the events of 2020 are more important than ever,” said Brim.

As a leader in youth services and a pillar of the Paterson and Passaic communities for nearly 60 years, the Boys & Girls Club operates Summer Camp and after-school programming with specific focuses on academics, healthy habits and social-emotional learning. Throughout the years, the Club has seen hundreds of thousands of children enter its doors – and it has combatted many crises before, though nothing like the recent COVID-19 epidemic.

Having been forced to temporarily close to in person childcare services, the Boys & Girls Club transformed both its Paterson and Passaic Clubhouses into Food Distribution locations to ensure that community youth – and community members at large – had access to shelf stable meals. The Club continues to adapt to the needs in the community and both Paterson and Passaic Clubhouses are open for a full day of programming as schools remain closed for in-person learning. The Boys & Girls Club exists as a safe haven for children to learn virtually, provides daily breakfast and lunch to members and offers supplemental education to combat learning loss and keep their minds and bodies strong.

For more information, visit www.bgcppnj.org or call 973-279-3055 x250.

This press release was produced by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Paterson. The views expressed here are the author's own.