Glen Cove Boys & Girls Club Receives Grant from Regal Entertainment Group

As part of Regal Entertainment Group’s Summer Movie Express, Regal treated 79 children enrolled in the Glen Cove Boys & Girls Club’s summer program to enjoy the Minion movie at UA Cinema in Westbury on Tuesday, July 28.
The outing was made possible through a partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Regal Entertainment Group who provided the Club with a $1,500 grant to help compensate the majority of the costs associated with the outing. The grant also requires members to participate in a learning activity as part of the movie going experience. Club members discussed and evaluated movie theatre upgrades and the rising movie costs vs. the movie going experience. They are also creating artwork based on the Minion movie.

The Regal Cinemas Grant and the learning activities associated with the grant is in keeping with the Club’s Summer Brain Gain efforts, —a Boys & Girls Club program designed to prevent summer learning loss and foster critical creative-thinking skills. Summer learning losses can stack up year after year, causing low-income children to fall further and further behind, ultimately endangering their chances of high school graduation. “We are committed to preventing summer learning loss among our members and we can do so by providing kids with ample opportunities to learn while having fun. We are grateful to organizations like Regal Cinemas who support our cause and offer us unique ways teach our kids,” said Franca Trunzo, GCBGC Executive Director.

A portion of these proceeds will go to the Will Rogers Institute promoting and funding medical research of cardiopulmonary diseases, purchasing neonatal ventilator equipment for medical facilities across the country and by educating the general public on topics of health and fitness.