Video: GTR Boys and Girls Club Holds Fundraiser

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Starkville, Miss. (WCBI) — The Golden Triangle Boys and Girls Club held their fourth annual Sports Talk fundraiser at The Mill in Starkville, Wednesday.

It is the first of two major fundraisers for the club, and the first of the year.

The event gave sponsors and donors the chance to bid in a silent auction for different prizes and signed memorabilia.

Mississippi State Men’s basketball coach and former Boys and Girls Club member Ben Howland was the guest speaker for the event.

“The Boys and Girls Club’s roots are in athletics…”, said Executive Director Nadia Colom, “…it’s always great when we can have our local athletic departments really get behind the organization and support us…”

Club leaders said the money that is raised in the fundraiser will go towards investing into the program as well as facility needs.

160 people attended the fundraiser and as of Wednesday, had already surpassed the money that was raised in the 2015 Sports Talk, which collected around $40,000.

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