This week more than 300 of our staff attended our annual Blue Door Summit. This professional development day provided sessions on a variety of topics including Trauma Informed Care, Leading Effective Meetings and Collaboration & Partnerships. Sessions were presented by experts in the field, and provided our staff with the ability to grow their knowledge and understanding in order to better serve our members.

Last month our Western Sussex Club celebrated 25 years of serving youth! The evening honored the individuals who were instrumental in the early days of the Club, including First Board President John Hollis, First Capital Campaign Chair John Burton, First Western Sussex Youth of the Year Joy Oliver, First Club Director Dave Crimmins, and First Honorary Capital Campaign Chair Senator Thomas Carper. Since opening 25 years ago, the Club has grown to become the leading youth service organization for more than 40,000 youth who have walked through its doors.