Did you know that Boys and Girls Clubs of the Pee Dee Area has the opportunity to receive a $100,000 donation from The NASCAR Foundation? We have one of four finalists for the 2024 #BJFHAward right here in our community – Carlos Washington!
Help us push Carlos to the top of the vote. Go to http://nas.cr/Award.
Ways You Can Help
- Promote throughout your extended family.
- Promote with your co-workers and business partners.
- Encourage everyone to Text VOTE to 877-748-2455 to receive daily reminders to vote.
- Post anywhere and everywhere you are allowed to.
About Carlos
Carlos Washington has been involved with youth through sports and has coached youth league basketball for more than 31 years. He founded Florence International Basketball Association in 2003, and the association has taken youth to Cleveland, Thailand, Greece, Canada, and San Francisco. Since 2005, he has annually served 50-80 youth and teens with a travel basketball program. At last count, more than 90 of those players have advanced on to play college basketball.
The career firefighter continued serving the community after his retirement from the City of Florence Fire Department in 2012.
Washington’s voice was one of the first to promote the establishment of Virtus Academy, a K-12 charter school in Florence, where he remains a founding board member. In addition, he serves on the boards of The School Foundation and Salvation Army, and his past service includes work with the SC Department of Juvenile Justice Advisory Board and the Florence Junior Football League.
For the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Pee Dee Area, he supports and partners with our Florence Club and annual Carolina Classic Basketball Tournament. Most recently, he was named 2023 Boys & Girls Clubs of the Pee Dee Champion for Youth. Fred Carter, president of Francis Marion University and the 2005 recipient of this honor, had these words of praise for Carlos Washington: "Simply put, no one in this community is more deserving of our respect for nurturing our sons and daughters in athletic competition."
Our Impact This Year
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Days Open a Year
252
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Youth Served
3,000+
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Club Sites
6
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Healthy Meals Served
160,500+
