{"id":17348,"date":"2019-02-20T10:10:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T15:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/?p=17348"},"modified":"2026-04-01T20:11:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T20:11:39","slug":"michaels-inspires-creative-futures-children-youth-new-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/michaels-inspires-creative-futures-children-youth-new-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Michaels inspires creative futures for children and youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Michaels Companies, Inc. has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20190220005305\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced a new three-year partnership<\/a> with Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of America and Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Arts programming and education have a significant impact on a child\u2019s development, in addition to increasing their interest in arts-related fields of study and work. Michaels is dedicated to inspiring change within the Clubs\u2019 creative arts programming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Boys &amp; Girls Clubs extraordinary mission deserves tremendous support,\u201d said Chuck Rubin, Chairman and CEO of The Michaels Companies. \u201cAt Michaels, inspiring creativity and making it easy for kids to fuel their imaginations is the cornerstone of our business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By renovating select art spaces, sharing educational resources, and team member engagement opportunities, Michaels looks to help Club kids tap into their creative potential.<\/p>\n<p>To encourage creative growth, <a href=\"https:\/\/investors.michaels.com\/giving-back\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michaels and Boys &amp; Girls Clubs<\/a> are providing kids and teens with access to tools that facilitate creative thinking and the ability to create without limits. And to help Club members and staff expand their own boundaries, Michaels will transform select Club art spaces into ultimate craft rooms, complete with all the supplies\u2014from paint and paper to easels, and everything in-between\u2014needed for social and emotional creative expression.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  _builder_version=\"3.1.1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0076.jpg\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to partner with Michaels to inspire creativity and make art even more accessible at Clubs across Canada,\u201d said Owen Charters, President &amp; CEO of Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada. \u201cWith Michaels stores in every province in Canada, and team members ready to volunteer their time and energy, we know this collaboration will help kids unlock their potential for self-expression and imagination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michaels will also work with Boys &amp; Girls Club teams annually to ensure that educators and program coordinators are armed with a robust approach to training and development.<\/p>\n<p>Through the partnership, Michaels and Boys and Girls Clubs look to cultivate optimism, originality and\u2014most importantly\u2014the confidence to bring kids\u2019 and teens\u2019 visions to life.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\"  _builder_version=\"3.1.1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0156.jpg\"  \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Michaels Companies, Inc. has announced a new three-year partnership with Boys &amp; Girls Clubs of America and Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada. Arts programming and education have a significant impact on a child\u2019s development, in addition to increasing their interest in arts-related fields of study and work. Michaels is dedicated to inspiring change [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bgc-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgccan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}