IN MEMORY OF A GREAT MAN...TIM RUSSERT

The Boys & Girls Club Movement mourns the loss of legendary broadcast journalist Tim Russert, who died suddenly in Washington, D.C., on Friday, June 13. Russert’s connection to our Movement was long, personal and enduring. He was a native of Buffalo, N.Y., where his father, Russ (immortalized in Tim’s best-selling “Big Russ and Me: Father and Son – Lessons of Life”) was a Club kid. The son never forgot what the Club did for his dad. Tim Russert showed his support for our Movement in a variety of ways. He served on the board of Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, D.C., and emceed the Club’s annual dinner – performing a similar duty in 2005 for Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Northeast Gala in New York. Russert often mentioned Boys & Girls Clubs as a worthy cause in his television appearances, and during one memorable on-air occasion made a bet with one of his guests. The guest, if he lost, would have to make a donation to Boys & Girls Clubs. Tim Russert was 58. He will be greatly missed.