Atlanta-based Boys & Girls Club programs threatened by Trump grant freeze serve thousands of families

A student raises their hand in a classroom at Tussahaw Elementary school Aug. 4, 2021, in McDonough, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

After driving through a downpour to take her son to day camp, Darleen Reyes told camp administrators the rain would have kept her away, but her son insisted on going.

As she marked her son’s name present on a clipboard at the Boys & Girls Club camp, she laughed about braving a flash flood warning to get there.

Before kissing his mother goodbye, Aiden Cazares, 8, explained to a reporter, “I wanted to see my friends and not just sit at home.” Then he ran off to play.