WARSAW — The Baker Youth Club announced during its public board meeting on Thursday, Jan. 19, it will be hosting its annual fundraising event “BYC – A Bright Future” on March 10, featuring Warsaw native and star of the TV show “Bachelor” as a speaker during the event.

During the board meeting, executive director Tracy Furnivall mentioned he was excited to announce that Ben Higgins would be speaking at the annual fundraising event. Furnivall indicated it was unclear whether Higgin’s fiancé, Lauren Bushnell, would be attending the event.

Furnivall mentioned Higgins and possibly Bushnell would give an, “Update on where their relationship is…and on their bright future.”

During the meeting, Furnivall recognized board members Tabitha Williamson, Toby Sorg, Tony Garza and Tyler Pequignot for each serving on the board for at least six years.

Other News:

• Furnivall gave the board an update on the 2016 year-end finances. He explained while they had been short on donations during the year, during December the club received $80,000 in donations, which helped the club’s finances zero out for the year.
• Furnivall explained the number of kids coming to the club is double what it was at the old facility. He said they are having 190 to 200 kids coming to the club at night.