Backside Learning Center https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html GET INVOLVED BLOG HOME STAFF & BOARD Register Login Event Organizers Booking Details Submit Event EVENTS WHAT WE DO Event Types User Profile Booking Events Venues Performers CONTACT US DONATE BLOG HEALTH & WELLNESS CULTURE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT YOUTH & FAMILY EMPOWERMENT ANNUAL REPORTS Giving Tuesday, 2025 CAREERS/INTERNSHIPS BLC20Years PRIVACY POLICY Volunteer of the Month: Meet Janisha Szabo CELEBRATING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH WITH BLC STAFF HELP US CELEBRATE OUR STAFF FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH Volunteer Highlight: Meet Clyde Coatney DERBYOAKSRAFFLE_25 Meet New BLC Staff Members: Adal and Daniela! Passing the Torch: Honoring Departing Team Members and Welcoming New Faces MEET ENIDZA TORRES, OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Volunteer Highlight: Meet Gloria! BREEDERS’ CUP WIN FOR SIERRA LEONE & JOE PALMER AWARD ARE WINS FOR THE BACKSIDE LEARNING CENTER PURSES FOR A PURPOSE The BLC Celebrates its 20th Anniversary Volunteer Highlight: Meet Jim Spillman TRAINER CHERIE DEVAUX, BLOODSTOCK AGENT DAVID INGORDO FOLLOW BROOK SMITH’S LEAD TO INCLUDE WEEKEND STAKES CONTENDERS IN BLC’S PURSES FOR A PURPOSE INITIATIVE SIERRA LEONE, ONE OF THE LIKELY FAVORITES FOR KENTUCKY DERBY 150, STANDS TO HELP THE BACKSTRETCH COMMUNITY WIN BIG Donor Highlight: Meet Mary Nixon Community Makes an Incredible Impact for the BLC in Honor of John Beam Jr. GALLOPALOOZA Volunteer of the Month: Meet Barry Glick Donor Highlight: Meet Cathy Wessel Black History Month: Honoring Trent Blue VOLUNTEER