Have You Met by Allison Ganey
Mike Flynn
CEO of the Boys & Girls Club of Ridgefield
Photos Courtesy of Mike Flynn, Boys & Girls Club of Ridgefield.
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068 MAGAZINE
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May/June 2022
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vital component of any community is its youth and the resources available to them as they grow up. For Mike Flynn, CEO of the Boys & Girls Club (BGC) of Ridgefield, making a positive impact on young lives has always been what drives him. Thankfully for us, he’s made it his life’s mission to champion our youth here in Ridgefield. Mike is very much a family man, coming back to live in his hometown of Bethel right out of college, where he lives with his wife and their two boys, ages three and five. Sports have
always played a significant role in his life – from childhood through college – now coaching his kids in t-ball and baseball with the Bethel Little League. When he’s not coaching, he’s playing in the local men’s baseball and slow-pitch softball leagues. Some of the guys he plays with are even old rivals and teammates from high school! Mike originally went to Southern Connecticut State University to become a physical education teacher, but his plans changed when he discovered his calling during an internship with the Boys & Girls Club of New Haven:
