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RALEIGH – The Boys and Girls Club of Wake County is on its way to reaching the $1.1 million goal for its 2010 Positive Place for Kids campaign.

The group has until June 30 to raise $73,000 more.

Thursday, Time Warner Cable handed over a $25,000 check to the club.

“This particular grant is going to help create five new science camps this summer about 100 kids from across Wake County are going to get to participate in,” Keith Poston, of Time Warner Cable, said. “It's part of our new initiative, Connect a Million Minds.”

The money will be distributed between the seven different boys and girls clubs and it will also help sponsor a day camp. Because of that, nearly 4,300 at-risk children will benefit.

“To put this in perspective, the group last year did a phenomenal job in a very difficult economy and raised $135,000,” Steven Lilly, chairman of the Boys and Girls Club board, said. The goal this year was a stretch goal of $15,000. I'm delighted to say that they've raised over $185,000.”

Last year, the campaign raised just over $1 million. Organizers expect to surpass that goal.

Time Warner Cable is the parent company of News 14 Carolina.