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title: Customer Success Story | Boys and Girls Club of Kern County
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 March 9, 2026

# Customer Success Story | Boys and Girls Club of Kern County

![Picture of McKenzie Swisshelm](https://abm1.com/hs-fs/hubfs/abm_favicon_v1.png?width=50&name=abm_favicon_v1.png)    McKenzie Swisshelm  ·   1 minute read

###### The Boys & Girls Clubs of Kern County is dedicated to helping young people reach their full potential, seeing 100 to 150 kids every single day at their Armstrong Youth Center. However, keeping up with the daily flow of permission slips, event flyers, and homework packets was a struggle due to "ancient dinosaur" copiers that were constantly jamming and breaking down.

In this testimonial, Director of Business Operations Marc Caputo explains how American Business Machines (ABM) stepped in to completely upgrade their technology, creating a "night and day" difference in their workflow. Delivering fast, reliable equipment alongside a dependable "hometown feel" with next-day service, ABM ensures the club's staff spends less time fighting with the copier and more time doing what they do best: focusing on the kids.

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