Diddy Saves Harlem Boys & Girls Club With Donation

First Published: October 12, 2011 3:50 PM EDT Credit: Joe Fury LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Caption Diddy poses as he hits Rain nightclub at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas on September 17, 2011The Boys & Girls Club of Harlem announced on Tuesday that business magnate and entertainer Sean Combs, better known as Diddy, made a sizeable contribution to their organization, allowing the program to keep its doors open. Mr. Combs contribution comes at a time when we were faced with the possibility of eliminating existing programs and/or club sites. 100% of Mr. Combs contribution will go directly to the young people, and provide educational, recreational and social enrichment programs allowing us to move forward as a club, uninterrupted, Boys & Girls Club board member Willie C. Bentley, Jr. said in a statement to Access Hollywood on Wednesday. The generous donation which Access has learned was more than $50,000 by Diddy, who is a Harlem native, will be applied toward the organizations operation budget, which has been under tremendous pressure due to enormous shifts in federal, state and private funding, according to a press release from the organization. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.