News on Youtube Jul 6 2018

 Denzel Washington is helping raise money for the organization that made a big impact on his life when he was as a child

 The Oscar winner, 63, is partnering up with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America to auction off a trip to the Los Angeles premiere of The Equalizer 2 in exchange for donations made to the organization

Washington himself was part of the club during his childhood and tells PEOPLE it still plays a vital role in his life

 "The Boys & Girls Club helped make me the man that I am today," he tells PEOPLE

"The staff at the Mt. Vernon Boys & Girls Club invested their time in developing me and that is why I have been the National spokesperson for Boys & Girls Clubs of America for more than 20 years

"  The winner will receive a trip to L.A. with a two-night stay in a "swanky hotel," two tickets to the premiere and after party and a meet and greet opportunity with Washington

 The Boys & Girls Clubs of America is a national organization that provides after-school programs and services for children across 4,300 chapters, serving 4

3 million kids.  Washington recently penned a personal essay for Essence about his time in the Boys & Girls Club during his childhood just north of Manhattan

In the essay, Washington highlighted the 2017 Boys & Girls Clubs of America National Youth of the Year recipient Carlos Polanco, who also shares a passion for the club

 "I grew up in Mount Vernon, N.Y., about 30 miles from where Carlos grew up, across the Hudson, just north of the Bronx," he recalled in the essay

"Too many of my childhood friends had little structure or guidance. Some had run-ins with the law and ended up in prison

That could have been me."  He continued, "But, like Carlos, I was lucky. My father was a Pentecostal preacher who taught me the importance of faith

My mother was a beautician who sacrificed to get me the best education possible. But I also had a local Boys & Girls Club with mentors who cared and gave me the confidence I needed to set higher goals than I might have

"  Head to crowdrise.com to make a donation and enter in the sweepstakes.  The Equalizer 2 hits theaters July 20

For more infomation >> Denzel Washington Is Giving Back to the Boys & Girls Club: It 'Helped Make Me the Man I Am Today' - Duration: 3:19.

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Washington's temperature hasn't dropped below 80 degrees in 80 hours - Duration: 3:45.

Kristi Agosto, right, holds her son Vincent, 1, as Katie Parker, left, and her 1-year-old son Jack try to cool off at Beverly Triton Beach in Edgewater, Md

, on July 3. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post) Washington is in the final day of a week-long heat wave

Since last Friday, the temperature has hit at least 90 degrees every day. The afternoon heat and humidity have been punishing, feeling as hot as 110 degrees

But the round-the-clock lack of relief from the heat has proved most notable. For 80 hours now, starting at 8 a

m. Monday, the temperatures has remained at or above 80 degrees. This lack of cooling, and string of sultry nights, ranks among the most extreme on record

Thursday is set to mark the third straight calendar day with temperatures remaining above 80 (unless the temperature falls unexpectedly into the 70s before midnight), which would rank among the top seven longest stretches on record, dating back to 1872

All of the 10 longest periods above 80 degrees have occurred since 1999, and eight out of 10 since 2010

In 2013, the temperature remained at least 80 for 138 hours. The second longest streak, in 2016, it remained that warm for 133 hours

The third longest streak in 2011 lasted 128 hours. The current streak is likely to end around 90 hours, in the early morning Friday

Because of low temperatures of just 80 Wednesday and Thursday, Washington notched record warm minimum temperatures both days

Tuesday's record surpassed the previous mark of 79 set in 1898 and 2002, while Wednesday's muggy low tied 2002

Lows of 80 degrees and higher, now commonplace, were once very rare. They occurred just 26 times from 1872 to 1999 or about once every five years

Since 2000, they've happened 37 times (including Thursday) or twice every year on average

(Ian Livingston) The proliferation of these extremely high low temperatures is the expected result of climate warming in Washington, both from urbanization and increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere

The high low temperatures have consequences as they signify limited nighttime cooling which, for people without access to air-conditioning, can be extremely taxing on the body and the cause of heat-related illness

A big cold front sweeping through the Washington region Friday will put an end to this extended sauna-like stretch

Much lower humidity and cooler temperatures arrive this weekend. Low temperatures will sink into the 60s and even upper 50s in some of the Washington region's cooler areas

Ian Livingston contributed to this report.