Designed to incorporate healthy living and active learning in every part of the Club experience, Healthy Habits emphasizes good nutrition, regular physical activity and improving overall well-being. The program, for ages 13 to 18, is the “Mind” component of Triple Play: A Game Plan for the Mind, Body and Soul.

Respectable Ladies is a small-group health, fitness, prevention/education and self-esteem enhancement program designed to meet the developmental needs of girls. Through dynamic sessions, highly participatory activities, field trips and mentoring opportunities with adult women, Club girls explore their own and societal attitudes and values as they build skills for eating right, staying physically fit, getting … Continue reading Respectable Ladies →

The SMART (Skills Mastery and Resistance Training) Moves program is a nationally acclaimed prevention program originally developed in the 1980s with help from prevention specialists and Clubs around the country. Newly revised in 2011, the program incorporates the latest information and approaches that BGCA has learned about effective prevention. Participants will be exposed to various … Continue reading Smart Moves →

Men of Excellence promotes and teaches responsibility in Club boys ages 13-18. Passport to Manhood consists of 14 sessions, each of which concentrates on a specific aspect of manhood through highly interactive activities. Each Club participant receives his own “passport” to underscore the notion that he is on a personal journey of maturation and growth. Passport … Continue reading Men of Excellence →

Keystoning is the Boys & Girls Club Movement’s most dynamic teen program. It affords teens an opportunity to gain valuable leadership and service experience. They conduct activities in three areas: academic success, career exploration and community service.

Youth of the Year is BGCA’s premier youth recognition program for Club members. New enhancements to the program are detailed in the kit. All members can benefit from participation in this program, which promotes and celebrates service to Club, community and family; academic performance; moral character; life goals; and poise and public speaking ability. The … Continue reading Youth of the Year →

Music is a vehicle to attract  teens to safe after school programs where they have the opportunity to experience personal, academic and social growth through the joy of music. Our Music program provides instruments and staffing for free music lessons and an opportunity for our members to learn and work in a recording studio. When … Continue reading Music →

This year-round program encourages artistic expression among Club members ages 13-18 through drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, mixed media and sculpture while providing opportunities for members to create artwork for display in a local exhibit.

The Club members can be creative in six areas – graphic design, photo illustration, music composition, game design, claymation & live – action and movie making . Boys & Girls Club of  America (BGCA) provides Club members with recognition at the local, regional and national levels. To learn more about this wonderful program please click here.

The new National Photography Program is designed to help Club members go beyond taking simple snapshots and develop the skills to produce photographs that can really impact a viewer. Popular and accessible, photography is a useful hook to engage young people of all ages, particularly middle and high school youth, in creative programming that simultaneously … Continue reading National Photography Program →