WANNA PLAY? encourages youth ages 6 to 12 to increase their overall fitness and health through physical activity and nutrition education, while learning the fundamental skills of baseball and softball. WANNA PLAY? increases members’ physical fitness by focusing on agility, balance and coordination. This program features a variety of fun and engaging activities and games … Continue reading Wanna Play →

Triple Play, BGCA’s comprehensive health and wellness initiative, strives to improve the overall health of members, ages 6-12, by increasing their daily physical activity, teaching them good nutrition and helping them develop healthy relationships.

Torch Clubs are charter small-group leadership and service clubs for boys and girls ages 9-12. A Torch Club is a powerful vehicle through which Club staff can help meet the special character development needs of younger adolescents at a critical stage in their development. Torch Club members learn to elect officers and work together to … Continue reading Torch Club →

The 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 teaches … Continue reading National Photography Program →

Passport to Manhood promotes and teaches responsibility in Club boys ages 8-12. 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. … Continue reading Passport to Manhood →

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.

SMART Girls is a small-group health, fitness, prevention/education and self-esteem enhancement program designed to meet the developmental needs of girls in three age groups. 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, … Continue reading SMART Girls →

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 →

An educational enhancement program that combines homework help and educational activities daily during the school year.