Core Programs
The Clubhouse program menu offers services that are integral to our mission. BGCO is for all girls and boys ages 6 to 17. Our youth development strategy — since our 1938 chartering — is designed to instill senses of competence, usefulness, belonging, and power or influence in our student-members. We also strive to instill in each a sense of responsibility. To those ends, we base our services on our national Movement’s philosophy, principles, and youth development strategy which promotes and enhances the development of girls and boys.
Boys & Girls Clubs’ work encompasses the following Core Program Areas:
Character & Leadership Development
The Character & Leadership Development programs empower youth to support and influence their Club and community, sustain meaningful relationships with others, develop a positive self image, participate in the democratic process, and respect their own and others’ cultural identities.
Education and Career Development
The Education and Career Development programs enable youth to become proficient in basic education disciplines, apply learning to everyday situations and embrace technology to achieve success in a career.
Health and Life Skills
Health and Life Skills programs develop young people’s capacity to engage in positive behaviors that nurture their own well-being, set personal goals, and live successfully as self sufficient adults.
The Arts
The arts programs encourage positive leisure-time pursuits which promote a constructive means of self-expression through painting, drawing, photography, ceramics, sculpting and other visual arts, and appreciation of all fine arts.
Sports, Fitness and Recreation
Physical fitness programs develop fitness, positive use of leisure time, skills for stress management, appreciation for the environment, and social skills.
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