PowerHour

All Ages| Free with membership | All Locations

PowerHour: Making Minutes Count helps Club members ages 6-18 achieve academic success by providing homework help, tutoring, and high-yield learning activities and encouraging members to become self-directed learners. 

DIY STEM

Ages 9-12 | Free with membership | All Locations

DIY STEM is a hands-on, activity-based STEM curriculum which connects youth aged 9-12 to science themes they encounter regularly. Special attention is paid to connections of theory and application and the common interactions members have with these scientific principles. DIY STEM currently includes five modules: Energy and Electricity, Engineering Design, Food Chemistry, Science of Sports: Football.

Ultimate Journey

Ages 9-13 | Free with membership | All Locations

Ultimate Journey is one of BGCA's oldest and most successful STEM programs. Developed in partnership with the National Park Service, the curriculum features age-appropriate modules that introduce young people in 4th-8th grade (9 to 13-year-olds) to aspects of environmental stewardship. It includes fun, experiential, environmental education activities that cultivate an awareness and appreciation of the natural wonders that surround young people. 

CareerLaunch

Ages 13-18 | Free with membership | All Locations

CareerLaunch is a career exploration and mentoring program for teens ages 13-18. This program includes the CareerLaunch Web site that allows teens to take an interest survey, explore careers, identify training or college requirements, seek out financial aid and play skills-building games. There's also an easy-to-use Career Exploration Quick Reference Guide with a broad range of career planning and job skills activities that Club staff or volunteers can use with teens. Funded by Gap Foundation

Junior Staff

Ages 13-18 | Free with membership | All Locations

Junior Staff is a small group program that assists Club members explore a career in youth or human services, particularly Boys & Girls Club work. Young people prepare for future roles as human services professionals by participating in career development activities and field trips, discovering the importance of community service, building customer service skills and completing a Club apprenticeship. Club members benefit from one-on-one guidance from club volunteer leaders in their communities. Funded by AT&T. Watch our video on Junior Staff here.

Money Matters

Ages 13-18 | Free with membership | All Locations

Created with the Charles Schwab Foundation, this financial literacy program was designed specifically to help teens (ages 13 to 18) expand their knowledge of money management and learn the skills that lead to financial responsibility and independence. Participants learn how to manage a checking account, budget, save and invest. They also learn about starting small businesses and paying for college.

Reading Partners

Ages 6-9 | Free with membership | All Locations

Local volunteers help members read. They join members on Tuesday and Thursdays, helping members improve their reading skills.