Boys & Girls Club Of Greenwich Inc

TO PREPARE YOUNG PEOPLE, THROUGH ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS, TO BE RESPONSIBLE, CARING AND PRODUCTIVE CO:MMUNITY MEMBERS.

BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREENWICH (BGCG) FULFILLS ITS MISSION TO PREPARE YOUNG PEOPLE, THROUGH ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS, TO BE RESPONSIBLE, CARING AND PRODUCTIVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS BY PROVIDING AFFORDABLE PROGRAMS IN THREE CORE AREAS OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: ACADEMIC SUCCESS; CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT; HEALTHY LIFESTYLES. BGCG SERVES YOUTH AGES 6-18. THE CLUB SERVES AN ANNUAL TOTAL OF 1,672 UNDUPLICATED MEMBERS, OF WHICH 76% IDENTIFY AS PEOPLE OF COLOR, 44% ARE FEMALE AND OVER 55% LIVE BELOW 50% MEDIAN IMCOME. 41% OF MEMBERS COME FROM A SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLD. DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WITH PROGRAM PARTICIPANT LIMITS AND SOCIAL DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS, BGCG SERVES APPROXIMATELY 120 YOUTH EACH DAY IN THE AFTER-SCHOOL PRORGRAM FROM 2:45-5:30, AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND FROM 2:45-5:30, AFTER -SCHOOL ENRICHMENT FOR UP TO 120 YOUTH. MODIFIED EVENING PROGRAMS OFFERED 6-7:15PM.BGCG'S COMPREHENSIVE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM BOASTS MORE THAN 50 COURSE OFFERINGS IN OUR THREE CORE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AREAS. IN 2020 TO JUNE 2021 AN AVERAGE OF 126 CHILDREN PER DAY ATTENDED THE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM WHICH IS HELD AT THE CLUB'S MAIN LOCATION: A FOUR-STORY BUILDING IN CENTRAL GREENWICH WITH 52,000 SQUARE FEET OF USEABLE SPACE INCLUDING A 25-METER SIX LANE SWIMMING POOL, A MULTI-SPORT ARENA, A READING LIBRARY, TWO LEARNING CENTERS AND A COMPUTER LAB.THE CLUB RUNS THREE SUMMER CAMPS (AN OUTDOOR CAMP AT THE CLUB'S 77 ACRE WILDERNESS PROPERTY, CAMP SIMMONS, A TEEN CAMP BASED AT THE MAIN CLUBHOUSE AND ANOTHER YOUTH CAMP AT THE MAIN CLUBHOUSE) THAT OPERATED FOR 9 WEEKS IN 2021. SINCE OUR REOPENING IN JUNE 2020, OUR NUMBERS ARE REDUCED BUT IMPACTFUL. WE SERVED AN AVERAGE OF 135 YOUTH IN OUR SUMMER CAMPS WEEKLY COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S AVERAGE OF 328. CAMP TUITION IS AFFORDABLY PRICED AT $150 PER WEEK, AND WE PROVIDED WAIVED OR REDUCED TUITION FOR 87 OF OUR YOUTH, WHICH REPRESENTED 40% OF OUR 246 ENROLLED CAMPERS.BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREENWICH PROVIDES A SAFE PLACE FOR COMMUNITY YOUTH TO PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT INSTILL A SENSE OF COMPETENCE, USEFULNESS, BELONGING AND INFLUENCE. WE OFFER CLUB CHILDREN ONGOING SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEERS AND CARING, PROFESSIONAL ADULTS. GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WHO EXEMPLIFY THE GOOD CHARACTER OF BOYS & GIRLS CLUB PARTICIPANTS ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS. THE CLUB AWARDED $175,000 IN COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS IN 2020-2021.FOUNDED IN 1910, BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREENWICH IS PART OF A NATIONWIDE MOVEMENT OF COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH COLLABORATE WITH BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF AMERICA TO HELP YOUTH DEVELOP THE QUALITIES NEEDED TO BECOME LEADERS. ALTHOUGH AFFILIATED WITH THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION, BGCG HAS ITS OWN PROGRAMS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND FUNDRAISING RESPONSIBILITIES.