For more than two decades, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maryland have given children across Calvert, St. Mary's, and Charles counties what every young life needs most — a safe room, a steady mentor, and the chance to be inspired.
To every young person in Southern Maryland — regardless of background, regardless of zip code, regardless of what the world has handed you so far — there is a Club, and at that Club there is a chair, and that chair is yours.
This is the promise our staff makes when the bell rings each afternoon, and the promise our donors and volunteers keep when they show up every season. It's not abstract. It's a room with a roof, a hot meal, a tutor at the table, a coach on the court, and someone who knows your name.
Each Club is run by a credentialed Site Director, staffed daily by youth-development professionals, and built around the daily rhythms of the kids and families it serves.
Every program is built on the national Boys & Girls Clubs of America youth-development model — and measured against it every year.
One-on-one homework support, project-based STEM labs, coding, and college-readiness coaching — woven into every Club afternoon.
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A complete health initiative covering mind (decision-making), body (60 minutes of activity), and soul (social-emotional growth).
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Studio time in drawing, painting, photography, and theater — culminating in regional showcases and gallery nights.
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Teen-led service projects, leadership development, and the social-emotional foundation that every great citizen is built on.
Learn more →The Club gave my daughter something we couldn't give her at home — a place that was hers.
Outcomes from our 2024–2025 program year, audited annually and reported in our Form 990.
Our Annual Fund underwrites the daily operations of every Club — the staff, the snacks, the snow days, and the scholarships that mean a parent never has to choose between work and her child's safety.
Your gift is tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.
A short list of the events that make the Club what it is — from kitchen tables to ballrooms.
Our signature evening, where Club kids serve their honored guests steak and the kids eat burgers — a 60-year tradition that has launched a thousand mentor relationships and raised hundreds of thousands for the Clubs.
Reserve a seat →An afternoon of music, food, and water games at the Bayside Club — free for all members and their families.
Details →Free school supplies for 500 Southern Maryland kids, plus a community block party at Lexington Park.
Volunteer →An evening with our donors, scholars, and the program leaders shaping the next chapter of the Clubs.
Sponsor →The Clubs are built by the people who show up — with their time, their treasure, and their networks. Pick your door.
Whether it's $30 a month or a planned gift in your estate, every dollar underwrites the day-to-day work of caring for Southern Maryland's kids.
Make a gift →Mentor a teen, coach a sport, tutor in math, or staff an event. Volunteers must pass a background check; training is free and ongoing.
Apply to mentor →From corporate sponsorships and in-kind goods to apprenticeship pipelines, our partners are the connective tissue of every Club.
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