One youth-development model — Academic Success, Health & Wellness, the Arts, and Character & Leadership — woven into every afternoon at every Club, with outcomes measured against a national standard.
Every program at the Club is built on the Boys & Girls Clubs of America Youth Development Strategy — a research-validated framework refined over 165 years of work with America's young people.
The strategy rests on a simple premise: when a child has consistent access to caring adults, a safe place, structured opportunities, fun, and the chance to contribute and serve, that child is more likely to graduate, more likely to be healthy, and more likely to find their place in the world. Our job, every afternoon at every Club, is to make those five conditions real.
Every Club's daily schedule rotates through these four pillars, so no child has a one-dimensional experience of the Club.
Homework finished. Reading levels lifted. STEM fluency built. College visits taken.
Sixty minutes of daily activity, healthy snacks, and the social-emotional skills to navigate growing up.
Drawing, painting, photography, performance — finding voice and visual language.
Service projects, peer mentorship, and the recognition rituals that build identity.
What each program is, who it's for, and when it meets. All included with Club membership.
Every Club is staffed for the full afternoon block — what shifts is the rotation. Here's a sample week at the Lexington Park Club.
From the 2024–2025 National Youth Outcomes Initiative survey, administered annually to our members and reported nationally.
A snapshot of the academic, behavioral, and developmental outcomes reported by our Club members, families, and Site Directors — measured against the national BGCA benchmark.
The Power Hour room is the only place in my week where I'm not behind. I sit down, my tutor sits next to me, and we just work.
Membership is $30 per year — but no family is turned away for inability to pay. SNAP and CCS vouchers accepted at every site.