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The club creation is restricted to active users and whoever creates the club will become the club admin. Eligible users can create a club by going to their profile, press the "+" sign present in the "Member of" section. Clubs in which a user is a member are shown on their profile page.
Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) is a national organization of local chapters which provide voluntary after-school programs for young people. The organization, which holds a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code, has its headquarters in Atlanta, with regional offices in Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, New York City and Los Angeles. [1]
Youth organizations in the United States are of many different types. The largest is the government run 4-H program, followed by the federally chartered but private Scouting movement groups: the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and the Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA).
The local assembly is governed by an advisory board of seven to fifteen adults consisting of master masons, members of Order of the Eastern Star, members of the Order of Amaranth, majority members, and family members of active members. Some advisory boards are appointed by a sponsoring body, while others are a "club" style and are not sponsored.
“One-third of the club is my age (30s), about one-third of the club are adults [in their] 40s and 50s and at least one-third of the club are 60+, and there are some members well into their 80s ...
The club movement became part of Progressive era social reform, which was reflected by many of the reforms and issues addressed by club members. [4] According to Maureen A. Flanagan, [5] many women's clubs focused on the welfare of their community because of their shared experiences in tending to the well-being of home-life.
“It just shows there’s a lot you can do if you put your mind to it."
La Puente Valley Woman's Club Women's Club of Coconut Grove, founded in 1891 Andover Chapter House, in 2011 General Federation of Women's Clubs Headquarters. Woman's clubs or women's clubs are examples of the woman's club movement. Many local clubs and national or regional federations were influential in history.