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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]
Boys & Girls Harbor, Inc. (formerly called Boys Harbor) is a formerly independent an American youth services organization, headquartered in Manhattan, New York City, New York. In 2019 the organization merged with Supportive Children's Advocacy (SCAN) to form SCAN-Harbor.
The Show House was first staged in 1973 to raise funds for after school and enrichment programs for New York City children. The program has grown in popularity over the years to the point that it presently draws over 20,000 guests each year. [citation needed] Since its inception, the Show House has raised over $17,000,000. [citation needed]
In 1916 Ray K. Phillips established the Cedar Island Camp for girls on Fourth Lake, near Inlet, New York. In 1920 the Cedar Island Corporation, of which she was a member, purchased the Antlers Hotel on Raquette Lake and she moved the girls' camp to the Antlers property, changing the name to Raquette Lake Girls Camp. Construction on the present ...
Dec. 2—HIGH POINT — Work to transform a former church complex into classrooms, offices and activity space for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater High Point is nearly complete. The most ...
Nelly and his wife Ashanti surprised the Boys and Girls Club of Greater St. Louis with a giveaway of brand new bikes for 100 St. Louis area children, in partnership with Raising Canes.
As the organization received substantial funding from the City of New York at that time, the legality of the transfer went under criminal investigation by NY State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer [2] The city suspended further funding of the agency, and Boys and Girls Clubs of America revoked the group's right to use their name, likeness or logo.
Dec. 20—SALEM, N.H. — David Demers said he was petrified the first time his mother brought him to the Salem Boys Club. It was 1976 and Demers was 9. His family had just moved from Andover to ...