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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]
With the camping program and camp expansion in 1971, the camps were placed in a separate corporation, and then a licensing agreement tied them back to Pioneer Girls. [33] In 1979, boys were allowed membership and had their own Pioneer Boys clubs in 1981. The Pioneer Girls in 1981 was renamed Pioneer Ministries, but known as Pioneer Clubs.
The Club sponsors and houses the administrative staff of 3 non-profit foundations, according to the Foundations' websites, Union League Boys & Girls Clubs provides after school programs at 21 locations in Chicago and a summer camp in Wisconsin. Club One was founded in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood as the Union League Boys Club in 1919. [22]
As the Boys and Girls Club only charges members the minimum — about $100 in fees per child — fundraising is an ongoing effort with a goal to raise $1 million annually to maintain the operation.
Members and volunteers pick up garbage during the Boys and Girls Club of Evansville’s annual Community Clean Up day Thursday, June 6, 2024.
In 1975, the Camp Fire Girls of America changed its membership policy to being co-ed and its name to Camp Fire Boys and Girls. [1] In 1977, Camp Fire's head office moved to its current location in Kansas City from New York. [29] Teens in Action was introduced in 1988 as a one-time social issue campaign to energize the older teen program.
Boys & Girls Club may refer to: Boys & Girls Clubs of America; Boys & Girls Clubs of Canada; Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Clubs, Bronx, United States; Essex Boys and Girls Clubs, in Essex and East London, England; The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong; Boys & Girls Clubs of Philadelphia
4-H is a U.S.-based network of youth organizations whose mission is "engaging youth to reach their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development". [1] Its name is a reference to the occurrence of the initial letter H four times in the organization's original motto head, heart, hands, and health, which was later incorporated into the fuller pledge officially adopted in 1927.