BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREENWICH
4 HORSENECK LANE, GREENWICH, CT 06830 www.bgcg.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO PREPARE YOUNG PEOPLE, THROUGH ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS, TO BE RESPONSIBLE, CARING AND PRODUCTIVE CO:MMUNITY MEMBERS.

BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREENWICH (BGCG) FULFILLS ITS MISSION TO PREPARE YOUNG PEOPLE, THROUGH ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS, TO BE RESPONSIBLE, CARING AND PRODUCTIVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS BY PROVIDING AFFORDABLE PROGRAMS IN FIVE CORE AREAS OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: ACADEMIC SUCCESS; GOOD CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP; HEALTHY LIFESTYLES; THE ARTS AND MEDIA; AND SPORTS, FITNESS AND RECREATION. BGCG SERVES YOUTH AGES 6-18. THE CLUB SERVES AN ANNUAL TOTAL OF 1,605 UNDUPLICATED MEMBERS, OF WHICH 62% IDENTIFY AS PEOPLE OF COLOR, 44% ARE FEMALE AND OVER 58% LIVE BELOW 50% MEDIAN IMCOME. 31% OF MEMBERS COME FROM A SINGLE-PARENT HOUSEHOLD. DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WITH PROGRAM PARTICIPANT LIMITS AND SOCIAL DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS, BGCG SERVES APPROXIMATELY 120 YOUTH EACH DAY IN THE AFTER-SCHOOL PRORGRAM FROM 2:45-5:30, AND UP TO 120 YOUTH DURING EVENING PROGRAMS FROM 6-7:15PM.BGCG'S COMPREHENSIVE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM BOASTS MORE THAN 80 COURSE OFFERINGS IN OUR FIVE CORE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AREAS. IN 2019 TO MARCH 2020 AN AVERAGE OF 335 CHILDREN PER DAY ATTENDED THE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM WHICH IS HELD AT THE CLUB'S MAIN LOCATION: A FOUR-STORY BUILDING IN CENTRAL GREENWICH WITH 52,000 SQUARE FEET OF USEABLE SPACE INCLUDING A 25-METER SIX LANE SWIMMING POOL, A MULTI-SPORT ARENA, A READING LIBRARY, TWO LEARNING CENTERS AND A COMPUTER LAB.THE CLUB RUNS THREE SUMMER CAMPS (AN OUTDOOR CAMP AT THE CLUB'S 77 ACRE WILDERNESS PROPERTY, CAMP SIMMONS, A TEEN CAMP BASED AT THE MAIN CLUBHOUSE AND ANOTHER AT THE MAIN CLUBHOUSE) THAT OPERATED FOR 10 WEEKS IN 2020. SINCE OUR REOPENING IN JUNE 2020, OUR NUMBERS ARE REDUCED BUT IMPACTFUL. WE SERVED AN AVERAGE OF 135 YOUTH IN OUR SUMMER CAMPS WEEKLY COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S AVERAGE OF 328. CAMP TUITION IS AFFORDABLY PRICED AT $150 PER WEEK, AND WE PROVIDED WAIVED OR REDUCED TUITION FOR 87 OF OUR YOUTH, WHICH REPRESENTED 40% OF OUR 246 ENROLLED CAMPERS.BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREENWICH PROVIDES A SAFE PLACE FOR COMMUNITY YOUTH TO PARTICIPATE IN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT INSTILL A SENSE OF COMPETENCE, USEFULNESS, BELONGING AND INFLUENCE. WE OFFER CLUB CHILDREN ONGOING SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEERS AND CARING, PROFESSIONAL ADULTS. GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WHO EXEMPLIFY THE GOOD CHARACTER OF BOYS & GIRLS CLUB PARTICIPANTS ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS. THE CLUB AWARDED $145,500 IN COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS IN 2019-2020.FOUNDED IN 1910, BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF GREENWICH IS PART OF A NATIONWIDE MOVEMENT OF COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH COLLABORATE WITH BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF AMERICA TO HELP YOUTH DEVELOP THE QUALITIES NEEDED TO BECOME LEADERS. ALTHOUGH AFFILIATED WITH THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION, BGCG HAS ITS OWN PROGRAMS, BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND FUNDRAISING RESPONSIBILITIES.

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