Leadership and community service.  We want our members to be leaders in their communities and within BGCP.  Our Torch Clubs and Keystone clubs are the leadership programs for middle and high school students.

Parent education & family programs.  BGCP supports parents in their efforts to engage in their children’s education.  We host events at our sites that bring parents, students and teachers together.  We host regular family nights for families to play together.  We offer ESL and a range of parent education classes.

Life skills and social education.  The games room is the center of clubhouse activities and is used to teach members respect for each other and how to compete for fun.  We also provide small group classes by gender and by age that prepare our members to make smart health and life choices as they become young adults.

Nutrition :

Gardening Club : youth prepare soil, plant, cultivate, and harvest produce – and then prepare healthy snacks from their garden

Cooking Classes : youth learn healthy cooking strategies and nutrition information with balanced menus and healthy ingredients to take home to their families

Fitness :

Athletic Leagues : youth participate in organized teams sports and compete against local schools and organizations in sports including football, hockey, basketball, soccer, volleyball, baseball, softball, and futsal

Friday Night “ Teen Night ”: every Friday night teens gather at our three Clubhouses for pick-up basketball games, healthy snacks they prepare themselves, and organized games and activities

Social Education:

SMART Moves : Skills Mastery and Resistance Training – our developmentally-appropriate series of workshops designed to help youth gain the skills they need to resist gang involvement, drug and alcohol use, and premature sexual activity for youth ages 6-15

Torch Club : our character and leadership development club where youth decide upon, develop, and implement projects while learning teamwork skills

Keystone Club : our leadership and community service club where youth decide upon and implement community service projects within the Club and in the local community.