Company Profile
Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston
Company Overview
The mission of Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston is to help young people, especially those who need us most, build strong character and realize their full potential as responsible citizens and leaders. We do this by providing: a safe haven filled with hope and opportunity, ongoing relationships with caring adults, and life-enhancing programs.
Our Club facilities and age-appropriate settings create a sense of physical and emotional safety for our members and our staff make the Club feel like home – fostering a family atmosphere. The professional staff, including licensed social workers, actively cultivate relationships with members to ensure they feel connected and have a strong sense of stability and belonging as well as have fun! Members develop critical thinking, physical, social, technological, artistic and life skills by participating in interactive activities intentionally designed to support their development and overall well-being in the following areas:
Company History
For 125 years, we’ve been dedicated to continually developing new and better ways to make a positive impact on the children of Boston.
BGCB’s first Club was founded in Charlestown in 1893. The annual report from that year describes “carpentry, printing and painting” as the core programs for our members. Other Clubs followed in the subsequent years, and, in 1972, The Boston Foundation helped put the “girls” in the Boys & Girls Clubs by providing a $300,000, three-year grant to reach out to “special categories of youth who lack opportunities for appealing programs.” These were children who spoke Chinese or Spanish at home, lived in certain housing projects, or were girls.
The Club began admitting girls as members in 1973, and within five years, 30 percent of the children served by the Boston Clubs were female. In 1981, the Club formally changed its name to Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston and the national organization followed in 1990.
Today, BGCB operates Clubs in Dorchester, Charlestown, Chelsea, Roxbury, Mattapan, Roslindale, Jamaica Plain and South Boston. We also operate YouthConnect in partnership with the Boston Police Department. In total, we serve nearly 16,000 children and teens, addressing crucial youth development needs in the areas of education, the arts, life skills, leadership and character development, technology, and sports, fitness and recreation.
Benefits
Agency-Wide Staff Days
- September Staff Day
- Agency wide event in advance of the start of the program year
- Professional Development Day
- Concurrent workshop sessions with focus on professional skill and youth development skill training topics
- June Social
- All-staff event at the end of each program year
Professional Development
- Professional Development Fund
- Fund available to both full and part-time employees to assist with the cost of training, conferences, and professional development opportunities related to role at BGCB
- Staff trainings by locations and Agency wide Professional Development Day
- BGCA.net membership
Other Benefits
- MBTA pass program pre-tax benefit
- Bi-weekly pay Direct Deposit
- AFLAC Supplemental Insurance
- Travel Assistance Services
- Free and low cost tickets to arts, movies and sporting events
- Possible eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program