Boys and Girls Club of Steamboat Springs

Opened in June 2009. Within 1 year had over 900 members.

The Boys and Girls Club is a fun, low cost, drop-in after-school, school in-service and summer days activities for youth ages 6-18. Boys and Girls Clubs of America is a National Organization founded in 1890 by a group of women that felt there should be a positive alternative for children rather than roaming the street.

The Youth Development Strategy:
Club programs and services promote and enhance the development of boys and girls by instilling:
A SENSE OF COMPETENCE—the feeling there is something boys and girls can do and do well
A SENSE OF USEFULNESS—the opportunity to do something of value for other people
A SENSE OF BELONGING—a setting where young people know they “fit” and are accepted
A SENSE OF POWER OR INFLUENCE—a chance to be heard and to influence decisions

Program Centered
Weekly the Club provides over 30 programs within the 5 core program areas:
~ Character & Leadership ~ ~ Education and Career Development ~
~ Health & Life Skills ~ ~The Arts ~ ~ Sports, Fitness and Recreation