Special thanks to Papa John’s Pizza for giving Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis members access to digital coupons for FREE medium one topping pizzas. The coupons are to recognize members for their engagement in our virtual programming. Virtual programming for Club and regional families launched on March 30, 2020 in an effort to continue to serve members during the Club closure. BGCSTL President Dr. Flint Fowler says, “We’re proud to be a national partner of Papa John’s, especially...

Congratulations to O’Fallon Park Club teen Lailah Green who was honored with the Joan Ellyn Silber Volunteerism & Leadership award and a $1,000 scholarship! Dr. Silber’s brother and sister-in-law established the award and endowment to celebrate her being one of the organization’s most dedicated board members and supporters. Lailah is an 8th grade scholar at McKinley Classical Middle School with thirty hours of volunteering as a Peer Tutor and Keystone Club participant. Her favorite...

  View in browser Link to Forward To A Friend   BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER ST. LOUIS GREAT FUTURES MOMENTS E-News March 2020 Academic Success | Good Character & Citizenship | Healthy Lifestyles   Reflection from Dr. Flint Fowler Our highest priority remains the health and safety of our youth, staff, and volunteers and to this end made the difficult decision a few days ago to close all of our locations as a precaution. At this time, there is no reason to believe there...

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis (BGCSTL) welcomes new board members Deborah Massingill, Nick Ragone, Matthias Renner, Megan Ridgeway and Amadou Yattassaye. Deborah Massingill is the Package Operations Manager for UPS, Central Plains District that includes Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, and part of Illinois. She has responsibility for 9 divisions and more than 9,300 employees. Nick Ragone serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer for...

On Wednesday, October 16, at the Enterprise Center, one hundred children (including 50 Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis members) received beds of their own courtesy of Ashley Homestore’s Hope to Dream program! Ashley HomeStore partnered with their favorite NHL team – the St. Louis Blues to help pull the afternoon off. The kids enjoyed activities, games and interacting with Blues players throughout the evening and then surprised with the big reveal – their very own beds behind the...

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis (BGCSTL) annual Great Futures Gala, will be held on Friday, November 8th at the Chase Park Plaza. The “Great Futures Gala is the largest fundraiser benefitting youth at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis and showcases the youth who embody the ideals of the Club’s mission to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens! The highlight of the evening will be the selection of the 2020 Youth of the Year!...

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis Celebrates Opening of Teen Center of Excellence in Ferguson, MO First in the Country Center to Focus on Serving Teens ages 12-18 in the St. Louis Area The community came together to celebrate the opening of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis Teen Center of Excellence in Ferguson, Missouri. The $12.4M center is one of the first in the county and will serve all teens ages 12-18, giving them a safe and prolific place to go each day after...

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis and St. Louis Internship Program Combine Forces to Address Workforce Opportunities for Teens The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis has partnered with the St. Louis Internship Program to foster greater opportunities for area teens in the career and workforce readiness space and prepare more young people in the St. Louis Market for jobs. The goal of the St. Louis Internship Program (SLIP) is to provide hope and opportunity for high school...

Teen members from our Adams Park Club and Be Great Graduate program at Normandy High enjoyed a Career Day at the site of the soon-to-open Teen Center of Excellence! Thanks to KAI Enterprises and Arcturis for leading the day where teens gained hands on experience and gathered deeper insight into the fields of construction, architecture and design! This summer the teens are learning about work readiness and career pathways as part of the Junior Staff and Career Launch programs. We also have...

For the 5th year in a row, the ZAC Foundation is partnering with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis to host a four-day water safety camp July 8-11 for St. Louis children and families. The award-winning camp is bringing life -saving water safety skills to a new batch of more than 100 five to nine-year-olds teaching the importance of water safety through swimming classes, classroom curriculum, and various hands-on activities, including engagement with First Responders. Nearly 15,000...

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER ST. LOUIS PRESIDENT DR. FLINT FOWLER TO PARTICIPATE IN PRESTIGIOUS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAM HOSTED BY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE Dr. Flint Fowler among select group chosen to engage with senior military officials and U.S. Service members for the Secretary of Defense’s Joint Civilian Orientation Conference (JCOC) Missouri – May 23, 2019 – Dr. Flint Fowler, President, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis has been selected to participant in the 91st...

Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis Celebrates Steel Topping Out on Teen Center of Excellence Final steel beam hoisted into place at March 27 topping out ceremony (St. Louis, MO, March 27, 2019) Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis celebrated the “topping out” of structural steel on the $12.4 million Teen Center of Excellence in Ferguson. This morning, cranes hoisted a steel beam, topped with an American flag, evergreen tree and bearing the signatures of donors, community...