Community Partnerships

Collaborative. Innovative. Focused on Youth.

Throughout our history, BGCB has leveraged the expertise and resources of other organizations to broaden our reach and deepen our impact. Our reputation for exceptional program delivery has, in turn, made us a sought-after partner for organizations seeking to provide beneficial programs or services to youth.

BGCB's partnerships, listed below, play a vital role in serving children aqnd teens, in leveraging resources for maximum impact, and in helping us develop effective citizens and leaders among the youth whom we serve.

Commonwealth Compact

Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston is proud to be a founding signer of the Commonwealth Compact — formally launched on May 23, 2008 — to make Massachusetts a location of choice for people of color via a strategic, positive, and multi-pronged approach to promoting workforce diversity.  Its mission is to establish Massachusetts as a uniquely inclusive, honest, and supportive community of — and for — diverse people, to acknowledge our mixed history in this effort, and to face squarely the challenges that still need to be overcome, understanding that the rich promise of the region’s growing diversity must be tapped fully if Boston and Massachusetts are to achieve their economic, civic, and social potential. To learn more about this important initiative, click here.

Camp Harbor View Foundation, Inc.

The Harbor View Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation established in 2007 for the purpose of creating Camp Harbor View, a summer day camp located on Long Island in Boston Harbor. Led by BGCB Senior Advisory Board member Jack Connors, the Foundation created the camp in partnership with Mayor Menino and the City of Boston, and Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston was selected to manage the camp. To learn more about Camp Harbor View, click here.

Boston Police Department

YouthConnect (formerly YSPN) is an innovative BGCB program that works in partnership with the Boston Police Department to place Masters-level licensed social workers at police stations. These clinical social workers and their clinical supervisors provide prevention and intervention services to disadvantaged, high-risk urban youth and their families who are referred by police officers. Additionally, when there is an incidence of community violence, YouthConnect provides critical incident trauma services to individuals, groups and the community. Since its inception in 1996, YouthConnect has served more than 9,800 youth (80% between the ages of 13 and 21) from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. YouthConnect has gained a reputation, locally and nationally, as an innovative model for effectively addressing the complex needs of at-risk youth.

Boston Public Schools - School-Based Clubs

BGCB provides a safe, nurturing and challenging Club environment within school buildings to reach more children who need us. We help youth develop the skills necessary to become competent and capable leaders by combining diverse after-school activities, including the arts and physical activities, with an emphasis on academics. These School-Based Clubs, which serve nearly 400 elementary and middle school-aged children annually, are located at the Condon Elementary School, South Boston; Dearborn Middle School, Roxbury; Mattahunt Elementary School, Mattapan; and Charles Sumner Elementary School, Roslindale.

MIT Media Lab - Lifelong Kindergarten Group

BGCB's long-standing partnership with the MIT Media Laboratory, which extends beyond its involvement in the Computer Clubhouse, has enabled thousands of young people to utilize technology in more complex and meaningful ways. The goal of the Lifelong Kindergarten group, located within the MIT Media Laboratory, is for all children from all backgrounds, to grow up knowing how to express themselves through a process of designing, creating, experimenting, and exploring. Through the partnership, BGCB receives software donations for our Clubs, software training for staff, and curriculum guidance from MIT faculty, keeping our technology programs on the cutting edge. Our members are often involved in "piloting software," providing feedback on new, innovative technologies that MIT designs for young users. Many of these educational software products build on young people's interest in art and music, while bringing science, math, and engineering into their artistic exploration. In addition, MIT staff members volunteer as mentors throughout our program year, and play an essential role in planning and implementing BGCB's annual CyberSummit, a two-day technology showcase that encourages teamwork, creativity and technical savvy.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)

Through the MFA's Community Arts Initiative, a team of MFA staff works directly with BGCB staff and with our members (ages 9-13) to help them create their own artwork and to develop appreciation for works of art and the artists who create them. This program effectively makes the Museum's vast collection a centerpiece for learning and community participation in the arts, generating a great deal of excitement for our members. The program, which is implemented at our five Clubs and at the MFA, focuses on one medium each year to bring art into the lives of Club members and personalize the museum-going experience for them. It helps to develop visual-thinking skills, expressive abilities, cultural sensitivity and collaborative capacity of all its participants. It informs and inspires BGCB members about the world of professional artists and museums, and about the value of their own skills and creativity. For more information about the MFA, visit www.mfa.org.

Museum of Science - Intel Computer Clubhouse Network

BGCB is actively engaged in the Computer Clubhouse Network- now numbering 100 Clubhouses around the world - in partnership with the Museum of Science and the MIT Media Laboratory. Through this partnership, BGCB operates a Computer Clubhouse in each of our five Clubs. Established in 1993, the Computer Clubhouses help youth (ages 10-18) acquire the technology skills necessary for personal and professional success. At BGCB's Clubs since 1998, they provide a creative and safe after-school learning environment where young people from under-served communities work with adult mentors to explore their own ideas, develop skills, and build confidence through the use of technology. By creating their own animations, interactive stories, music videos, and robotic constructions, members become more capable, confident, and creative learners. For more information, visit www.computerclubhouse.org.

The Greater Boston Food Bank - Patriots Kids Cafe®

BGCB partners with The Greater Boston Food Bank to provide well-balanced, nutritious meals and related educational activities to Club members through The Greater Boston Food Bank's Kids Cafe program. Kids Cafe is the nation’s largest charitable meal service of its kind. America’s Second Harvest food banks operate nearly 1,000 Kids Cafes in more than 50 U.S. cities. They are located in safe, convenient environments, and most of the children arrive by bike or on foot with friends.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston’s first Kids Cafe opened at the Jordan Club in Chelsea in 2003, followed by the Blue Hill Club in 2006, and the Yawkey Club of Roxbury in 2007. We currently serve approximately 2,500 meals each week, and our long-term goal is to serve nutritious meals at all BGCB Club locations. The New England Patriots Charitable Foundation sponsors the Kids Cafe program at Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston.

The Greater Boston Food Bank provides food, food-safety training and nutrition education. BGCB provide the staff to prepare and serve the meals.

Kids Cafe is a registered trademark of America's Second Harvest and is used under license. For more information about The Greater Boston Food Bank, please visit their web site at www.gbfb.org.

 

Partners

A List Education

Access

AccesSportAmerica

Action for Boston Community Development

America SCORES

American Swimming Coaches Association

Associated Grant Makers

Best Buy

Big Apple Circus

Big Brothers Big Sisters of
    Massachusetts Bay

Big Sister Association

BOSTnet

Boston After School & Beyond

Boston Bridges, Inc.

Boston Bruins

Boston Cares

Boston Center for Youth & Families
    (BCYF)

Boston Children's Museum

Boston College Football

The Boston Foundation

Boston Harbor Cruises

Boston Minuteman Council

Boston Nature Center

Boston Police Department

Boston Public Schools

Boston Red Sox Foundation

Boston Sports Fans Choice Awards

Boston University

Boston Youth Fund

Boston Youth Sports Network

Building Impact

Charlestown Against Drugs (CHAD)

Charlestown Public Library

Charlestown Substance Abuse Coalition

Charlestown Working Theater

Charlestown Yoga

Chelsea Community Schools

Chelsea Neighborhood Developers

Children's Advocacy Center of Suffolk County

Children's Hospital Boston

Children's Museum

Children's Trust Fund

City of Boston

City Year

Clarence R. Edwards Middle School

The COCA COLA Company

Community Boating

Converse

Courageous Sailing Center

Curry College

Davis Vision

DELTAS

Department of Conservation and Recreation

Discovering Justice

DOVA

Eastward Ho Country Club

EDC

Emerson College

Family Van

Fit Girls

The Food Project

The Forsyth Institute

Gaining Ground

Generations Incorporated

Girls Scouts of America

GLASS

GOALS

The Greater Boston Food Bank

H&R Block

Harmonix

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation

Harvard Stages

Highland Street Foundation

Hudson Entertainment

Institute for Health and Recovery

Intel Computer Clubhouse Network

Intercultural Center for Research
    in Education (INCRE)

Junior League of Boston

Kids Can Cook

Kool Smiles

Learning for Life

Literary Lights

Livable Streets

Longy School of Music

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

Massachusetts General Hospital

Mass Mentoring Partnership

Mass Promise Fellowship

Mattahunt Community Center

Metro Lacrosse

Microsoft Corporation

MIT-Department of Play

MIT Media Lab

MIT/ NASA

MLK Summer Scholars / John Hancock

Morris K. Udall Foundation

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Museum of Science

National Parks Foundation

New England Aquarium

New England Patriots

Northeastern University

Old Sturbridge Village

Operation Hope

Outdoor Exploration

Parks in Focus

Partners for Youth with Disabilities

Paulist Center & Chapel

Phillips Brooks House

Pine Manor College

Planned Parenthood

Posse Foundation

Power Source

Project Joy

Read Boston

Red Cross

Rodman Ride for Kids

Samaritans

Save the Harbor, Save the Bay

School of the Museum of Fine Arts

SCI Social Capital Inc.

Science Club for Girls

Self Defense

Simmons College

Smile Initiative

South Africa Partners

Speakers for HOPE

Stand Strong

Strong Women, Strong Girls

Success for Kids

Swab a Cheek, Save a Life

TD Garden 'The Sports Museum'

Tenacity

Time to Invent

Track Ahead

Trustees of the Reservations

Tufts University Friedman School
    of Nutrition Science and Policy

United Way of Massachusetts Bay & Merrimack Valley

University of Massachusetts Boston

Urban Ecology

Urban Improv

USA Swimming

USS Constitution Museum

WGBH

You CAN Do the Rubik’s Cube!

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