Each and every day, we open our doors to the kids of El Dorado County. Each and every day, we provide one-on-one mentoring and education assistance. Each and every day, we provide free, healthy, homemade meals to the kids who attend the Club as well as the kids who don't. Each and every day, we are here for our kids, doing Whatever It Takes to ensure that they have a GREAT Future. Our Clubhouses are open for kids year-round with our After School and Summer Camp programs. Our members participate in many Academic Success, Good Character & Citizenship, and Healthy Lifestyles activities! We believe everything done at the Club should foster a sense of belonging, usefulness, influence, and competence. By offering these feelings to our young people through exciting and entertaining programs we help them to become the positive and successful adults each of them has the ability and capacity to become. Programs are offered in the following core areas: The Arts, Sports Fitness and Recreation, Health and Life Skills, Education and Career Development & Character and Leadership Development. Our history:
In 1995, a group of concerned and dedicated people decided something needed to be done for the young people on the western slope of El Dorado County. They wanted a safe place and the best programs available so they searched for the organization with the greatest track record serving children. Boys & Girls Clubs have been serving young people for 140 years and today, over 4,000 Clubs provide youth development programs for over 4 million kids. Communities having Boys & Girls Clubs have found that members have lower school dropout rates, lower juvenile crime rates, higher grades, less gang involvement and less drug, alcohol and to***co use. On June 2, 1999 our local Club began daily programs for kids at the Armory in Placerville. Today we serve over 1500 kids between the ages of 6 and 18 at our three locations on the Western Slope. Our mission is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens. We envision a future in which the Boys & Girls Club Movement is a catalyst for a new age in America, an age in which success is within the reach of every child, and whole generations of children are inspired to a level of civic engagement not seen since the founding of our nation.
