Boys & Girls Clubs of West-Central WI - Columbia County/Portage

Boys & Girls Clubs of West-Central WI - Columbia County/Portage After school and summer enrichment programs for kids 7-18 years old in the Portage area.

🦋✨ You're Invited! ✨🦋Join us this Thursday at 4:00 PM for a magical Butterfly Release!Over the past few weeks, our Club ...
06/03/2026

🦋✨ You're Invited! ✨🦋

Join us this Thursday at 4:00 PM for a magical Butterfly Release!

Over the past few weeks, our Club members have watched caterpillars transform into beautiful butterflies. Now it's time to celebrate their journey and send them off into the world!

Families are welcome to attend and witness this special moment as we release our butterflies together. 🌼☀️

📅 Thursday
🕓 4:00 PM

We hope to see you there for this unforgettable experience!
🦋💙

Ready, set, hike! 🏈💛This week in Triple Play, we played flag football and worked on way more than just scoring touchdown...
05/22/2026

Ready, set, hike! 🏈💛

This week in Triple Play, we played flag football and worked on way more than just scoring touchdowns.

Triple Play is an important part of helping kids stay active, build gross motor skills, and gain confidence through movement and play. But honestly, one of the biggest things we work on is good sportsmanship.

Learning how to encourage teammates, handle losing, celebrate others, and keep trying even when things don’t go your way are all part of the game too.

Plus, there’s just something really fun about a bunch of kids running full speed across a gym yelling “I WAS OPEN!” while staff try to keep up 😅

Healthy Habits at the Club is usually a little messy… and that’s kind of the best part 🍓💛Kids are making snacks, arguing...
05/21/2026

Healthy Habits at the Club is usually a little messy… and that’s kind of the best part 🍓💛

Kids are making snacks, arguing over the “right” amount of chocolate chips, trying foods they were convinced they hated, and asking questions we definitely didn’t expect like, “Wait… why DOES my body need protein?”

Our Healthy Lifestyles programs help kids learn about nutrition, movement, and taking care of themselves in ways that actually feel fun. We want them to build healthy habits without it feeling like school all over again.

Some days that looks like making smoothies or energy bites. Some days it’s learning how to read a nutrition label or talking about foods that help keep our brains and bodies fueled for school, sports, and everyday life.

Mostly, it looks like kids laughing around a table while making something together — and being proud enough to actually eat it afterward 😄

Free play is serious business around here 😎☀️Running games, climbing playground equipment, shooting hoops, making up ran...
05/20/2026

Free play is serious business around here 😎☀️

Running games, climbing playground equipment, shooting hoops, making up random rules to a game that only makes sense to them — those moments matter just as much as the structured activities.

At the Club, we want kids moving because it’s fun, not because they “have to.” We encourage joyful movement: playing tag until you’re out of breath, racing your friends across the blacktop, dancing for no reason, and spending time outside being loud, silly, and active after a long school day.

Some of the best conversations, friendships, and memories happen during free play. Kids learn confidence, teamwork, creativity, and problem solving without even realizing it.

Plus, sometimes you just need sunshine and a game of sharks and minnows to reset your whole day 💛

Shhh.... We’re reading 📚💛Academic Success is one of our core values at the Club, and Power Hour is a huge part of that.E...
05/19/2026

Shhh.... We’re reading 📚💛

Academic Success is one of our core values at the Club, and Power Hour is a huge part of that.

Every day after school, kids come in and take time to work on homework, read, study, and reset before the rest of the afternoon activities begin.

Honestly, silent reading time has become one of my favorite parts of the day. The room gets quiet(ish), kids curl up with books, staff help with homework, and you can actually see confidence building little by little.

Sometimes it’s a kid sounding out words. Sometimes it’s finally finishing an assignment they were stressed about. Most of the time, it’s a couple kids sitting on the couch together partner reading one of their favorite books.

It sounds like pages quietly turning, whispered voices reading words out loud, and pencils scribbling on paper. Every once in a while you hear a staff member say, “You got this,” or “You’re so smart,” from across the room.
This is how we build confidence in school... one page at a time.

Over 7,000 after school snacks served in 2025 already! 🍎💛Sometimes the little things end up being the big things. After ...
05/18/2026

Over 7,000 after school snacks served in 2025 already! 🍎💛

Sometimes the little things end up being the big things. After a long school day, a snack and some time to just be a kid goes a long way.

One of the best parts of our Portage Club is that they take snack outside. Kids are eating, running around, playing basketball, hanging on the playground, and just enjoying being together in the sunshine. These simple moments are what makes the transition from club to school seamless. It also make it easy to be a kid- which is what we are all about!

A lot of growing, laughing, and friendship happens over sunchips and capri-sun 😊

What happens in Vegas… helps kids thrive 💛🎲✨A huge THANK YOU to everyone who attended and supported our Las Vegas Gala! ...
05/15/2026

What happens in Vegas… helps kids thrive 💛🎲✨

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who attended and supported our Las Vegas Gala! Between the glitz, the games, the laughter, and maybe a few “all in” moments at the tables, the real jackpot was the incredible support shown for our Club and our kids.

To our sponsors: thank you for betting on our youth, believing in our mission, and helping us create opportunities that matter every single day. Your support goes far beyond one event — it helps create safe spaces, meaningful relationships, unforgettable experiences, and brighter futures.

To everyone who attended: thank you for showing up, dressing up, bidding big, dancing, laughing, and making the night so special. We truly couldn’t do this without a community that cares as deeply as you do.

We may not have made it to the Vegas Strip, but we definitely hit the jackpot with the portage community. ♠️🎰❤️

May-day May-day! We have fun programs planned this month!!!From fingerpainting madness on the 1st, to butterfly life whe...
05/04/2026

May-day May-day! We have fun programs planned this month!!!
From fingerpainting madness on the 1st, to butterfly life wheel, and kickball!
See you after school!

05/01/2026

TONIGHT 🎲

We can’t wait to see everyone at the Gala!
If you grabbed your tickets—get ready for a fun night out.

And if you’re making a last-minute decision… there might still be time 😉

Let’s make it a great night for our kids. 💙

Address

117 W Franklin Street
Portage, WI

Opening Hours

Monday 3pm - 7pm
Tuesday 3pm - 7pm
Wednesday 3pm - 7pm
Thursday 3pm - 7pm
Friday 1pm - 6pm

Telephone

+16087426987

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