Boys and Girls Club of America
Title
Boys and Girls Club of America
Description
The Good Will Club in Hartford, Conn., circa 1900.
Boys & Girls Clubs of America (or BGCA) is a national organization of local chapters which provide after-school programs for young people. The organization, which holds a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code, has its headquarters in Atlanta, with regional offices in Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, New York City and Los Angeles. The first Boys' Club was founded in 1860 in Hartford, Connecticut with three women in Hartford, Conn.: Mary Goodwin, Alice Goodwin and Elizabeth Hammersley. Believing that boys who roamed the streets should have a positive alternative, they organized the first Club. In 1906, 53 independent Boys' Clubs came together in Boston to form a national organization, the Federated Boys' Clubs. In 1931, the organization renamed itself Boys' Clubs of America, and in 1990, to Boys & Girls Clubs of America. There are currently (2010) over 4,000 autonomous local Clubs, which are affiliates of the national organization. In its 2011 Philanthropy 400 report, The Chronicle of Philanthropy placed Boys & Girls Clubs of America in the No. 1 position among youth organizations for the 18th consecutive year.
Boys & Girls Clubs of America (or BGCA) is a national organization of local chapters which provide after-school programs for young people. The organization, which holds a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code, has its headquarters in Atlanta, with regional offices in Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, New York City and Los Angeles. The first Boys' Club was founded in 1860 in Hartford, Connecticut with three women in Hartford, Conn.: Mary Goodwin, Alice Goodwin and Elizabeth Hammersley. Believing that boys who roamed the streets should have a positive alternative, they organized the first Club. In 1906, 53 independent Boys' Clubs came together in Boston to form a national organization, the Federated Boys' Clubs. In 1931, the organization renamed itself Boys' Clubs of America, and in 1990, to Boys & Girls Clubs of America. There are currently (2010) over 4,000 autonomous local Clubs, which are affiliates of the national organization. In its 2011 Philanthropy 400 report, The Chronicle of Philanthropy placed Boys & Girls Clubs of America in the No. 1 position among youth organizations for the 18th consecutive year.
Creator
Unknown
Date
1900
Source
https://www.edgarsnyder.com/images/large-550/blog/good-will-club.jpg
Relation
For Further Exploration Please Visit http://www.bgca.org/Pages/index.aspx
Link: Carnegie Boys & Girls Club of America
Link: Carnegie Boys & Girls Club of America
Rights
Source: Boys & Girls Clubs of America. (2012, September 30). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 15:38, October 12, 2012, from http://bit.ly/TlLGLt.
Publisher
Boys and Girls Club of Acadiana
Contributor
Boys and Girls Club of Acadiana
Format
Medium: Photograph.
Language
English
Type
Organization
Identifier
Boys and Girls Club, BGCA, After-School, Young People, Nonprofits, Youth Organizations, United States
Coverage
United States
Files
Reference
Unknown, Boys and Girls Club of America, Boys and Girls Club of Acadiana, 1900
Cite As
Unknown, “Boys and Girls Club of America,” Virtual Museum of Public Service, accessed April 19, 2024, https://vmps.omeka.net/items/show/366.