Waltham Boys & Girls Club AfterSchool Program is a community youth organization in Waltham, Massachusetts that provides out-of-school care and a range of enrichment, leadership and support services for children and teenagers.
The Waltham Boys & Girls Club is a community-based youth organization that provides out-of-school care, enrichment and leadership opportunities for children and teens. Club activities are designed to support members' social, emotional and educational development.
The Club organizes activities around core areas that support youth development:
Helping youth develop healthy habits for life
Drop-in program for grades 9-12
Money Matters promotes financial responsibility and independence among Club members ages 13 to 15 by building their basic money management skills. Participants learn how to manage a checking account, budget, save and invest. They also learn about starting small businesses and paying for college. Our Money Matters program is run by volunteers from Belmont Savings Bank.
Since 1947, Youth of the Year has been Boys & Girls Club of America’s premier recognition program, celebrating the extraordinary achievements of Club members. The Waltham Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year winner receives a $1,000 scholarship.
Drop-in program for grades 6-8
Junior Camp Leaders complete a minimum of 40 hours of community service throughout the summer. They gain valuable leadership skills as well as job training to be summer camp counselors. Our highest hours of service achieved from teens this past summer was 360 per Junior Camp Leader!
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Teen Council meets to discuss changes they would like to see as well as taking on the task of planning events for teenagers. This is a drop in program for teens ages 14 and up.
Free healthy meals and snacks daily for members
Torch Club is our middle school leadership club for 6th-8th graders. Torch Club members learn to elect officers and work together to implement activities in four areas: service to Club and community, education, health and fitness and social recreation.
Big Me, Little You is a program that offers an opportunity for middle school and high school members to become mentors. They will go through a training on how to be the best in-Club mentors they can be. Each participant will be partnered with a younger Club member to help them with homework and guide them through everyday life.
Program Activities: Computer Strategy Games; Coding Games- Code.org; Homework and Online Research Help; Hands-on Engineering Projects; Makey Makey Mini Workshops; Scratch Games & Animations.
SMART Girls is a small-group health, fitness, prevention/education and self-esteem enhancement program designed to meet the developmental needs of girls in three age groups. Through dynamic sessions, highly participatory activities, field trips and mentoring opportunities with adult women, Club girls explore their own and societal attitudes and values as they build skills for eating right, staying physically fit, getting good healthcare and developing positive relationships with peers and adults.
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