SMART (Skills Mastery and Resistance Training)  Moves helps young people to change their attitudes about using alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and engaging in premature sexual involvement through having members participate in fun, interactive, and educational programming.  SMART Moves works with pre-teens to identify and resist peer and media pressures to use alcohol and other drugs…

Torch Clubs are chartered, small-group leadership, and service clubs for boys and girls ages 11 to 13. The first Torch Clubs were chartered in 1970 to address the developmental needs of young people. Torch Clubs strive to offer positive experiences. Torch Club members work together and elect officers that show leadership. Together they implement activities…

As part of their three-year national partnership, BGCA and Nestlé are challenging Clubs around the country to inspire local kids to achieve tangible short-term fitness goals. As the nation’s number one advocate for youth, BGCA has set bold goals to enable more kids to achieve a great future, including logging 4 billion hours of physical…

With summer just around the corner, our Club Kids are looking forward to their days out of school and more time at the Club! In the long summer months, it is important to balance the need for play and fun with the unique opportunity that our Clubs have to offer to combat “summer slide”, or…

Ms. Andrea has played a vital role at the Boys & Girls Club of Northeast Texas over the last 4 years.  She is passionate about her job and gives 110% to the Club Kids everyday. One of her favorite aspects of the job is to watch as the kids apply the things she has taught them, whether that…