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Our Mission

To inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, responsible, caring citizens.

2020 Youth of the Year

Northeast Regionals Highlight

STAYING CONNECTED
Each Club is checking in with our Club kids daily to see how they are doing during the school and Club closures. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware recognizes that For children and adolescents with mental health needs, such closures mean a lack of access to the resources they usually have through schools. We want to ensure that our Club kids and their families know firsthand even though our doors are closed, our hearts are still open and what we are doing to provide resources to them during this unprecedented time.

VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING 
Each Club and School site is tasked to deliver creative and innovative ways to deliver programming to our Club kids and teens. We are supporting parents and our local school districts to strengthen distant learning initiatives.

MEAL DISTRIBUTION 
Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware are distributing “Grab and Go” meals at the following locations: Clarence Fraim Boys & Girls Club, Claymont Boys & Girls Club, H. Fletcher Brown, Boys & Girls Club, and Laurel Boys & Girls Club.

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Meals Served
(Total meals served since our closure as of June 2)

Boys & Girls Clubs Washed Hands Clasped

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April 2020
May 2020

Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware. COVID-19 Relief Fund. Whatever It Takes for Youth, Families, and Communities.

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Our Programs

We provide quality programs focusing on Education & Career; Character & Leadership; The Arts; Health & Life Skills; Sports, Fitness & Recreation; and Teens

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Our Success

In 2016 the organization embarked on a socioeconomic impact study with an independent research group. Results show:
For every $1 spent with Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware, $13.91 is generated through positive economic impact on the economy in Delaware.

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Our Leaders

Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware is led by passionate individuals who are united by their drive to provide the best for the youth in Delaware.

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The Clubs in Numbers

Advanced Degrees

87¢

of every dollar raised goes directly to services & programs for kids

children

37K

kids served across Delaware

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25K

Attendance in S.T.E.A.M. related programs and activities

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22

of the state’s school districts are connected with our Clubs helping us reach more kids in more ways

meals

580K

free nutritious meals are served to hungry kids every year

stop-drugs

48,576

Club members participated in programs fostering Healthy Lifestyles

Advanced Degrees

44

Locations Statewide

hours

19,000

volunteer hours were contributed to Clubs across the state

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Our Stories

  • We have been really busy at the Club this spring and our Club kids are proud to showcase some of the great programs they have participated in.  Check it out! Galaga Build Club kids were given a challenge. They were given 2 hours to put together the Galaga Galaxian Arcade. They got it done in [...]

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  • On Tuesday, April 30th, the Dagsboro Boys & Girls Club held a ceremonial groundbreaking for their upcoming expansion project.  “It has been a dream of the Dagsboro Club to grow its footprint,” said Unit Director Betty Harmon.  “Being able to serve more kids and teens from our community is our ultimate goal and this new […]

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  • On Thursday May 2nd and Friday May 3rd, more than 150 volunteers came together to build a playground for the Greater Dover Boys & Girls Club.  What began as a Let’s Play Community Construction Grant award, turned in to so much more for this Greater Dover Club and community.   In a coordinated effort to [...]

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  • Meet Tair, Greater Milford Boys & Girls Club's Youth of the Year.  Honored as the Greater Milford Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year, Tair recently competed in the State Youth of the Year competition. Part of the qualifying round required Tair to write and deliver a speech, submit to an interview in front [...]

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  • Our April Blue Hens Birthday Bash! 3 of every 4 of our after school kids never had their own birthday party. So we’re changing that month by month. Thank you to the University of Delaware Men’s and Women’s basketball team for celebrating with us! The party started with an NBA-style introduction for each birthday kid […]

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  • Our Dolphin Swim Team finished 5th overall at the National Boys & Girls Club Championships in Tampa, Florida! Ella Penington won high point in the 13-14 girls age group (most points overall) and Steph Dryden was the high point winner in the open girls age group. Our Dolphin Swim Team had over 300 swimmers in […]

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  • We are proud to announce that Club teen Zoe Parmer was chosen as a Jefferson Award finalist for Outstanding Service by a Young American! Zoe attended the Jefferson Award Gala on April 29th at the Queen Theater. Zoe has been a leader in her community, our Boys & Girls Club and among her Keystone Club (teen […]

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  • Jyare Davis has been a Greater Newark Club kid since he was 5 years old and playing in ALL our basketball leagues. If anyone wants proof, there are hundreds of hours of video footage of his games thanks to his amazing Grandfather who still till this day never walks in our gym without a video […]

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  • On Thursday, April 11, 2019 Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware held its annual Youth of the Year event at The Queen in Wilmington.  To a packed house, nearly 300 friends of the Clubs filled the room to celebrate the occasion; the conclusion of the event brought with it the announcement of the 2019 Delaware [...]

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