Masquerade Ball, We Feel Your Impact

Do you ever wonder if the ticket you bought for a special event, or a silent auction purchase really makes a difference?  Well, stop wondering and start BELIEVING in the power and the value of your support of Sussex County’s premier fundraising event the Masquerade Ball.  March 9, 2019 will mark five years of Celebrating […]

BE GREAT STAFF UPDATE: January 2019 Excellence in Customer Service Award

Give it up for Micheal Crumble, Executive Director of the H. Fletcher Brown Boys & Girls Club and the January 2019 Excellence in Customer Service Award Winner. The backstory actually begins with an unexpected Club tour that took place in late 2017. An unexpected visit from Wells Fargo employees to the Brown Club turned a […]

Greater Newark Alumni Update

Congratulations to life-long Greater Newark Club kid, Anthony Morales, who was accepted to Delaware State University and received the Inspire Academic Scholarship to attend four years! Anthony has been involved with Club programs, and worked the lunch program in our Summer Fun Club for the last four years. We're very proud of his accomplishment and [...]

New Uniforms for our Club Cheer Team

Thanks to the All-Star grant provided by Buffalo Wild Wings, the Greater Newark Boys & Girls Club cheer program was able to buy brand new uniforms! They proudly showed off their new duds at the first Junior Sixers league games on January 12th.   Our ever-expanding program has proven to be popular both on and [...]

500 Hours of Computer Education

This past fall, Greater Newark Boys & Girls Club began the My.Future computer education program offered by Boys & Girls Clubs of America. This program lets Boys & Girls Club members of all ages use our computer lab to play, learn and socialize with Club kids across the country. It's a digital version of the [...]

Every Kid Deserves a Birthday Party

At the Greater Newark Boys & Girls Club, an important aspect of what we do is to pay attention to trends, issues, and the needs of our kids and community. Based on a hunch, Club staff took a survey of our 85 after-school program kids – and what we found was astonishing.   Only 20 of [...]

PRESS RELEASE: ONE OF A KIND DIGITAL ARTS LABORATORY AT H. FLETCHER BROWN BOYS & GIRLS CLUB TO BE UNVEILED WITH THE HELP OF SENATORS CARPER AND COONS & MAYOR PURZYCKI

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2019 Hilary LaMotte Burke, MSW Director, Marketing & Communications 302-658-1870 or [email protected]     ONE OF A KIND DIGITAL ARTS LABORATORY AT H. FLETCHER BROWN BOYS & GIRLS CLUB TO BE UNVEILED WITH THE HELP OF SENATORS CARPER AND COONS & MAYOR PURZYCKI Formal Ribbon Cutting Ceremony will celebrate new […]

Greater Newark Boys & Girls Clubs Alumni, Nate Hickman To Play for the Blue Coats

Greater Newark Boys & Girls Club Alum, Nate Hickman, has come back to Delaware.  A Club kid since the age of 5, Nate played in Club basketball leagues, participated in Prevention Programs, Teen Programs and played in the Club's AAU program.  While playing ball at Columbia University, he never lost touch with the Club.  When [...]

Greater Milford Boys & Girls Club Keystone Vice President, Trinity Dockery-Stone Named Finalist in MLK Voice 4 Youth Event at Baby Grand in Wilmington

Greater Milford Boys & Girls Club Keystone Vice President, Trinity Dockery-Stone named finalist in MLK Voice 4 Youth Event at Baby Grand in Wilmington.  The MLK Voice 4 Youth Finals will take place Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 2pm at the Baby Grand in Wilmington.   This annual event brought to Delaware by the YWCA Delaware […]

Alumni Update: 2016 Delaware Youth of the Year

2016 Delaware Youth of the Year, Michaella Moore (Greater Newark Boys & Girls Club Alum) recently traveled to South Africa with Howard University’s Young African American Leadership Initiative (YAALI).   Michaella is currently in her junior year at Howard, where she is running for Student Body President (of the entire University!!!).  Michaella spent 12 days exploring […]