Beaming confidence and care, this second-grader lights up every room she walks into at the Club! Meet eight-year old Zylah H., an energetic and ambitious member of the Shortlidge Boys & Girls Club. Zylah loves to spend time with her friends and learn new skills in the classroom. She shares her favorite subject in school is math because it comes so easily to her. Learning that doctors use math to care for their patients, Zylah now dreams of becoming a doctor herself and using
In Summer 2025, Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware proudly served as a Get Delaware Reading (GDR) partner, delivering the BookNook literacy program across 13 Club locations. As part of United Way of Delaware’s mission to curb the “summer slide” and help young readers thrive, our Clubs played a pivotal role in offering structured, high-impact literacy support in a fun, community-based environment. United Way’s statewide initiative reached nearly 2,500 students across 50 sites, inc
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Greater Dover Boys & Girls Club hosted more than 75 teens from Clubs across the state for Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware's inaugural Teen Summit. This new event was created to inspire leadership, foster open dialogue, and empower young people to shape their own futures. We were honored to kick off the summit with a visit from Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester, whose warmth and encouragement set a powerful tone for the day. Speaking directly to th
Cara Pennington has been swimming at the Greater Newark Boys & Girls Club since she was seven years old. Now at 17, she is a member of the U.S. Paralympics C Standard Team.
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