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In summer, the lack of affordable child care and the achievement gap collide for lower income families. Most kids lose math skills over the summer, but low income children also lose, on average, more than two months of reading skills — and they don’t gain them back. That puts them nearly three years behind higher […]

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Our Summer schedule has been released! We will be closed June 5-9 and open for Summer Camp on Monday, June 12 until Friday, August 18th. Summer Camp is $15 a day or $65 a week. Come by the Clubhouse Tuesday, May 16th to register. For more information and to download flyers visit our Summer Camp Page. […]

2017 is YEAR of the TEEN TEEN PROGRAM INCREASING EFFECTIVENESS In conjunction with Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Clubs across the country, Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County is making TEENS a priority in 2017. In 2014, Boys & Girls Club of America noticed a decline in teen attendance at Clubs […]

More than 300 Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County members spent more than 40 hours each having someone read to them or reading as part of the BGCSCC Summer Camp programming. “For kids who were not part of the larger Summer Brain Gain–READ! program, the quiet time spent reading or listening to a […]

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County is joining Boys & Girls Clubs nationwide to redefine the opportunity equation for kids by elevating the critical role out-of-school time plays in a child’s development. Through the Great Futures Campaign, BGCSCC seeks to ensure that every child and teen has access to a safe place […]

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Every summer, the Club closes for a week at the end of Summer between our Summer Program and Afterschool Program. Last day of Summer Program is Friday, August 19th, and then we will be CLOSED to Club members Monday, August 22 – Friday, August 26th. Administrative offices are mostly open for parents to drop by […]

From now until September 25, Whole Foods in Santa Cruz and Capitola will donate 5 cents to Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County every time you use a reusable shopping bag instead of paper or plastic! GREAT FOR KIDS – GREAT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

Gabe House brings years of experience working with music and youth to his role as music director for the Live Oak Clubhouse. Gabe joined the Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County in May, having served as a music director and choir leader for Boulder Creek United Methodist Church. He also has worked with […]

The Aquatics Program at Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County is making waves this summer with its new water polo program, swim team and swimming classes for various skill levels. There are a couple of slots left in the water polo program, which started on June 13 and runs through the summer at […]

Building on the popularity of the basketball and volleyball programs, Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County is offering an indoor soccer camp this summer to teach kids the basics of the sport. The program launched June 13 with about two dozen participants, and there is room for about five more. During the nine-week […]

For the three years Julian Torres, 14, attended Shoreline Middle School, the Live Oak program of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County was his second home. And as he prepares this fall to enter Soquel High School as a freshman, he expects the new Live Oak Clubhouse to play the same important […]

Claudia Urbina, 11, a Westlake Elementary student, calls her time at Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County, as “Claudia 101” — meaning that she learns a lot about herself and others learn a lot about her. Claudia, a member since age 6, comes to the Downtown Clubhouse everyday after school and in the […]

Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County announces the launch of Summer Brain Gain: READ!, a literacy program designed to improve the reading skills of our youth at a time when school is not in session. Each summer, an estimated 43 million children in the U.S. miss out on expanded learning opportunities that could […]

Silver Dolphins, a swimming organization for seniors, meets three times per week at the Downtown Clubhouse to use the indoor heated pool, where the group offers water aerobics and lap classes. For the first time, the Silver Dolphins organized a fundraiser that will benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County’s Stingray swim […]

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County was named Organization of the Year at the annual Eddy Awards given by the Santa Cruz Education Foundation. On hand to accept the award May 3 was (from left) Executive Director Bob Langseth, Program Director Katee Freeman, Education Director Leah Levin and Board of Directors President […]

Leah Levin, who joined the Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County in March 2013 as Education Director, oversees all education programming at the Downtown Clubhouse. She believes the best part of her job is building bridges for youth between home and school. “We have the opportunity to raise the whole child rather than […]

Santa Cruz mom Yarka Micka knew her daughter was going to be tall, but that isn’t the only reason she enrolled her in the Downtown Clubhouse’s popular new class, girls volleyball. Drawing more than 40 players, the special class launched on April 11 and ends May 18. “This is her first time playing,” Yarka said […]

When Charles Hillman received an acceptance letter to his No. 1 college pick, the first place he went to share the exciting news is the Downtown Clubhouse. It’s been his home away from home since he was 10, the place where he has played guitar, sung in a choir and performed in a talent show. […]