Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County

Important News & Upcoming Events

• The Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County Announces Closing of Barrett Park Unit
  FORT MYERS, January 5, 2012 -- The Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County Announces Closing of Barrett Park Unit, North Fort Myers. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County announced today that its Board has made a very difficult decision to close the Barrett Park Unit, effective at 6:30p.m. on Friday, January 6, 2012. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County will continue to provide services for the 300-plus youth served by its other facilities in the Lee County area. Those include Pueblo Bonito, Lehigh Acres, Shady Oaks, Sabal Palm, Suncoast and East Lee County. Staff will do its best to assist the Barrett Park Club members in finding alternative programs. “Since 1974, our mission has been and [More...]
  
• Holiday Party: Bike Giveaway
  In addition to all the great fun that was being had with games and crafts at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County’s Holiday Party, there was one last big surprise left for the youth. Shannon Lane (Director of Operations at BGCLC), announced that Santa wanted to give everyone one last gift. However, Santa couldn’t return unless the entire group welcomed him once more with their loudest Jingle Bells carol. The group belted the song and when Santa entered – the room erupted in applause. Santa had the group line up, hold hands, and close their eyes. He led the group to another ballroom within the hotel that held 32 bikes. The bikes were paid for with money raised from those participating [More...]
  
• Boys & Girls Club Holiday Party
  One of the most rewarding times of the year for all of us here at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County is when we get to sit down and enjoy the annual Holiday Party with young people from each of the Boys & Girls Club locations throughout Southwest Florida. For many of the youth that attend, it will be their only festive opportunity to celebrate the Holidays with staff members and friends that they have made throughout the year, some of which they consider family. This year’s Holiday Party was held at the Crown Plaza hotel ballroom. The youth said a prayer before enjoying pizza and gatorade among their friends, compliments of Domino’s Pizza. Cheyenne led the group in [More...]
  

Since 1974 the Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County has helped strengthen the community by providing a safe, positive, constructive place for youth. The Clubs offer young people a wide variety of educational, recreational, cultural, and social programs. We seek to enrich the lives of the youth we serve and foster opportunities for personal growth and achievement.

The Boys & Girls Clubs is an afterschool and summer enrichment program for boys and girls 6 to 18 years old. We operate 7 sites throughout Lee County and serve over 1,700 youth a year. These youth rely on the Clubs and the staff to guide them through their adolescents and provide the structure for successful adult lives. Many of these youth live at or below the poverty line and in many instances are being raised by a single parent. Though they face many obstacles the Club is a constant positive in their lives. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County is committed to helping those who need us the most BE GREAT!

Proof Positive

These statistics reflect the results of the Florida Tax Watch Research Institute and internal studies of Boys & Girls Clubs of Lee County youth members. They demonstrate the positive impact Boys & Girls Clubs programs have on the youth we serve.

• Learning gains in reading and mathematics for Club members was greater than that of their peer student population

• The dropout rate for Club members was lower than that of their peer student population

• Club members had a lower rate of absenteeism at all grade levels and significantly lower rates of serious criminal offenses

• 91% of Club members maintained or improved their overall grade point average in school

• 86% of Club members gain knowledge of nutrition and healthy living habits