Adult League specifically incorporated as a tool to help curb gun violence in the community. Young men from the ages of 17 through 25 will play in an in-house league that requires them to be companioned with a mentor that has gone through similar experiences that they...
The Boys & Girls Club AAU Step Back 7th & 8th grade basketball team traveled to Lisle, Illinois’ West Suburban Sports Complex where they established themselves more than capable of bringing home the bacon. Not only does John Grilliot and AJ Simmons coach these...
The Boys & Girls Club attended Freeport Middle School’s first theatrical production, Moana Jr in February. Club member Janelle Dickens was cast as one of the Chief Ancestors, and Westview participant Aaliyah Williams, portrayed the lead role as Moana....
BGC Nation Dance Team were special guest performers at the Fruzen Intermediate School’s Soul Food Night in Beloit, Illinois. The event paid homage to Black History Month by serving a variety of food that African American cultures have shared throughout generations....
The cookie season is officially over and the girls sold 6,608 boxes of cookies! Over Spring Break we went to the 333 National Guard Armory and delivered donated boxes of cookies. We will soon be visiting St. Joseph’s Nursing Home with donated cookies as well. Girls...
Lots of FUN was had at our Kids Christmas Party 2022. Kids did arts and crafts in the gym while the teenagers created their version of an “ugly” Christmas sweater. Bingo, decorating gingerbread houses, and games were held. We had pizza from Cimino’, bouncy house and a...
