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Paint Party
On Wednesday, February 8th King Community Campus partnered with the Freeport Art Museum and held a Valentine inspired paint party. Families from Boys & Girls Club, Amity and Head Start were invited to come and express themselves through painting. ART makes a...
Sheila Suggs Scholarship
2023 scholarship recipients named. BGC awards a $500 scholarship in the name of Sheila Suggs, a former staff member, and Freeport Ministers Fellowship Alliance awards another $500 scholarship, both are for students pursuing secondary education.
Elementary Soccer League
At the start of the New Year Pretzel Elementary Soccer League resumes play at the Club for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Teams from all the grade schools participated in league and tournament competition.
MLK Celebration
BGC partners with NAACP, Citizens United for Rights, Respect, and Equity (CURRE), and Freeport Ministers Fellowship Alliance (FMFA) to sponsor MLK Celebration at the Club. Former Freeport High School Principal, Dr. Patrick Hardy addresses residents, parents and...
Employee Spotlight: MEET KARLENE JOHNSON
Karlene has been involved at King Community Campus for more than 30 years. Starting as a volunteer in the afterschool program, then as the coordinator for Project Success Program. Before coming to BGC she worked for 4 ½ years in the States Attorney Office as the...
Space flight program
For the past 14 years Jim Estes has conducted a "space flight" program to demonstrate how weather balloons are sent up into outer space around the planet Earth to bring back weather information. This year is no exception! Will be conducting a class in early may!
MY BROTHERS’ KEEPER YOUNG ADULT BASKETBALL LEAGUE
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...
Step Back Squad
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...
FMS Moana Jr
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 & Black History Month
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....