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Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro South was formed in 2019 through the merger of the Boys & Girls Club of Brockton (founded in 1990) and the Boys & Girls Club of Taunton (founded in 1902) in order to maximize our impacts in each respective community and bridge service gaps in our region.
With a shared mission "to nurture strong minds, healthy bodies, and community spirit through youth-driven, high-impact programs in safe and fun environments" our two storied Clubs and communities have come together to provide our members with more and even better programs. Through the sharing of best practices, partnerships, and resources has come expanded opportunities to broaden the scope and reach of our core after-school, weekend, and summer camp programs. As we venture forward together with our new vision, our highest priority is to ensure the greatest possible impact for our Club members.
As a chartered member of Boys & Girls Clubs of America, we employ the national organization's Formula for Impact model that focuses on three priority outcomes of Academic Success, Healthy Lifestyles, and Character & Leadership. Our Clubs implement a combination of BGCA core programs along with “homegrown” programs designed to best suit the ever-changing needs of our members.
Our Clubhouses operate with “Open Door” policies – meaning that our members are welcome to come to the Clubs as many times as they want or need, whether that’s once every few weeks or every day. During the school year, we operate a structured choice program Monday through Friday from 2:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., with our Teen Centers remaining open until 7:00 p.m. We also open on occasional weekend days for special programs. When city schools are only open for half-days, our Clubs are open to members for extended hours.
During the summer months, we operate several nine-week summer day camp programs for 4 to 15-year-olds Monday-Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Camp Riverside at Lewis Park along the Three Mile River in Taunton. Camp Brookside at the Brockton Clubhouse is home to additional summer programming for 4 to 8-year-olds as well as a specialized teen camp for 13 to 18-year-olds.
In the sense that Boys & Girls Clubs of America have been working for well over a century to meet the needs of America's youth, our work is not dissimilar from what you will find behind the doors of the more than 4,000 Clubhouses across the country. We believe, however, that the youth in our region are facing some of the most complex and unique challenges found anywhere in our nation. Their schools are overcrowded, underfunded, and under-performing. Their neighborhoods and even too often their own homes are dangerous and poverty-stricken. Their plates and bellies are too often empty and their minds too often filled with worries that should fall on no child's shoulders. With so many challenges at their feet, it can be all the more challenging to envision future prosperity. Our dedicated staff work to show youth that a great future can start right here, today, by virtue of their own commitment to success.
Our approach to driving systematic change is to address these issues head-on, talking early and often with our youth about the importance of overcoming peer-pressure and breaking free from generational cycles of underachievement. We believe in an interdisciplinary approach to youth development, and so we work to address the root causes of the challenges facing our region’s youth. When a child's basic needs – from nurturing to nutrition – are not met, they struggle to thrive in the classroom and to make smart choices during out-of-school-time.
Every day, we’re helping youth build great futures for themselves, their families, and their communities.
