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Lights On Afterschool is a national event spotlighting the important work being done across the country during out-of-school time. The Afterschool Alliance launched this event in the year 2000 and this year, more than 8,000 events took place nationwide on October 28 in celebration of high-quality programs that provide academic support, career exploration, sports & recreation, leadership opportunities and healthy meals and snacks.             According to the Afterschool Alliance, one out of five youth across America are alone and unsupervised after the school day ends. This is when juvenile crime peaks, but after school programming turns [...]

Employees and graduate-level students can now enroll their pre-school children in licensed programs in one of two BGCWPA Clubhouses  PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (August 13, 2021) — Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania (BGCWPA) and the University of Pittsburgh announced a partnership whereby preschool aged children of Pitt faculty, staff and graduate students may enroll in the Great Futures Preschool program at BGCWPA’s Carnegie or Estelle S. Campbell Lawrenceville Clubhouses.  The Great Futures Preschool program strives to be a PA Keystone Star 4 program at both Clubhouses, with a Certificate of Compliance from the Department of Human Services and a Keystone STARS [...]

On Wednesday, August 25, ESPN aired a package featuring University of Pittsburgh Quarterback Kenny Pickett’s generosity toward Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania in response to the new name, image and likeness allowances that provide an opportunity for college athletes to earn money from endorsement deals.   ESPN’s feature was in part to spotlight Kenny’s recent visit to the Estelle S. Campbell Clubhouse in Lawrenceville to meet BGCWPA youth and give them free t-shirts bearing his “Pickett’s Partners” logo. The initiative, sponsored by PGT Trucking and clothing company ITHEN USA,  will support BGCWPA programming through sale of the t-shirts.  Kenny [...]

Funding will support STEM programming plus mentoring, social-emotional training and service-learning programming for teens to promote positive decision-making PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (July 22, 2021) — Boys and Girls Clubs of Western PA received funding in the amount of $500,000 from the Richard King Mellon Foundation to support STEM programming and Wyman’s Teen Outreach Program® (TOP®) in each of its clubhouses, school district partners and community-based partners throughout the region. TOP® is a national youth development program designed to promote healthy behaviors, lifestyles and a sense of purpose in youth ages 12–19.  "We are thrilled to partner with Richard King Mellon Foundation on [...]

Attention all BGCWPA families, BGCWPA, hope that you have been enjoying your summer with us. We are sending out this communication to inform families that: BGCWPA will close all Clubhouses Monday July 19, 2021 for staff training and review.   Our Etna Specialty Camp location and Carnegie Clubhouse will remain open for families who are not able to make arrangements and need care. Our Girls basketball Academy will remain open. Please contact your Director who will assist you with transferring your paperwork to one of the two locations. This will be a first come first serve basis up to our capacity at [...]

Over the past 8 weeks, our partners at Accenture  had the privilege to work with the BGCWPA Career Works Program teens on a business marketing experiential learning project. The purpose of this programming was to learn about entrepreneurship and social media marketing, and to develop the skills for this type of work through a real-life project. From our partners at Accenture: "We partnered with Cope's Café and Pizzeria, a pizza and wings shop in Pittsburgh, and worked together with the participants to analyze their current social media presence, and create new ideas for the business in the future. The teens, both in [...]