Madison Square Boys and Girls Club

Healthy lifestyles programs: encourage our members to adopt a healthy diet, practice positive lifestyle choices, make a lifelong commitment to fitness, and support their mental health. Members participate in daily fitness challenges, and enjoy a wide range of intramural sports activities in the Club gyms, pools and dance facilities. The clubs provide healthy food to our members on a daily basis, help young people make nutrition and wellness habits a daily practice, and empower youth to avoid tobacco, alcohol and drugs. In addition, Madison offers one-on-one mentoring and listening circles for teens to help members process the challenges in their lives, including the trauma from the covid-19 pandemic. In 2022, 1,141 members participated in our healthy lifestyles programs, 83 teens participated in our substance-abuse prevention program and 93% of members reported that they increased their knowledge of risks associated with drug and alchohol use.

Academic success programs: ensure that our members have the support they need to succeed throughout their academic life and graduate from high school ready to pursue college or a career. Madison provides homework help and academic enrichment, mentors young people who are at risk for dropping out of school, offers resources so members can build their computer and technology skills, and guides members to explore potential careers and navigate the college application process. Madison also offers a 7-week summer learning program for elementary and middle-school youth. In 2022,150 elementary and 132 middle school students participated in programming 3 or more times per week. 251 elementary and 317 middle school students participated in the summer learning program, 624 teens and young adults were placed in work-based learning experiences or internships over the summer, 75 members participated in the college success initiative.

Good character and citizenship programs: offer our members opportunities to develop leadership capabilities, build social-emotional skills and make a difference in their community. Members organize service projects, participate in gender-specific initiatives that focus on values development, and do advocacy work in their local neighborhoods. Teens can partake in the youth of the year program, the premier national recognition program for Boys and Girls clubs of america members, which honors young people who have distinguished themselves academically and socially through their positive actions. In 2022, 91% of our members said that they try to help others when they see people in need and 82% reported that they believe they can make a difference in their community.