Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest San Diego – Youth Programs
Polster Clubhouse / Carmel Valley Montessori School, 3800 Mykonos Lane, A, A, CA 92130
About
Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest San Diego – Youth Programs offers activities that include an After School Program, Athletics & Middle School Sports, Bulldogs Basketball, Break Week Camps, Summer Adventure Camps, and programs at the Youth Arts Academy. Participants can take part in private music lessons, use a Computer Lab and Teen Center, and access a Recording Studio. Aquatics options include swim team, RSD Swim Team, swim instruction, lifeguarding, and programs at the Pardee Aquatics Center, and the organization also runs Carmel Valley Montessori School, Centers for a Healthy Lifestyle, The Lunch Box, and the ROADs (Real Options for Adults with Disabilities) program for adults with developmental disabilities.
The mission of Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest San Diego is to inspire, develop, and enrich young people to reach their fullest potential as confident, responsible, caring members of society. The organization operates multiple specialized centers, including a Center for a Healthy Lifestyle, a Center for Innovation, a Harper Teen Center, and the Youth Arts Academy. It serves more than 6,000 registered members in its After School Program and more than 14,300 total youth through membership and community activities, and awards over $332,000 in financial assistance each year. The Club is the second largest Boys & Girls Club organization in San Diego County and is defined as a Major Metro Organization by Boys & Girls Clubs of America based on its annual budget size and the number of children it serves. Community connections include a partnership with the Oceanside Unified School District, work within the Vista Unified School District, and origins linked to the Encinitas Optimist and San Dieguito Kiwanis service clubs, and the organization states that it welcomes all races, sexual orientations, ethnicities, identities, religions, and abilities and aims for members and staff to feel valued and free to be their authentic selves. Leadership figures named in the organization’s history and operations include Doug Hall, Dr. Charles Clark, Chris Ann Sarver, Ally Hanlon, and Marineke Vandervort. The organization’s history includes the establishment of original facilities in the 1950s and 1960s, the beginning of Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito in Encinitas in 1966, the start of Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside in 1952, and a merger in 2024 that created Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest San Diego. Over the decades it has added branches, gymnasiums, pools, school partnerships, the Big Eight Middle School Sports program, Carmel Valley Montessori School, the Youth Arts Academy, the ROADs program, the Center for a Healthy Lifestyle, the Center for Innovation, and the Bulldogs Basketball program.
Last updated December 26, 2025.
The mission of Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest San Diego is to inspire, develop, and enrich young people to reach their fullest potential as confident, responsible, caring members of society. The organization operates multiple specialized centers, including a Center for a Healthy Lifestyle, a Center for Innovation, a Harper Teen Center, and the Youth Arts Academy. It serves more than 6,000 registered members in its After School Program and more than 14,300 total youth through membership and community activities, and awards over $332,000 in financial assistance each year. The Club is the second largest Boys & Girls Club organization in San Diego County and is defined as a Major Metro Organization by Boys & Girls Clubs of America based on its annual budget size and the number of children it serves. Community connections include a partnership with the Oceanside Unified School District, work within the Vista Unified School District, and origins linked to the Encinitas Optimist and San Dieguito Kiwanis service clubs, and the organization states that it welcomes all races, sexual orientations, ethnicities, identities, religions, and abilities and aims for members and staff to feel valued and free to be their authentic selves. Leadership figures named in the organization’s history and operations include Doug Hall, Dr. Charles Clark, Chris Ann Sarver, Ally Hanlon, and Marineke Vandervort. The organization’s history includes the establishment of original facilities in the 1950s and 1960s, the beginning of Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito in Encinitas in 1966, the start of Boys & Girls Clubs of Oceanside in 1952, and a merger in 2024 that created Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest San Diego. Over the decades it has added branches, gymnasiums, pools, school partnerships, the Big Eight Middle School Sports program, Carmel Valley Montessori School, the Youth Arts Academy, the ROADs program, the Center for a Healthy Lifestyle, the Center for Innovation, and the Bulldogs Basketball program.
Last updated December 26, 2025.
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