Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence Programs
Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence, 136 Water St, Lawrence, MA 1841
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Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence Programs include activities such as the BGCL Dance team, academic basketball at the Club, the Academic Basketball Awareness (ABA) Camp, Planning for Your Future, and field trips. Program participants can receive hands-on, one-on-one guidance and can drop in to visit with the Assistant Director of Education or Teen Director. The programs focus on academic success, healthy lifestyles, and character building and leadership through these specific activities.
The mission of the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence is to enable all young people of Greater Lawrence, especially those who need the Club most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. The Club serves more than 4,000 members per year, with 60 percent living in one-parent families and many living at or below the poverty level. On average, 500 youth participate in the programs daily, and the Club provides daily supper for more than 350 local kids each evening.
Planning for Your Future is described as the ultimate education program and helps high schoolers apply to college, enlist in the military, or enter the trade professions. Planning for Your Future has been expanded to help middle schoolers plan for high school and a possible career path. The Club provides college counseling and scholarship assistance for high school members, and more than 500 members have attended or are attending named prestigious colleges and universities. The Club also provides prep school counseling and scholarship assistance, and more than 600 members have attended or are attending private prep schools on scholarships. Among high school seniors at the Club, 100% graduate, compared to 76% of the Lawrence community.
The Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence is described as the premier youth development agency in northeastern Massachusetts and a haven for more than 4,000 boys and girls who participate in positive and constructive activities every year. The Club has three focus areas: Academic Success, Healthy Lifestyles, and Character Building and Leadership. It is the only club in the United States with more than one finalist for National Youth of the Year and lists two National Youth of the Year and three first runner-up National Youth of the Year among its alumni.
The Club has received seven national awards for programming excellence, with programs replicated by clubs across the nation. Its Academic Basketball Awareness (ABA) Camp was included in a special documentary film narrated by James Earl Jones and recognized by Dan Lungren, then California Attorney General. The Club has been recognized in Newsweek magazine and the Atlanta Constitution for a pregnancy prevention program that has been copied in several major U.S. cities. It has also been recognized by then-Senator Joseph Biden of the Senate Judiciary Committee for having one of the most effective gang prevention programs in the country. One testimonial notes that the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence provides supper for close to 300 kids nightly, and another notes that the BGCL lists two National Youth of the Year and three first runner-up National Youth of the Year among its alumni.
Last updated January 25, 2026.
The mission of the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence is to enable all young people of Greater Lawrence, especially those who need the Club most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. The Club serves more than 4,000 members per year, with 60 percent living in one-parent families and many living at or below the poverty level. On average, 500 youth participate in the programs daily, and the Club provides daily supper for more than 350 local kids each evening.
Planning for Your Future is described as the ultimate education program and helps high schoolers apply to college, enlist in the military, or enter the trade professions. Planning for Your Future has been expanded to help middle schoolers plan for high school and a possible career path. The Club provides college counseling and scholarship assistance for high school members, and more than 500 members have attended or are attending named prestigious colleges and universities. The Club also provides prep school counseling and scholarship assistance, and more than 600 members have attended or are attending private prep schools on scholarships. Among high school seniors at the Club, 100% graduate, compared to 76% of the Lawrence community.
The Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence is described as the premier youth development agency in northeastern Massachusetts and a haven for more than 4,000 boys and girls who participate in positive and constructive activities every year. The Club has three focus areas: Academic Success, Healthy Lifestyles, and Character Building and Leadership. It is the only club in the United States with more than one finalist for National Youth of the Year and lists two National Youth of the Year and three first runner-up National Youth of the Year among its alumni.
The Club has received seven national awards for programming excellence, with programs replicated by clubs across the nation. Its Academic Basketball Awareness (ABA) Camp was included in a special documentary film narrated by James Earl Jones and recognized by Dan Lungren, then California Attorney General. The Club has been recognized in Newsweek magazine and the Atlanta Constitution for a pregnancy prevention program that has been copied in several major U.S. cities. It has also been recognized by then-Senator Joseph Biden of the Senate Judiciary Committee for having one of the most effective gang prevention programs in the country. One testimonial notes that the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence provides supper for close to 300 kids nightly, and another notes that the BGCL lists two National Youth of the Year and three first runner-up National Youth of the Year among its alumni.
Last updated January 25, 2026.
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