Boys and Girls Club of the Leech Lake Area

Boys and Girls Club of the Leech Lake Area offers homework help, activities focused on building character and leadership skills, and time for participating in fun activities in the gym. The program follows a youth development strategy that builds self-confidence and self-esteem and fosters a sense of cultural identity, belonging, competence, usefulness, and influence. Its programs and services promote and enhance the development of youth by instilling a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging, and power or influence.

• Ages: 6–18 years old

The Mission of the Boys and Girls Club is to enable all young people, especially those who need the program most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. The Boys and Girls Club of the Leech Lake Area serves over 950 youth ages 6–18 during after-school and summer hours from the communities of Cass Lake, Walker, and Deer River in Northern Minnesota. Boys and Girls Clubs are described as a safe place to learn and grow while having fun, and the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Leech Lake Area is described as a safe, positive, and productive place for youth to develop attitudes and skills that enable them to succeed in life while having fun. The organization states that it prides itself on creating once in a lifetime opportunities for youth that they would not find elsewhere.

Last updated July 25, 2026.