Boys & Girls Clubs of Schenectady – Youth Programs
Boys & Girls Clubs of Schenectady Central Services Administration Office, 104 Education Drive, Schenectady, NY 12303
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Schenectady – Youth Programs offers activities such as Club Tech, Digital Arts Suite, Social Marketing (video production), music lessons, music production, Visual and Performing Arts, Art Programs, and swim lessons. The program also includes Sports, Fitness, and FUN, Triple Play (health and fitness), Junior Chefs, Service Learning projects, and TEAM mentoring, along with programs like SMART Moves, Street SMART, SMART Girls, Passport to Manhood, Youth for Unity, A World of Difference, and the Virtues Initiation Program. Members can also take part in Project Learn, Career Launch, Diplomas2Degrees, Money Matters, Camp Lovejoy, SPARC (Summer Program at the Rotterdam Club), and a Career Exploration Workshop at Schenectady County Community College.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Price: membership fee of $5.00 per year; Membership dues are offered at $5–$10 per child
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Schenectady states that its mission is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need them most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. The organization reports serving over 3,300 members and reaching over 12,700 total youth in 2015. Full-time professional leadership is supplemented by part-time workers and volunteers, and staff are trained to provide positive adult mentors and role models. The program notes that it serves youth ages 6 to 18, offers diverse program activities that allow youth to choose programs of interest on a daily basis, and that activities are carried out through individual, small group, and large group formats. The Clubs state that they have an Open Door Policy, are open after school, during school vacations, snow days, school half-days, and all summer, require no proof of good character, and do not turn away any child based on inability to pay. The organization describes itself as the largest agency provider of services to the youth who need them most in Schenectady County and lists community partners including Lowes and Synthesis, as well as a Fall Fling & Auction fundraiser where the community unites for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Schenectady’s premier fundraiser.
Last updated February 5, 2026.
• Ages: 6–18 years old
• Price: membership fee of $5.00 per year; Membership dues are offered at $5–$10 per child
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Schenectady states that its mission is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need them most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. The organization reports serving over 3,300 members and reaching over 12,700 total youth in 2015. Full-time professional leadership is supplemented by part-time workers and volunteers, and staff are trained to provide positive adult mentors and role models. The program notes that it serves youth ages 6 to 18, offers diverse program activities that allow youth to choose programs of interest on a daily basis, and that activities are carried out through individual, small group, and large group formats. The Clubs state that they have an Open Door Policy, are open after school, during school vacations, snow days, school half-days, and all summer, require no proof of good character, and do not turn away any child based on inability to pay. The organization describes itself as the largest agency provider of services to the youth who need them most in Schenectady County and lists community partners including Lowes and Synthesis, as well as a Fall Fling & Auction fundraiser where the community unites for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Schenectady’s premier fundraiser.
Last updated February 5, 2026.
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