Boys & Girls Club of Metro North

Our mission is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Since 1972 we have offered daily access to a broad range of programs developed and tested by the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

We are dedicated to ensuring all children have access to high quality care and enrichment at an affordable price and we maintain a very affordable programs and membership along with scholarship opportunities. Currently, we operate 2 Clubhouses, 3 Licensed Afterschool programs, and 3 Teen Centers as well as the INspire Cafe, Hall Memorial Pool & Splashpad and Community Boating. Today the organization has a $5 million budget, 175 full and part-time staff, and serves over 8,000 youth per year.

Recent accomplishments include investing in capital & staff at all levels. We brought in more Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics (STEAM) programs from teaching young children carpentry to building computers. This also included launching a series of Girls STEAM and empowerment initiatives, increasing the number of young women interested in those fields. We're expanding social work programs such as Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) to prevent any more youth from becoming a victim of the opiate crisis; food insecurity programs so no child goes hungry; and family outreach programs such as support for grandparents raising again, recent immigrants with language difficulties, and for families with children on the autism spectrum.

These accomplishments have not gone unnoticed. In the past few years we have received the Bridgestone Tires Driving Great Futures Award for program quality and increased attendance at our Clubs, the Catalyst for Change Club Advocacy Champion Award for advocacy of youth issues in the state and region, the 2018 Massachusetts Creator Award for Civic Engagement, and our Board of Directors received the League of Eagles award by the Boys & Girls Clubs of America for their level of involvement in 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2025. Locally we have received the business of the year award from the Chamber of Commerce and the partner of the year award from the local Scholarship Foundation.