Boys & Girls Club

Boys & Girls Club Honored

By Lamont Neal on Monday, May 14th, 2012

The Boys &Girls Clubs of Huntington County received an Honor Award for BEST OVERALL CLUB PROGRAM: Less than $500,00 at Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s (BGCA) 106th National Conference held recently in San Diego, Calif. The organization received a $5,000 award from MetLife Foundation, sponsor of the awards program, which honors local Clubs for innovative, effective programming leading youth to a great future... Read More...

Boys & Girls Club serves free meals

By Lamont Neal on Monday, April 30th, 2012

The Boys & Girls Club of Huntington County is providing children free breakfast and lunch during their summer program. The summer program starts on May 29 and will last until August 10. The Club will serve breakfast and lunch from Monday through Friday. Breakfast is served from 8:30 am to 9:30 am while lunch is served from noon until 1:00 pm... Read More...

Boys & Girls club annual Steak & Burger

By Lamont Neal on Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

The Boys & Girls Club of Huntington is holding their 7th annual Steak & Burger on Tuesday, April 24th at Crestview Middle School. This tradition consists of Club youth eating steaks with their dinners and the adults eating hamburgers.

Bippus State Bank & MarkleBank are the main sponsors for the event, Silent Auction will start at 5:30, with the entertainment and dinner beginning at 6:30, Seth Marshall will serve as this year's emcee... Read More...

Projects for Great Futures Competition

By Kim Paysor on Thursday, January 26th, 2012

The Boys & Girls Club of Huntington County received a $5,000 Walmart Gift Card and $1,000 in Elmer’s products by winning the Elmer’s Projects for Great Futures competition. The contest ran during this past holiday season, between November 25 and December 12, 2011, in support of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Give the Gift of a Great Future holiday campaign... Read More...

Boys & Girls Club New Years Party

By Katie Aeschliman on Sunday, January 1st, 2012

The Boys & Girls Club celebrated the oncoming year by hosting a party Thursday, December 29. Starting at 6:00 pm and concluding with a paper mache ball-drop at midnight. Over 90 kids attended the party and participated in activities that included a Fear Factor eating contest, a “Taco Slam” challenge, a dodge-ball tournament, a writing contest to nominate their mothers as “Mom of the Year,” and a ball drop ceremony, in which staff dropped candy-filled paper mache globes from the balcony... Read More...

Metro Kiwanis Serves Thanksgiving Meal

By Barry Giggy on Monday, November 21st, 2011

On Friday 11/18/11 the Huntington Metro Kiwanis prepared and served a

Thanksgiving meal to the youth of the Boys and Girls club of Huntington including

their families. The meal consisted of Ham, Turkey, Dressing, Green Beans, Corn,

Mashed Potatoes, Gravy, Macaroni and Cheese, Vegetable tray, brownies, cookies,

cupcakes, sugar cream pie, pecan pie and pumpkin pie... Read More...

Boys & Girls Club Awarded Grant

By Katie J. Aeschliman on Monday, October 17th, 2011

Best Buy of Fort Wayne issued a $5,000 grant to the Boys & Girls Club of Huntington County. The grant is intended to enhance the Middle School/Teen Technology Center the Club is developing. Some of the items the Club intends to instill with the grant funds are 10 high-speed internet computers for to aid in member’s homework and career planning... Read More...

Fam Fest at Heirs Park

By Katie J. Aeschliman on Saturday, October 15th, 2011

The Boys & Girls Club of Huntington County will host the 4th annual Fam Fest at Heirs Park’s Heritage Hall on Friday, October, 28. The meal will be served at 5:00 pm and the event will conclude with a fireworks finale at 7:30 pm. Each meal includes pulled pork, provided by The Hog Roasters, BBQ sauce, sauerkraut, baked beans, applesauce and homemade cookies... Read More...

Child and Adult Food Program

By Katie J. Aeschliman on Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

The Boys & Girls Club of Huntington County today announced sponsorship of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and its policy for providing free and reduced-price meals at no separate charge. Free and reduced-price meals will be provided to participants meeting the approved eligibility criteria... Read More...

Child and Adult Care Food Program

By Katie Aeschliman on Saturday, August 27th, 2011

Be GREAT, Graduate Program

By Mandy Reber on Monday, August 22nd, 2011

The Boys & Girls Club of Huntington is rolling out a brand new initiative starting this school year called, Be GREAT, Graduate! The program based on the evidence based curriculum Check & Connect, focuses on youth in grades 5-8 to spend 1-on-1 time with an adult mentor. The initiative lasts for 3 years, youth meet weekly with their mentors, tracking the students': grades, weekly assignments, school behavior, test scores as well as working with them on self-esteeem, like skills, problem solving, & family engagment... Read More...

Sweet-SMART Girls Program a Hit

By Mandy Reber on Thursday, August 11th, 2011

The Sweet-SMART Girls summer program held at the Boys & Girls Club has had a fun summer. Girls in 7th-12th grade participate in weekly lessons about relationships, self-esteem, healthy living and peer leadership. The Sweet-SMART Girls concept was identified at the beginning of the summer, so the group would work on complimenting others around them... Read More...

Boys & Girls Club Art Show Winners

By Katie Aeschliman on Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

The acrylic painting entitled “At Ease” by six-year-old Skyla Tomasek was awarded Best In Show at the Boys & Girls Club Art Show Reception on Friday at Four Cups Coffee. Tomasek’s piece was among 50 entries displayed at the show which were selected by Liane Mook, the Club’s art coordinator... Read More...

Boys & Girls Club Art Show

By Katie J. Aeschliman on Friday, July 22nd, 2011

To honor members’ artistic talent, artwork from The Boys & Girls Club of Huntington will be on display at Four Cups Coffee from July 22 to August 5. The Club will host a reception on Friday night from 7 to 8 to issue awards to the top pieces. The public is invited to come, view the member’s art pieces and enjoy refreshments provided by the Club... Read More...

Princess of the Day at Boys & Girls Club

By Katie J. Aeschliman on Friday, July 22nd, 2011

Members of Princess Club gather around their Princess of the Day at the Boys & Girls Club of Huntington County on Monday, July 18. Girls ages 5 to 8 meet twice a week for Princess Club, which is sponsored by Psi Iota Xi and the Parkview Foundation. Every session a Princess of the Day is crowned according to exhibiting a positive attitude, participation and attendance... Read More...