Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids Youth Commonwealth

It's Field Trip Friday! 🚌

Our Paul I. Phillips Clubs members have been making the most of the summer with field trips to Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park and The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum!

At our Steil Club, the learning never stops! 💡 Our members have been eagerly tackling summer activity books with our amazing staff and volunteers! 📚

We are so grateful for our partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan to provide mental health and wellness services at our Clubs. Their support helps fund our licensed master of social work (LMSW) position, master of social work (MSW) interns, trauma-informed care training for staff and important initiatives like our cool-down corners.

Managed by our MSW interns, these corners provide a space for members to learn new coping skills, practice emotional regulation, and take a break when they are feeling over stimulated. On average, 25 members utilize our cool down corners every day and 92 percent of them indicated that the cool down corner helped them to cool down.

Thank you, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan!

Get ready to eat, drink, and be merry at our Be Great Tailgate event! 🏈

A huge thank you to all our food and drink sponsors!

Short's Brewing Company 🍻
Patty Matters - Food Truck 🍔
Tito's Handmade Vodka 🍸
Buffalo Wild Wings 🥨
Olly's Donuts 🍩
Tippy Cow Ice Cream 🍦
Kona Ice 🍧
The Score 🍗

At our June Family Cookouts we had the amazing opportunity to give out 300 scooters to our members and their families, thanks to Micro Kickboard! 🛴 Here are just a few pictures of the many smiling faces ready to take on the summer with their new scooters! 🩵

Tickets to our Be Great Tailgate are here! 🎟️ Join us for an evening of fun, food, and support for our mission!

🖱 Click here to purchase tickets: https://bgcgrandrapids.org/events/be-great-tailgate/

Rainy days don't have to mean no pool! 🤽🏿 At our Steil Club, we keep the good times rolling! 🎱

Our Seidman Club SMART Girls had a blast visiting the YWCA and giving back to our community! 🧽🩵

Whether you call it spiders in the web 🕸 or sharks in the water 🦈, we've got it! Our Seidman Club members finished out a day of fun with everyone's favorite gym game!

🎆 Happy fourth! 🎆

All Boys & Girls Clubs of Grands Rapids will be closed today, July 4th, and tomorrow, July 5th, in observance of the holiday. 🎉

Have a great weekend and we'll see you on Monday! 👋

July newsletters are here! 📰

Interested in Club happenings? Check out our Club and volunteer newsletters for more! 🖱

At Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids, we are all about self expression! 🎨 With the help of our amazing staff and wonderful partners, we have been exploring all things STEAM at our Paul I. Phillips Club! 🔬

Fun in the sun at our Steil Club! 🌞 Nothing quite like a summer day at the park with Club friends! 💛

We are already looking ahead to our annual Back to School Bash this August! 🎉 We can't wait to supply over 300 kids in our community with school supplies, with your help! 🎒 Join us in helping our kids kick off the school year right! 🖍

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Our Amazon Wishlist: https://a.co/hEhsVb3

Our Paul I. Phillips Club members have been learning all about animals with visits from ODC Network's Outdoor Discovery Center 🦉 and a field trip to John Ball Zoo 🦘 !

📣 This week we will be hosting our Family Cookouts at each Club to celebrate the start to summer with community, fun, delicious food, and amazing GIVEAWAYS!

We will be giving away 300 scooters across our 3 Clubs this week as well as multiple bikes so our members can spend this summer riding in style! 🚴‍♂🛴

We can't wait to see you there! 👋

Beating the heat with indoor fun at the club! 🌞 Our teens are staying cool and having a blast with games and activities. Join us for some chilled-out fun! ❄️

It's that time again! 🎉 Next week, join us for our June Family Night Cookouts on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 3 PM to 5 PM at your Club! Enjoy delicious food, great community resources, tons of fun, and amazing giveaways! 🚴‍♂🛴 Don't miss out – see you there! ✨

Register today! 👋

🖱 https://bgcgrandrapids.org/camp-omalley/

Don't miss out—we still have openings for our upcoming Teen Week! Act fast before they're gone! 🎉 Kick off your Fourth of July week with sports, climbing, fishing, and more at Camp O'Malley! 🏕️

🖱https://bgcgrandrapids.org/camp-omalley/

Summer at Seidman Club is going swimmingly! 🐟 Jump in and join us for fun in the sun all summer long! ☀

🎉 Exciting News! 🎉 Our online store is now OPEN for a limited time!

Grab your gear and spend this summer representing our Clubs, Camp, or both!! Click below to explore now! 🛍️

https://thbrands.chipply.com/bgc_gr/store.aspx

A huge thank you to Micro Kickboard for donating 300 scooters to our Clubs to hand out at our upcoming Family Night Cookouts on June 25th, 26th, and 27th! We are so excited to give these scooters out for a summer of fun! 🛴🩵

📣 On Monday, we held our highly anticipated 3rd annual Drive for Success Golf Outing at the beautiful Scott Lake Golf Course. Presented by the Eileen DeVries Family Foundation, the event was an enormous success, raising over $45,000 to support teen programming. ⛳💙

We are incredibly grateful to our 80 golfers and especially to our sponsors who made this event possible. Together, we are making a lasting impact on the lives of our teen members. 🌟

👋 Check out our booth at Rock the Block this afternoon for free applications and fun! 💙 See you there!

Thank you to Telosa Consulting and Mercantile Bank for sponsoring our Drive for Success Golf Outing! We are so thankful to have such generous community of sponsors. We can't wait to see everyone on the course next week! ⛳️

A big thank you to Plante Moran for taking time out of their Expo to put together these bikes for us! 🚲 We are so excited to raffle them off at our upcoming June Family Cookouts! ✨

LMCU's rockstar maintenance team stopped by Camp O'Malley to help us finish up some last projects before Camp starts next week! 🌟 We are so thankful for their help and excited for the weeks to come!

Check out the Fox 17 - A Path Forward Youth Advisory Board survey! 📄 This survey is an opportunity for teen voices to be heard! 📢

Click here to participate: https://tinyurl.com/Fox17YouthSurvey

Last week, our members, families, and staff celebrated the end of an amazing school year at our Rising Stars events! 🌟 We honored our graduating 12th, 8th, and 5th graders and recognized our star members who went above and beyond this year! ✨ Thank you for a fantastic school year, and a big thank you to everyone who made this year and these events special for our members! ⭐

Meet the interns! 👋

We are so excited to introduce our Club MSW interns, Buster and Sidney! They are looking forward to an amazing year in the Clubs and so are we! 💙