Boys & Girls Club of Moorpark & Simi Valley

"Field trips are my favorite!"-

From Golf N Stuff, Dave & Busters, CA Science Center and everywhere in between our Club members are making memories and having fun this summer.

Kudos to the effort and resilience of our kiddos who represented our Club at the Junior Lakers tournament in El Segundo yesterday! The Lakers Foundation put on a superb and FUN event for our members! A huge special surprise for our organization included a donation of $2,500 for our youth! Laker great, Robert Horry was in the house! Special thanks to Richard Harris and his entire team for continuing to support our youth initiatives, you're the real MVP's!

Last week at our summer program our club members learned all about "Anemometers". An anemometer is an instrument that measures wind speed and wind pressure. They had fun making and testing out their anemometers and seeing how they moved with the wind.

There will never be another!

Our Moorpark Clubhouse Grand Opening of our new Panda Cares Center of Hope launched yesterday! Fun activities, food, games, giveaways and tours! So grateful for our partners and the Panda Team! We are committed to our community and to our youth’s academic success! As part of that commitment, we are excited to open our newest space – the Panda Cares Center of Hope – a dedicated room for our young people to further their learning outside of the classroom and have fun while doing it! Be on the lookout for these new, exciting academic programs coming this summer! Thanks to Panda Cares and our local Panda Express Visit bgca.org/pandacares to learn more about these dedicated spaces.

Hello Summer 2024!

We are so ready for the upcoming 8 weeks of our Summer Program.

What a great time at the Simi Valley Public Library Book Festival this past weekend. We were able to connect with many families and gained some awesome new members who will be joining us this summer and upcoming new school year.

Registrations for our 2024-2025 After School programs are open. Check out this video to see all the fun and learning there is to be had when you become a member of the Boys & Girls Club of Moorpark & Simi Valley!

May 21, 2024

What great news from our friends at Panda Cares Foundation! Recently, our Moorpark Clubhouse was selected to renovate and open a Panda Cares Center of Hope! This renovated space will help us boost our Boys & Girls Clubs of America's national Project Learn academic success initiatives such as Power Hour, Summer Brain Gain, DIY STEM and local programming.

Our Center of Hope, made entirely possible by the Panda Cares Foundation, will provide year-round programs, activities, and opportunities to our youth in Moorpark! Pictured here, our Club members visited our local Panda Express and shared their THANKS to its employees and were also treated to some yummy food! The Moorpark Clubhouse's NEW Panda Cares Center of Hope will open its door to members on June 12, 2024!

The in-store donations raised at our local Panda Express contribute directly to our Club’s academic success programming and our Center of Hope. Please keep that in mind while you continue to visit your own local Panda Express. Your donations help support kids like ours across the country and we thank you too!

Panda Express Boys & Girls Clubs of America

A big shout out to the Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation for giving our club members a great Lakers experience.

Our club members enjoyed learning new drill and skills and going home with some awesome Lakers swag.

We have partnered with the Simi Valley Public Library for a fun day at their Family Book Festival taking place on Saturday, May 18th. We hope you can join us!

Looking to keep your teens active this summer? Check out our TEEN SUMMER PROGRAMS full of valuable knowledge, fun excursions and activities!

Summer is almost here and our Summer Camp registrations are now open at both locations.

Simi Valley Clubhouse: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfVlfWADLJYyThxspgkcLMA0nBpWPczsQFAwqnhDybJ6HNdOA/viewform

Moorpark Clubhouse: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScO8m8CSl1-M-6WVMaqpI8aNLYXeSO7EjTHieW6xHaKR9hrvg/viewform

Woohoo! Our Moorpark Clubhouse has been chosen as one of the next Panda Cares Center of Hope! The Club's Learning Center will be newly transformed in the next few months, with a target Grand Opening in June 2024. Our Panda Cares Center of Hope – a dedicated room for our young people to further their learning outside of the classroom and have fun while doing it! Keep on the lookout for updates and the transformation of our space!

Thanks to our local General Manager Sky for coming out and touring our facility and sharing this amazing opportunity for our members! Thanks to Panda Cares and our local Express! Visit bgca.org/pandacares to learn more about these dedicated spaces.

Spring Break at the Club consists of field trips, games, STEAM projects and fun time with friends.

On rainy days like today, our Mountain Meadows site members practice indoor recess to release energy and inspires movement during Triple Play.

"Art is a place for children to learn to trust their ideas, themselves and to explore what is possible." -Maryann F. Kohl

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?” At Boys & Girls Clubs of Moorpark & Simi Valley our mission supports our members, families and community every day. We believe in our commitment to making a difference, and working towards a brighter future for our youth.

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Club members of the Arroyo West school site shared their dreams.

Highlight of the week: With a standing of 3-0 in league, the Moorpark High School Boys Basketball team volunteered some time to spend with our club members to teach and play some basketball.

Thank you! California Bun

During the Holiday Season more than ever, we give our gratitude to all of our amazing Board Members, donors, staff, and Club families.

From All of Us at the Boys & Girls Club, Happy Holidays!

Mark your calendars for California Bun soft opening on Monday, December 18th. They will be open 6:30am-2:00pm and they will be donating 10% of their proceeds to the Club.

Thanks to the generosity of Karen L Thompson , Dwight Thompson and the agents at Pinnacle Estate Properties who provided these much needed Christmas gifts so that 35 of our Club members will have some amazing gifts to open on Christmas morning. You all are such a blessing to the Club and our families.

Giant word search with friends at the Club!
What our club members don't realize is that while they enjoy this fun and simple activity they are also developing their verbal reasoning, vocabulary, problem-solving, spelling, grammar and memory.

A heartfelt thanks to California Bun for their collaboration and commitment to the Club with the mission to provide a nurturing space for youth in the arts. They have displayed the artwork of 12 of our club members on the walls of their restaurant for all to enjoy.

Along with their support of our artistic club members they have also committed to donate 10% of their earnings on their soft opening day which will be Monday, December 18th!

Thank you all for helping .are a difference in the lives of our kids!

Today and every day, we are thankful for our Club members, our hardworking staff, and the amazing supporters who make it possible to build Great Futures for the youth in our community.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thank you to Alex Gandel and his team at Pinnacle Estate Properties for their donation of Turkeys and 5 lb bags of potatoes to our families to enjoy a great Thanksgiving meal.

Congratulations to club member Lan for being the Ventura County Transportation Commission youth art contest winner! Her artwork is being displayed on bus #334.