Saturday at the Summit

By Sam Cavalcanti, YDP On Saturday, May 14, we held our Annual Youth Summit at our main site, where children and teens from all of our branches gathered to fraternize…

Safety First!

By Sam Cavalcanti, YDP One of our main priorities at the Boys and Girls Club is to provide a physically and emotionally safe environment for all of our members. This…

A Picture is Worth More…

By Sam Cavalcanti, YDP Winter session has been in full swing for a few weeks now, and one of my favorite programs is our photography club, called “Imagemakers”. The curriculum…

Front Desk Confident

By Sam Cavalcanti, YDP This blog entry is dedicated to all the kids who decided to join me in the front desk this semester. For context, I often work that…

A Season of Thanks

Written by Sam Cavalcanti, YDP To say this year’s Thanksgiving week was unusual is an understatement. Just like school has returned to in-person sessions for most of our kids, this…

No More Tears

Written by Sam Cavalcanti, YDP Middle school is a difficult, transitional phase, and one will seldom go through it without a few tears. One of the toughest facets of this…