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Thank you for supporting our youth!

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…

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…

By Sam Cavalcanti, YDP From a distance, one might underestimate a poolside luncheon, the sight of well-dressed women holding refreshing beverages under the Los Angeles sun evoking stereotypical ideas of…

By Sam Cavalcanti, YDP We recently paired up with several volunteers at Hulu, the streaming service, for a Career Path Dash event that gave several of our teen members the…

By Sam Cavalcanti, YDP “Youth of the Year” (YOY) celebrates our High Schoolers’ achievements and excellence in character, leadership, and in upholding the values of the Boys and Girls Club.…

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…

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…

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…

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…