Saving Lives through Youth Guidance & Development

"For many years, I ran away and took my anger out on others until I found my second home.  This place is the Wattles Bys & Girls Club." These are the words spoken by Josh Brown, a five-year member of the Wattles Boys & Girls Club.  In mid-January, Josh participated in an organization-wide...

With the new school year and September under our belts, our Club members enjoyed their time at the Clubs in October with the multitude of celebrations.  A couple of our Clubs hosted Fall Family Nights, where families enjoyed a hot, nutritious meal together and engaged in Club activities as...

With summer in full swing, our Clubs are busy from 7:30am-7:30pm.  From Cooking Camp to Adventure Camp, along with many others, there is something for everyone! Back by popular demand, Science Camp has been active this summer!  Campers have learned about liquids, solids, and gases, including inflating balloons...

Congratulations are in order for the new 2012 Oregon State Youth of the Year Milo Lopez, a 6-year member of Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland. After receiving the nomination to represent the Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland earlier this year Milo went on to compete with 9 other amazing teens from Oregon and was...

Number of Families adopted:  225 Gifts given out to youth (not including the gifts that were part of the “adopted” families):  984 Food Baskets given out:  16 Meals served:  1548 Number of Volunteers:  76 Estimated number of volunteer hours:  312.50 hours Police and Command Staff in...

Going back to school can be a stressful time for families who don't have a lot of money.That's why more than 70 local police officers took 150 kids shopping on Wednesday as part of their 'Shop with a Cop' program. Over 150 Club members from across the organization went back to school this new school year with a...

Rubi Gastelum-Plata is one of thirty-seven Boys & Girls Club artists whose work has been chosen to appear in the 2011 National Fine Arts Exhibit. Selected from more than 252 finalist vying for top honors at this year's national competition, Rubi's art piece won for the 15-18 year old age division in the watercolor...

Joshua-John Slaney, a 9-year member of the Blazers Boys & Girls Club has been named the Youth of the Year for the state of Oregon by Boys & Girls Clubs of America. On April 10th at the Benson Hotel, Slaney competed against 7 youth from around the state of Oregon to capture this honor. In addition to winning this...

One out of five children is dyslexic. Nearly one-third of high school students will drop out before graduation, 1.2 million a year, 7,000 each school day. Every 26 seconds a teen drops out of school. In October 2004, BGCP recognized a disturbing trend among its members—a trend echoed in the newspaper headlines that youth...

Delores McDaniel, who has attended the Inukai Boys & Girls Club for 11 years, was recently chosen to represent Oregon as the 2009 Youth of the Year! Being named ‘Youth of the Year’ is the highest honor a Boys & Girls Club member can receive. Delores is known for her energy, compassion and commitment tohelping others...