Club Teens Lead the Way for Safer Communities
26 August, 2019Over the summer, several Grand Rapids neighborhoods were beset by a rash of violence and shootings. In response, teen leadership groups at the Boys & Girls Clubs, called Keystone Clubs, ...Read morePatrick Placzkowski Named New CEO
07 March, 2019Patrick Placzkowski GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Following a six-month national search, Patrick Placzkowski has been chosen to lead the Boys & Girls Club of Grand Rapids, which serves more than ...Read more- 18 September, 2018Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids and the Grand Rapids Police Department have partnered to offer Pathways to Policing, a mentoring and training program that provides members and alumni ...Read more
- 05 August, 2017Imagine one neighborhood where 147 juvenile arrests were made in one year alone. That is what happened in 1938. Grand Rapids Police Department Superintendent Frank O’Malley decided that this was ...Read more
- 02 June, 2017On June 1, club members from all three Club locations gathered at Paul I. Phillips Club to celebrate our 5th annual Rising Stars ceremony. This event recognizes and uplifts our ...Read more
- 20 April, 2017Selected among several local outstanding youth, Zsana Hoskins has been named the 2017 Grand Rapids Youth of the Year and the Michigan Youth of the Year. Zsana will receive scholarship ...Read more
- 17 November, 2015St. Stephens Parish was called into action eight years ago to provide Thanksgiving Dinner at Steil Boys & Girls Clubs. Not knowing the exact needs or the outcome, their community ...Read more