Community Grand Opening & Afternoon Ribbon Cutting
Tuesday, June 21st
12:00 Noon – 7:00 pm with a 5:00 pm Program and 6:00 pm Ribbon Cutting
The Boys & Girls Club of Kenosha was founded in 1992 for the main purpose of offering programs and activities for the youth of the Wilson Heights Neighborhood in Kenosha. The original budget was approximately $150,000 and the Club served 198 members. After the mergers with the Lincoln Neighborhood Center in 2000 and the Christian Youth Council in 2001, along with 8 afterschool sites, the Club has grown to over 5,650 members in 2009 with an operating budget of 2 million dollars and reaching children throughout Kenosha.
Vision Statement of the Future
The Boys & Girls Club is a youth guidance organization dedicated to promoting health, social, educational, vocational, cultural, character and leadership development. We help youth improve their lives by building skills, values and self esteem in order to prevent potential gang involvement and alcohol and other drug abuse.
Mission Statement
“To inspire, enable and provide resources to all young people of Greater Kenosha to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.”
Agency Goals
The purpose of the Boys & Girls Club is the health, social, educational, vocational and character development of youth. We are concerned with all youth where there is a need, but are primarily concerned with disadvantaged youth. This not only means the economically disadvantaged, but socially, educationally and physically disadvantaged as well. It is concerned with emotional behavior, attitude and guidance of youth through wholesome, constructive activities in health, physical, educational, social, vocational and small group programs under professionally trained staff.