The Boys & Girls Club of Douglas County is an after-school program that serves at-risk, disadvantaged youth between the ages of 6 and 18.

Building Expansion Needed

The Douglas County Boys & Girls Club facility is now 25 years old and in desperate need of expansion. Because of the lack of space, the club is now faced with the serious issue of having to decline hundreds of applicants a year and losing its teenage members. While the average daily attendance is 160, our current space was designed for approximately 130 children.

Club programs and activities are age-specific, but with no space to separate the teenagers from the younger children, both groups often socialize in the same area. As a result, retaining teenage members is a challenge.

Your Help is Needed Now

The vision of the new teen center is to inspire and enable young people in critical teen years to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.

The fundraising goal for the teen center is $1 million, which will include the building as well as furnishings, equipment and start-up operating costs.

We provide each child who comes to our Club the tools to make positive choices. We cannot do this alone, however. We need the support of caring people from the community like you.

Be the One to join the community in support of the Douglas County Boys & Girls Club.

• While the membership fee is only $35 per year per child, the cost to the Club to serve one child is $1,000/year.

• To make a donation that makes a lasting difference in the life of a child, you may download the Pledge form from the "Downloadable Documents" to the right of this page.
  
  Be the One to make a lasting difference in the life of a child
  

  Proof of Need is in the Numbers

  The Douglas County Club, located at Hunter Park in the City of Douglasville

  • serves more than 550 young people.
  • 69% of our members are from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
  • 42% of our members come from single-parent homes.
  • Scholarships are available for children whose families cannot afford the membership fee of $35 per year.
  Teen membership is increasing
  • Of the 550+ members, approximately 37% are teens.
  • Within the past four years, the number of teens has increased 80%, and more than half of the teens attend the club three or more times per week.
  
  Membership makes a positive difference
  
  • 51% of the kids who join the Douglas County Club remain with the club through high school.
  • Douglas County Boys & Girls Club members have a 17% higher overall grade-point average than students in the community who are non-members.

  Our children receive consistent attention and care from a trained and professional staff, and our youth development model focuses on six core areas.

  1. Character and Leadership Development

  2. Education and Career Development

  3. Health and Life Skills

  4. Arts & Cultural Enrichment

  5. Sports, Fitness and Recreation

  6. Outdoor and Environmental Education

  Our local club is part of a unified nationwide affiliation of more than 4,000 Boys & Girls Clubs of America locations.