Boys & Girls Clubs of the Capital Area (BGCCA) celebrated the 25th annual Lights On Afterschool on October 24th to showcase the many ways in which afterschool and summer learning programs support students and families.
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Since 2000, Lights On Afterschool has been celebrated nationwide to call attention to the importance of afterschool programs for children, families and communities. BGCCA operates 10 Afterschool sites in Albany & Rensselaer counties. Learn more about BGCCA Afterschool programming: www.bgccapitalarea.org/afterschool
BGCCA Afterschool programming is expanding after receiving a 5-year $11.5 million grant award from the NYS Office of Children and Family Services through its newly established initiative Learning and Enrichment After-School Program Supports (LEAPS). The LEAPS initiative funding will allow BGCCA to provide enriching programming to 525 youth each day and will help to create many new employment opportunities. Read more about the grant on the BGCCA Blog: www.bgccapitalarea.org/post/bgcca-receives-5-year-grant-award
Read more about the LEAPS funding and how the state also participated in the 25th Annual Lights on Afterschool initiative: www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-awards-100-million-expand-free-and-low-cost-afterschool-programs-across-new
Albany School of Humanities (ASH)
Arbor Hill Elementary School (AHES)
Delaware Community Schools (DCS)
Pine Hills Elementary School (PHES)
Thomas O'Brien Academy of Science and Technology (TOAST)
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Boys & Girls Clubs of the Capital Area has been serving Albany and Rensselaer counties for well over a century. The Albany Club first open in 1892, seven years prior to the arrival of the first automobile to city, in 1899. The Club in Troy, NY opened shortly after, in 1903.
BGCCA is the largest provider of afterschool activities focused on academic achievement, character & leadership, healthy life skills, The Arts, and fitness & recreation. Every $1 invested in Boys & Girls Clubs returns $10.32 in economic benefits to Club members, their families and society. These include social benefits, such as mental health, education and healthy behaviors, not accounted for in a purely financial ROI.
See all of BGCCA's programs: www.bgccapitalarea.org/programs