News & Events

June 22, 2010

Full-time service positions open!

Boys & Girls Club of Fall River is pleased to serve as a host site for the Social Capital Inc. (SCI) AmeriCorps program.

SCI AmeriCorps is currently recruiting for candidates to serve with us and other agencies in Eastern Mass. There are two roles available: Youth Leadership Coordinator and Outreach & Technology Coordinator. This is a great opportunity to serve local communities while gaining useful skills, earn money to pay for educational expenses (current loans or future expenses). For more information, visit http://socialcapitalinc.org/getinvolved/employment

If you'd like to be considered specifically for our agency's position, Youth Leadership Coordinator, mention that in your cover letter to SCI.

April 23, 2010

Youth Leadership Program sponsored by St. Anne’s Credit Union

L to R: Irene Orlando, President of the Boys & Girls Club; Keystoners Khady Toure and Megan Bouchard; Tracy Paiva, Compliance Manager, St. Anne's Credit Union; Ross Upton, President & CEO, St. Anne's Credit Union; Keystoners Alex Cunningham, Jessica Melody, Kendra Valente.

The Boys & Girls Club of Fall River has received a $5,000 grant from St. Anne’s Credit Union for its Keystone Club making St. Anne’s Credit Union the first corporate sponsor of this youth leadership program.

“St. Anne’s Credit Union immediately recognized that the Keystone Club is the program that trains the future leaders of Fall River. These teens lead by example and this is a very effective way to encourage peers to maintain high standards of character, citizenship, health and education,” declared Peter McCarthy, executive director of the Club. “This grant will allow these teens to expand their activities like attending the national conference thus deepening their Keystone experience.”

Established in 1991, the Keystone Club operates from September to June with approximately thirty high school Club members. Keystoning is a teen-driven program that elects its own officers and implements activities that support three key areas: Community Service; Education; and Career Exploration. The Fall River Keystone Club is one of eight Gold Charter Members in Massachusetts.

After touring the Boys & Girls Club facility, St. Anne’s Credit Union President & CEO Ross R. Upton and CRA / Compliance Manager Tracy Paiva realized the importance the Keystone Club played in the continued success of the future leaders of the Fall River community and presented the idea of sponsoring the program to the Credit Union’s CRA Committee.

Ross R. Upton expressed the feelings of the Credit Union’s CRA Committee by stating, “As a community based credit union, St. Anne’s wants to ensure that the Fall River community continues to benefit from the success of their future community leaders. We feel that supporting the Keystone Club is a major step toward achieving that goal.”  

March 19, 2010

National Boys & Girls Club Week to be Sponsored by Citizens-Union Savings Bank

National Boys & Girls Club Week will start Monday at the Boys & Girls Club of Fall River and Citizens-Union Savings Bank has announced a two-year exclusive sponsorship of this week-long program.

From Monday, March 22 through Saturday, March 27, the Fall River Club will join 4,000 Boys & Girls Clubs nationwide in the celebration of National Boys & Girls Club Week. This full week of activities is focused on education and technology, social recreation and families.

“This is an opportunity to educate the community about the work of the Boys & Girls Club, and encourage volunteerism that will make a difference in the life of a Fall River child,” declared Peter McCarthy, executive director of the Club. “We are so thrilled to welcome Citizens Union Savings Bank as our first sponsor of this exciting program for the next two years!”

Various activities, such as Friday Family Night on March 26, are designed to welcome parents and guardians of Clubs members to tour the Club and meet the staff. As many as fifteen volunteers from Citizens Union Savings Bank will also serve dinner to the Club members on throughout the week in addition to being involved in some of the educational activities. Over 400 Fall River youth and teens are expected to participate in daily National Boys & Girls Club Week activities.

Mayor Flanagan Serves Kids Café Meals

and Billy Andrade - Brad Faxon Charities for Children

Supports Safe and Sound Saturdays

Fall River Mayor Will Flanagan recently joined the staff of the Boys & Girls Club to serve dinner to 120 youths as part to of the kids Café program.

Also, the Billy Andrade-Brad Faxon Charities for Children has granted $7,600 in support of “Safe and Sound Saturdays,”

an educational activities program at the Boys & Girls Club.

Mayor William A. Flanagan joined the staff of the Boys & Girls Club of Fall River on Wednesday night to serve dinner to 120 youth.  The Kids Café provides all youth members, regardless of their ability to pay, a nutritious hot meal weekdays and lunch on Saturday.  The Kids Café is the largest in Massachusetts and is co-sponsored by the Boston Community Food Bank.   Providing up to 38,000 meals during the school year, the Club has experienced a 15% increase in the number of meals served due to economic situations in the community.

The Billy Andrade - Brad Faxon Charities for Children has granted $7,600 in support of “Safe and Sound Saturdays.” “Safe and Sound Saturdays” delivers age-appropriate activities to improve character development, recreational opportunities, and educational activities including: computer classes; Junior Games Room activities; ceramics, arts & crafts classes; dance classes; free swim/ swim lessons; indoor soccer and basketball leagues; and the Reading and Geography Clubs.  “Safe and Sound Saturdays” is offered free of charge to an average of 230 youth on 31 Saturdays during the school year.  Foundation representative Dianne Thurber met the youth of the Science Club and “Safe and Sound Saturdays” participants and with Mayor Flanagan.