Madison Square Boys & Girls Club

Good character and citizenship programs: offer our members opportunities to develop leadership capabilities, build social-emotional skills and make a difference in their community. Members organize service projects, participate in gender-specific initiatives that focus on values development, and do advocacy work in their local neighborhoods. Teens can partake in the youth of the year program, the premier national recognition program for boys and girls clubs of america members, which honors young people who have distinguished themselves academically and socially through their positive actions. In 2024, 346 members participated in youth of purpose programs, 345 members participated in listening circles, 191 positive action sessions were offered, and 25 members participated in the youth of the year program.