Boys & Girls Clubs Of Southwest Virginia Inc

Youth development summer camp youth development summer camp programming takes place at all bgcswva sites to ensure youth continue to retain school year academic accomplishments (preventing summer "brain drain") and continue to build on healthy lifestyles and good citizenship programming. Summer camps run all day, 7:30-6:00, for up to 9 weeks each summer, providing students ages 5-18 a safe place to be during the summer months. Programs include academic enrichment, stem programming, swimming and water safety, community service projects, and youth employment programming.

Meals for youth students at all after school and summer programs receive meals daily, depending on program time of day and duration. Meals include breakfast, snack, lunch, and dinner during summer programming, and snack, lunch and dinner in after school programs. Nutritious meals are supplemented with locally grown fruits and vegetables and intentional programming to teach the benefits of healthy eating and food preparation. Healthy lifestyles programming is all-encompassing and incorporates meals, cooking, physical activity, and abstention from unhealthy behaviors such as smoking or vaping.