Charlestown Boys & Girls Club of Boston
About
The Grousbeck Club of Charlestown is a branch of Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston serving more than 900 young people each year. Rooted in Boston since 1893, it is one of the first Boys and Girls Clubs in the country, starting in a single room above a grocery store with 38 boys. Today it occupies two buildings connected by an underground tunnel, with a pool, indoor basketball court and technology center.
Programs focus on academics, workforce readiness and health. Members get homework help through college applications, STEM, book clubs and the arts, while teens build job skills and connect with local employers. Sports, fitness, cooking and wellness classes round out the offerings, along with a music studio and radio station. Executive Director Derek Gallagher started at the club at age six, worked his way up from athletic assistant and was named executive director in 2018.
What to Know
- The club has a Clubhouse Network computer lab.
- Evening programs are run with outside program partners.
- Robert Lewis Jr. leads the parent organization, Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston, as president and CEO.
- Teens can work at the club as teen associates.
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