Franklin Hill Boys & Girls Club of Boston

The Franklin Hill Club is a Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston site that opened in 2009 to bring the organization’s programs into the Franklin Hill housing development and the surrounding neighborhood. It serves children ages 6 to 13 with after-school programs that put academics first, from homework help to college applications, along with STEM, book clubs, the arts, gardening and lessons in cooking, wellness and hygiene.

Programs also build healthy physical, social and emotional habits through sports and fitness. Members have access to the swimming pool at the Blue Hill Club, and the club expects members to respect themselves, others, staff and property. Director Ashley Simpson has led the club since 2018. She began her own path with the organization as a junior staff member at the Blue Hill Club in 2002 and later worked at the Mattapan and Sumner clubs.

What to Know

• The club serves free hot dinners to members.
• Volunteers can get involved through Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston.
• The club is one of several Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston locations across the city.