Impact
Louis Harris & Associates conducted a study for BGCA and found:
• 52% said participating in the Club
"saved my life”
• 80% said Club staff helped them learn right from wrong
• 95% indicated the Club was the best thing available in their community
• "Alumni view their experiences with Clubs as highly positive, critical to their successes, and, for many, essential to their survival”
• 57% of alumni surveyed said "the Club really saved my life”
• 61% of alumni surveyed said they became more committed to their education because of the Club
• 95% stated the Clubs was one of the best things available to kids in my community
• Research shows that the impact of programs like the Boys & Girls Clubs is immediate and obvious. Children in quality supervised after-school programs are 49% less likely to do drugs, 35% less likely to smoke tobacco, and 37% less likely to become teen parents than children who are home alone and unsupervised.
• Recent survey conducted by Harris Interactive: 28% respondents would have dropped out of school if wasn’t for the Club. 51% achieved a higher level of education than thought possible from attending the Club
"The Club feels like my family.”
– 15 year old female