Welcome to the El Dorado County Western Slope Boys and Girls Club
In every community, boys and girls are left to find their own recreation and companionship in the streets. An increasing number of children are at home with no adult care or supervision. Young people need to know that someone cares about them.
Boys & Girls Clubs offer that and more. Club programs and services promote and enhance the development of boys and girls by instilling a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging and influence.
Boys & Girls Clubs are a safe place to learn and grow -- all while having fun. It is truly The Positive Place For Kids.
Thanks for stopping by.
Joan Stek, Director
Technology Center - February 4, 2003
We are a proud to be partners with:
California National Guard
El Dorado County Office of Education
El Dorado County Sheriff's Department
Pollock Pines School District
United Way California Capital Region
Black Oak Mine Unifiied School District
Camarado Springs Middle School
7 years ago a group of
concerned and dedicated people decided something needed to be done for the young
people on the western slope of El Dorado County. They wanted a safe place and
the best programs available so they searched for the organization with the
greatest track record serving children.
That was the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Boys & Girls Clubs have been
serving young people for 140 years and today, over 2,000 Clubs provide youth
development programs for over 3 million kids. Communities having Boys &
Girls Clubs have found that members have lower school drop out rates, lower
juvenile crime rates, higher grades, less gang involvement and less drug,
alcohol and tobacco use.
For the past 4 years the Western
Slope Club has been providing Friday night dances for high school students.
Between 100 and 300 teens attend these dances. The kids have been excited to
have someplace to go where they can have fun in a safe, secure and
non-judgmental atmosphere.
On June 2, 1999 the Western Slope Boys & Girls Club began daily programs for
kids between the ages of 7 and 18 here in Placerville. We have developed an
innovative partnership with the California National Guard, a first in this
state. The Guard provides the Armory, located at the fairgrounds, for a
Clubhouse. Summer programs operate from 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM. Our school year hours
are 2:00-6:00.
Also during the school year we have a satellite site in Pollock Pines on the
Emigrant Trail Campus, thanks to a partnership with the Pollock Pines School
District. In building E-2 members can attend daily from 2-6PM. More satellite
sites have always been part of the original vision.
Programs at all Boys & Girls Club are presented as part of something we like
to call the Youth Development Strategy. We believe everything done at the Club
should foster a sense of belonging, usefulness, influence, and competence. By
offering these feelings to our young people through exciting and entertaining
programs we help them to become the positive and successful adults each of them
has the ability and capacity to become.
An addition is now being built at the Armory. This new addition will include a
state of the art computer learning center and gamesroom and meeting area where
kids can gather.
The Boys & Girls Club offer the youth of the Western Slope area what they
have been missing for so long: a place of their own. They have programs which
address a wide range of topics including education, the arts, outdoor and
environmental studies, community service, leadership development and health
education. They have caring adults who offer support and mentoring programs.
They are in a safe and positive atmosphere. And they have fun.
We would like to thank the community for its support of this idea, which has
been a long time in coming but is now a vital part of the Western Slope of El
Dorado County.
