Your Impact
Our Mission. Your Impact.
Every day, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana provides young people with safe places, caring mentors, life-enhancing programs, and opportunities to build great futures.
Together with families, volunteers, donors, and community partners, we're helping youth discover their potential and achieve success in school, career, and life.
Your Support Changes Lives
You may never meet every child whose life you impact, but your support helps create opportunities that can change a young person's future forever.
Aaron's story is one example of the difference your investment makes every day.
Aaron's Story
By the time Aaron reached fifth grade, he had already moved six times.
His father was incarcerated and refused to communicate with him. Frequent moves made it difficult to build friendships, stay connected, and keep up academically. Without consistent support or positive male role models, Aaron struggled with feelings of hopelessness, isolation, and depression.
Everything changed when Aaron's family moved near a Boys & Girls Club.
What began as a safe place to go after school soon became something much more.
"The services and programs offered at the Club benefited all areas of my life."
Through programs like Power Hour, Aaron received homework assistance and academic support that helped him succeed in school.
Programs like Indiana Kids encouraged educational achievement and helped him appreciate the value of continuing his education.
But the greatest impact came through Passport to Manhood.
Without a father figure in his life, Aaron learned life skills and values that would shape his future.
"Passport to Manhood taught me essential skills I otherwise would have missed out on—tying a tie, identifying tools in a toolbox, how to treat women, how to respect myself and others, positive decision making, communication skills, and entrepreneurship that literally changed the course of my life."
Today, Aaron is no longer simply overcoming challenges.
He is thriving.
As a student at Indiana University and an admitted member of the Kelley School of Business, Aaron is building the future he once struggled to imagine.
Because of supporters like you, he had access to the programs, mentors, and opportunities that helped him become who he was meant to be.
The Difference You Make
Every day, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana provides programs and experiences that help young people:
- Succeed academically
- Build confidence and leadership skills
- Develop healthy lifestyles
- Discover career pathways
- Form positive relationships
- Reach their full potential
Your support helps make these opportunities possible.
A Place Where Youth Can Be Who They Dream to Be
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana offers innovative programs and activities designed to empower youth to excel in school, become responsible citizens, and lead healthy, productive lives.
Our highly trained staff is committed to providing safe places where young people can learn, grow, and discover what's possible.
Together, we're creating great futures across Northwest Indiana.
Help Write the Next Success Story
There are thousands of young people across Northwest Indiana with dreams, potential, and goals waiting to be realized.
Your support helps make those futures possible.