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Keep up with what is happening at the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area.
BGCAA Mourns Loss of Ara Duke & Lyndsey Vicknair
This week, the entire team at the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area (BGCAA) suffered a great loss when they learned that Ms. Ara Duke – an interventionist at IDEA Rundberg and BGCAA’s primary school liaison for the Boys & Girls Club at IDEA Rundberg – was...
BGCAA Celebrates Game Day with Jamaal Charles!
On June 7th, BGCAA hosted the 2nd Annual Game Day with Jamaal Charles and Friends, providing hundreds of youth with the opportunity to spend a day playing and learning from NFL greats at our Home Club on the Sheth Family Campus! Youth from all of our summer camp...
Celebrating 5 Years of Home Club!
This year, the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area (BGC Austin) is proudly celebrating the 5th Anniversary of their flagship location, Home Club on the Sheth Family Campus, which was formally recognized in April in a Proclamation from City of Austin Mayor Kirk...
Boys & Girls Clubs featured on We Are Austin!
Check out this - We Are Austin interview with our Director of Development Paul Turner, who discusses the 5th Anniversary of our Home Club on the Sheth Family Campus and how youth can participate in our free summer camps and afterschool programs! Click here to view the...
2024 Great Futures Luncheon
We are buzzing with excitement about our upcoming Great Futures Luncheon on Friday, May 3rd at the Four Seasons Austin.We are excited to announce our engaging lineup for this year's event, featuring Jay Hartzell, President of the University of Texas at Austin as our...
2024 Youth of the Year Award
Please join us in sending a huge congratulations to Marley A., the winner of the Boys & Girls’ Clubs of Austin’s 2024 Youth of the Year Award!The Youth of the Year (YOY) award is an annual Boys & Girls Clubs initiative to celebrate the extraordinary achievements of...
BGC Youth Hit NASCAR!
What an experience! In late March, NASCAR invited several BGCAA youth to attend the NASCAR Cup Series at Circuit of the Americas in Austin. In addition to getting up-close access to the race itself, youth were given a behind-the-scenes tour of race operations. NASCAR...
Oracle Provides Grant to Support STEM Programming for Youth
The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area (BGCAA) announced that Oracle Giving recently awarded a $45,000 grant to support the delivery of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programming at 27 Club sites throughout the Austin area. The goal...
Women’s History Month at BGCAA!
At BGCAA, Women’s History Month is a special time, because it not only provides us with an opportunity to stop and recognize the amazing women throughout the organization who give their all to our mission and our youth, but it is also an opportunity to reflect...
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area Names Mario Zambrano as Board Chair
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area is thrilled to announce the appointment of Mario Zambrano to the position of Chair of the Board of Directors! Mario first joined BGCAA Austin’s Board of Directors in 2017, and he also served as BGCAA’s Interim Chief Executive...
Building a Brand Off the Field
College athletes score big with Moody College NIL branding class Quinn Ewers is no stranger to endorsement deals. The star Longhorn quarterback and University of Texas at Austin sophomore has done ads for Sonic, Holy Kombucha and the Austin-based Davis Law Firm. So...
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area Names Zenae Campbell as Chief Executive Officer
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area (BGCAA) announced that the Board of Directors has named Zenae Campbell as its next chief executive officer, effective Nov. 13, 2023. BGCAA conducted its search process with the assistance of Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s...
