Blog: In the Bluelight
Your inside look at the stories, updates, and impact shaping Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area.
Congrats to the BGCAA Spelling Bee Winners!
On July 11th, Boys & Girls Club of the Austin Area was thrilled to host a citywide Spelling Bee for youth from our summer camp sites at the Stateside Theater at the Paramount in Downtown Austin! It was a treat to see our kids on the big stage engaging in a...
BGCAA Collaborates to Provide Summer Meals & Fresh Produce to Youth, Families
This summer, BGCAA is proud to be partnering with two amazing organizations addressing food insecurity in our community, the Central Texas Food Bank (CTFB) and Brighter Bites. On June 11th, BGCAA hosted the kickoff of CTFB's Summer Meals Program at our Home Club on...
BGCAA Welcomes City Manager TC Broadnax
Boys & Girls Clubs of Austin was honored to be part of a coalition of community-based organizations who came together to welcome Austin's newest City Manager, T.C. Broadnax, on June 27th! Mr. Broadnax comes to Austin after serving as the City Manager of Dallas, and he...
Announcing BGCAA’s New COO Alison Hall!
BGCAA is pleased to announce the newest member of our executive leadership team, Chief of Operations Alison Hall! Alison brings more than 22 years of experience in public education to the BGCAA team, including 10 years of service as a principal and three years of...
Join in on the Fun for #BGCWeek at #BGCAA!
We're kicking off National Boys & Girls Clubs Week here at Boys & Girls Clubs of Austin, a week to celebrate both the invaluable service our Clubs bring to the Austin metro community by paving the road for all young people to build Great Futures and...
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...
