BGCWA’s Executive Director, Katya Miltimore, was honored with the Prevention Professional of the Year award by WA State Healthcare Authority on October 30th at the annual Prevention Summit. The award celebrates multifaceted work by our local Clubs in youth mental health promotion, drug and alcohol abuse prevention and overall health and wellbeing-focused programming taking place […]
2024 WA State Keystone Summit
The 2024 Keystone Summit took place on Saturday, October 19th. Nearly 150 teens from around Washington converged in Seattle for sessions on outreach, advocacy, leadership, and other dynamic teen topics. Featuring several keynote speakers, this year’s summit also highlighted a college fair and 16 workshops. The summit opened with a warm welcome from Miss Washington, […]
Recognition at BGCA’s 2024 Leadership Conference
It was an exciting time for Washington Clubs at Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s 2024 Leadership Conference in Phoenix in September! Several of our organizations won awards for outstanding service. Boys & Girls Clubs of Benton and Franklin Counties was recognized for their teen programs–they received the Honor Award for Program Quality for Teen […]
Mental Health Promotion Pilot Year Two Report
Boys & Girls Clubs of Washington State (BGCWA) has developed and completed two years of a three-year pilot program to provide behavioral health staff support and trauma-informed training within their Clubs in partnership with WA state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, PAXIS Institute and the Norcliffe Foundation. In the first year, the pilot launched […]
Boeing Liftoff for Learning
For the seventh year in a row, Boeing is partnering with Boys & Girls Clubs to raise funds for Clubs and supplies for Club kids ahead of the back-to-school season. During the month of August, Boeing’s internal campaign “Liftoff for Learning” encourages its employees to donate to our Clubs, with every donation over $25 matched […]
2024 Summit for America’s Youth
The Summit for America’s Youth (SAY) conference is an annual event at our nation’s capitol where youth from around the country gather to meet with members of Congress and participate in valuable trainings. This year, a couple of the Washington organizations that participated were Boys & Girls Clubs of King County and Boys & Girls […]