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 […]
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WA State Youth of the Year Preview
The 2025 Washington State Youth of the Year will kick off a bit differently but it’ll still be magical! We’ll begin on the night of Tuesday, March 25th, with a new Dinner Reception at the Governor’s Mansion. Finalists will be able to meet each other, and we’ll recognize a teen with the 2025 Community Service […]
2025 National Mentoring Summit
Lauren Day and Katya Miltimore from our State Association team were joined by Dianna Sullivan from BGC of South Puget Sound, Francesca Matias from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and Carmen Irving from PAXIS Institute to present about WA Clubs’ ongoing youth mental health promotion work at the National Mentoring Summit in Washington […]
End of the Year Note from Our Executive Director
Here at Boys & Girls Clubs of Washington, we are celebrating a very productive and impactful year for our 170 Clubs throughout the state! We’ve deepened our reach into communities of need by providing intentional prevention and promotion programs and services, thanks to funding from the State of WA and our private philanthropic partners. We’ve […]
State Association Facilitates Professional Development for Key Club Roles
As its main mission and focus areas, our State Association facilitates advocacy, programmatic investments, and teen leadership events for its member Club organizations. Large scale investments secured by BGCWA help local Clubs launch and maintain life-changing programs for Club kids, focused on academic success, healthy lifestyles and character development. The State Association increasingly plays another key role, by […]
BGCWA Executive Director Wins Award
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, […]