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Are YOU on the Boys & Girls Club team?! Here’s a message from your teammates
Here at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County, “Team BGC,” we do #WhateverItTakes to build #GreatFutures. Our mission is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens.
Cox Innovation Lab Ribbon Cutting Ceremony with Malcolm Mitchell
The Newport Boys & Girls Clubs celebrated the launch of a new technology-filled Innovation Lab at its facility, made possible by a $20,000 grant from the James M. Cox Foundation. The Cox Innovation Lab was welcomed with a grand opening ceremony held by the Newport Boys & Girls Clubs at their North End Clubhouse and announced by former New England Patriot and Super Bowl Champion, Malcolm Mitchell.
The Club’s NEW pool chairlift, funded by the Newport County Fund, is a game changer
When Jan Shea saw the Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County’s new pool chair lift, it was love at first sight.
4th Annual Community Awards Celebration, “Growing Together”
Club kids, past and present, gathered in the gymnasium of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County on Sept. 23 for the organization’s fourth annual awards celebration.
Listen to 9.1.22 Radio Segment of “The Business of Greater Newport”
The Business of Greater Newport (September 2022 archive) hosted by The Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce
12 Metre Yacht Club partners with BGCRI for a visit to The Sailing Museum
NEWPORT, RI (WLNE) — The 12 Meter Yacht Club — a club of big, historic boats wanted to take their passion off the water and put it in the hands of others. In the past two months, they’ve held a few events to help people out, both locally and internationally.
Honoring a champion at the 2022 Newport Yacht Rendezvous
An unexpected rain shower failed to dampen the excitement at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County’s signature fundraiser, the ninth annual Newport Yacht Rendezvous, held June 24 at the Safe Harbor Newport Shipyard.
Listen to 6.9.22 Radio Segment of “The Business of Greater Newport”
The Business of Greater Newport (June 2022 archive)
hosted by The Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce
Thursday from 10am to 11am. Hear from Greater Newport Chamber member guests and the business of the week.
2022 RI Boys & Girls Club ‘Youth of the Year’
King, a member of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County, vied for the title along with four other teens from clubs throughout the state. He will represent Rhode Island at the regional “Youth of the Year” competition in June and, if he prevails, will then compete for the national “Youth of the Year” title.