Hear a powerful message from BGC youth on the two year anniversary of the Pandemic

Follow along with our Roving Reports as she shows you all the GREAT moments that happen everyday at the Boys and Girls Clubs.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County held its 3^rd Annual Turkey Dinner for Club members and their families on November Fridays 19^th.  For this event, restauranteurs the Kilroy family opened their restaurant, The Lobster Bar, and welcomed over 190 guests to dine together on the Wharf. 

NEWPORT — Throughout the COVID pandemic, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County has been working to support families that need extra help, and some of the funding to assist these families has come from federal sources.

Nonprofits on the frontlines of responding to the COVID-19 crisis have been awarded another $380,000 in grants in the final phases of the RI Gives Vax Challenge. The funding was triggered as a result of to the 25,000+ Rhode Islanders who got vaccinated since the program was launched in July. More than 81 percent of adult Rhode Islanders are now at least partially vaccinated.

Campers at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County’s Camp Grosvenor got a sneak peek at the caliber of performances at this year’s Newport Folk Festival when The Ballroom Thieves visited the kids at the Saunderstown camp to perform, share instruments and interact with them. Since 2013, the Newport Festivals Foundation, organizers of the iconic Newport Folk Festival and Newport Jazz Festival, has collaborated with the Club to bring enriching, live performances to Club members to expose them to vocal and instrumental music, and has funded music instruction at the Clubhouse.

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County welcomed U.S. Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island to its Central Clubhouse on July 8th, where he observed Club staff in action as they led members through fun and enriching activities that addressed the learning losses brought on by the past year’s COVID-related school shutdowns and distance learning.

Over the past year, our state has faced a myriad of uncertainties as we grapple with the lasting impact the coronavirus has had on our lives and those around us. I have the honor of witnessing the difference our club can make in our community firsthand, every day, as the Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County.

NEWPORT — Norelys Hunter, a Rogers High School senior with more than 200 hours of volunteer work
under her belt, was selected by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County as its Youth of the Year.

Distance learning at Boys & Girls Club Newport