Boys & Girls Club of Portage County

Our mission is to inspire and empower all youth to realize their full potential. In 2002, we originally opened our doors to a Clubhouse in Junction City and downtown Stevens Point and began serving hundreds of youth almost immediately. Today, weve expanded our reach to serve some 2,200 youth in 9 service locations in Portage County, including Almond-Bancroft, Plover, Junction City, Rosholt, and Stevens Point. Our hours and days of operation vary by site. During the school year, our doors are open after school and during the summer months, we operate during the day. We feel these are the days and times when parents and kids need the Boys & Girls Club the most. Boys & Girls Club of Portage County is part of a national network of affiliated Clubs. The national organization, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, began in 1860 with several women in Hartford, Conn.Believing that boys who roamed the streets should have a positive alternative, they organized the first Club. Why Boys & ...