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Club Names Roger Barrett 2010 Youth of the Year
Club Names Roger Barrett 2010 Youth of the Year
Revitalizing the chess club and coaching an undefeated basketball team helped Roger Barrett win the 2010 Youth of the Year title and earn a $2,000 college scholarship. More...


Video: Teens Talk about Career Launch
Video: Teens Talk about Career Launch
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Hundreds of City Kids Seek Summer Camp
Hundreds of City Kids Seek Summer Camp
Many more Boys & Girls Club members are looking to the Club to provide a safe place to go and have fun this summer. More...


Volunteers Start Bike Exchange to Benefit Club
Volunteers Start Bike Exchange to Benefit Club
A local businessman and a group of volunteers have joined together to combine their passions for bicycling and doing good work by setting up a used bicycle exchange to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Trenton & Mercer County. More...


Highlights of 2009 Youth of the Year Dinner
Highlights of 2009 Youth of the Year Dinner
Bentrice Jusu, a senior at Trenton Central High School, has been selected 2009 Trenton Youth of the Year in recognition of her outstanding contributions to family, school, community, and the Boys & Girls Club. More...


Outstanding Teens to Compete for Youth of the Year Honor
Outstanding Teens to Compete for Youth of the Year Honor
Teens from the Boys & Girls Club of Trenton are in the process of competing for the local Youth of the Year title. More...


Teen Center Opens in Basement of Club
Teen Center Opens in Basement of Club
The Boys & Girls Club of Trenton has opened a center in its building at 212 Centre Street dedicated solely to the needs of its teen members. More...


Youth of the Year Seniors Are College-Bound
Youth of the Year Seniors Are College-Bound
Boys & Girls Club programs – such as Career Launch and Youth of the Year – are reaping great results among our senior high school members. More...


Summer Camps Are a Big Hit
Summer Camps Are a Big Hit
The Boys & Girls Club was in full swing this summer with some 330 area youths taking advantage of a variety of camping opportunities. More...


Merrill Lynch Interns Host Field Day for Club Kids
Merrill Lynch Interns Host Field Day for Club Kids
Boys & Girls Club summer campers got to experience a traditional field day in July thanks to the summer intern staff at Merrill Lynch. More...


Times Appeal Raises $72,228 to Help Kids
Times Appeal Raises $72,228 to Help Kids
Thanks to the generosity of community members throughout Mercer County and beyond, The Times 2007 Holiday Appeal raised a total of $72,228 in support of the Boys & Girls Club of Trenton & Mercer County. More...


Jim and Julie Coston Run Marathon for Club Kids
Jim and Julie Coston Run Marathon for Club Kids
South Ward Councilman Jim Coston and his wife, Julie, are set to run in the Baltimore Marathon and Half Marathon on Saturday, Oct. 13, to benefit the Boys & Girls Club. More...


Club Earns State and National Honors
Club Earns State and National Honors
The summer has been filled with recognition for the Boys & Girls Club of Trenton and its executive director. David E. Anderson was selected Executive of the Year by the Garden State Chapter of the Association of Boys & Girls Club Professionals. More...


2007 Golf Outing
2007 Golf Outing
More than 120 Club supporters participated in Swing for Kids, the annual Boys & Girls Club Golf Outing on Monday, June 25, at the Olde York Country Club. More...


Andrea Howard Selected 2007 Youth of the Year
Andrea Howard Selected 2007 Youth of the Year
Andrea Howard, a senior at Trenton Central High School, has been named the 2007 Trenton Youth of the Year by the Boys & Girls Club of Trenton. More...


Boys & Girls Club Opens Fitness Center<br>To Teens, Parents, and Community
Boys & Girls Club Opens Fitness Center
To Teens, Parents, and Community

With key supporters in attendance, the Boys & Girls Club of Trenton unveiled a new Teen & Family Fitness Center to the community at a grand opening celebration on May 30. More...


Dr. Olsen Takes Club Kids on Space Journey
Dr. Olsen Takes Club Kids on Space Journey
Dr. Gregory Olsen delivered lively presentations about his space travel at the Boys & Girls Club on Centre Street and at each of its five after-school program sites in the City of Trenton. More...


Dom Jones Succeeds Father in Trenton<br>As Youth of the Year – 25 Years Later!
Dom Jones Succeeds Father in Trenton
As Youth of the Year – 25 Years Later!

If love, opportunity, and discipline describe the Boys & Girls Club of Trenton, then Dom Jones was the ideal choice to represent the Trenton Club as its 2006 Youth of the Year. More...


Career Launch Pilot Program Helps<br>28 Trenton Youth Get Summer Jobs
Career Launch Pilot Program Helps
28 Trenton Youth Get Summer Jobs

In response to the needs inner-city youth for career preparation skills and the clamor for summer employment, the Boys & Girls Club in March started Career Launch: Job Ready! at two Trenton High School campuses and at the Boys & Girls Club. More...


Read About Our Kids

Marquisa Blackstone
Marquisa Blackstone
Things sure are looking up for Marquisa Blackstone, a rising sophomore at Trenton High School and a Teen Member of the Boys & Girls Club of Trenton & Mercer County. More...


Rebeckha and Rachel Sanchez
Rebeckha and Rachel Sanchez
The Boys & Girls Club at the Mott School assures Franklin and Ruth Sanchez that their children are in a positive place for kids during after-school hours. More...


Korey Thompson
Korey Thompson
Korey Thompson, 14, appears to have special radar for finding opportunities that will help him to achieve his goals. Using that skill is how he came to be a member of the Boys & Girls Club. More...