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Welcome to the
Boys & Girls Club
of Ventura
The Positive Place for Kids!
 
Our Mission:
"We provide a positive place for all youth, and quality programs to help them become healthy, responsible, confident and productive members of our community." 
 
ATTENTION:
Our website is currently under contruction, so please pardon our mess!  You can still use the features of this site (ex. Donate online, contact us, etc..) for the time being, but we will not be updating our information until the launch of our new site on February 12th!  Thank you for your patience!
 
 
$185,000 was raised at the 42nd Annual Great Auction,
‘STEP UP FOR KIDS-OUR STARS OF TOMORROW’. The auction was presented by E. J. Harrison & Son, Inc. and dedicated to the memory of Jymme Hitch-Banhart who was the ‘First Lady of the Auction’ for 41 years.
 
Find out What's New at The Club!
A Different Way to Give Back....
 Grocery Fundraisers & eScrip
 Organization:  Boys & Girls Club of Ventura
ID # 49001019807
 
Oraganization: Boys & Girls Club of Ventura
ID # 91255
 Organization: Boys & Girls Club of Ventura
ID# 1563760
 
Each of these chains will donate up to 4% of your purchases directly to the Boys & Girls Club of Ventura.   Just click on the logos above for convenient online registration (make sure cookies are enabled on your computer).  Pennies add up, so even if you only shop once in a while at a certain store, please register anyway. You can also have friends and relatives register their cards to support your child's soccer club if they aren't already supporting another organization.  Just forward on the above information to them and see if they can help us out with our "free to them" fundraising effort.  To learn more about our escrip program Click Here
 
Donate Your Car!
* 50% of the profit from the donated car goes to The Club*
 Cars - Trucks - Vans - Boats - Real Estate
800-711-9722
 Live operators on hand 7 days a week
  • Tax Deduction
  • All transfer documents handled
  • Free pick up
  • Running or not in most cases

email: vdpcreward@yahoo.com
 
 
Become our fan on Facebook and find out what is going on here at the Club! 

 
 
 
 
 
 
To learn more about our clubs, check out our five Ventura locations...
 
...on the West side
Bill LeFevre Center
 
...on the East side
...adjacent to Saticoy Park
... at the Oak View Community Resource Center
 
...on the West side

Our Clubs offer enriching and diversified programs that focus on 5 Core areas:

Character & Leadership Development
Health & Life Skills
Education & Career Development
The Arts

Sports, Fitness & Recreation

 

 

"Things I've learned" from the perspective of Boys & Girls Club of Ventura's 14 year olds:
  • I've learned that work comes first; fool around later.
  • I've learned that being pretty on the inside is better than being pretty on the outside.
  • I've learned that not everything in life is fair.
  • I've learned that all people want is someone to listen to them.
  • I've learned that girls seem to fight with their friends a lot, but almost never with their enemies.
  • I've learned that it takes a long time to make a friendship and a fraction of a second to destroy it.
  • I've learned that your imagination is as important as your knowledge.
  • I've learned that to say no to someone is not wrong.
  • I've learned that by following others, you aren't following yourself.
  • I've learned that the harder it is to do something, the stronger it makes us.
  • I've learned that I am responsible for me.
  • I've learned that teenagers will do dumb things.
  • I've learned that if you respect your elders, they will respect you.
  • I've learned that words do hurt people more than sticks and stones.
  • I've learned that when I come to a fork in the road, ask for help.
  • I've learned that the easy way is not the best way.

 

 
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