Kids enrolled in the Boys & Girls Club summer camp were treated to a special basketball clinic run by two minor league members of the National Basketball Association Friday. Former Rutgers player J.R. Inman [above, at left] and former University of Pittsburgh player Tyrell Briggs [third from left] taught basic basketball skills and relayed the […]

The Boys & Girls Club of Monmouth County will host their third annual Porta Palooza fundraiser on Thursday, July 24 from 6 to 9 p.m. in the restaurant’s Abbot Room. Attendees can expect a fun time playing giant Jenga, participating in a bean bag toss and other games while winning prizes and having fun for […]

For the second year in a row, a group of local runners raised $40,000 for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Monmouth County [BGCM] by participating in several shore-area races. Team BGCM was led by Middletown resident Douglas Eagles,executive director of Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth County, and Shrewsbury resident Lisi Klus, development and […]

The Asbury Park unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Monmouth County [BGCM] will provide free school supplies and uniforms Friday to club members who register at a discounted rate at the club’s “Back to School” event. The cost of registration is $10 for members ages 13 to 18 and $20 for members ages […]

Asbury Park youth who will begin fifth grade this year are invited to attend a free, week long summer music camp. The Jazz Arts Project, a nonprofit organization, will run their 2013 Asbury Park Summer Music Camp for beginning instrumental music students at the Boys and Girls Club of Monmouth County starting Aug. 26. Initiated […]

Children involved in the summer program at the Boys & Girls Club in Asbury Park helped kick off a community art initiative on Monday. The project, called “Table Talk,” is designed to create spaces for people to meet and engage in civic discourse around handmade tables placed in specific locations around the community. Table Talk […]

The Boys & Girls Club of Monmouth County and Triumphant Life Church will be co-sponsoring a community day block party this Saturday, June 15 at 1 p.m. outside of the club at 1201 Monroe Avenue in Asbury Park. The event is free of charge and family friendly. Those in attendance can expect “food, fun, friends, […]

As school closures continue through the end of this week, the Boys and Girls Club is opening its doors to all local kids from noon to 4 p.m. today, tomorrow and Friday. “In a time like this, it’s critical for an organization like ours to be there and to do everything in our power to […]