Your Gift Gives a Highlands County Kid a Chance to Succeed
Hundreds of young people walk through our doors every day looking for a safe place, a caring adult, and a chance to learn. Your support makes that possible.
Invest in Kids Annual Campaign
The best investment you'll make this year isn't in the markets—it's in Highlands County's children.
Twelve-year-old Michael rushes through our doors at 3:15 PM with his math test clutched in his hand. For the first time this year, there's a "B+" written across the top – a grade he worked for weeks to achieve with the help of our Academic Success program volunteers. This is what your investment in kids looks like: real results, real lives changed, real futures brightened. Michael’s success story is one of 175 unfolding daily at Boys & Girls Club of Highlands County. Each child represents a powerful opportunity for our community to invest in its own future by investing in kids.
Boys & Girls Club of Highlands County is very grateful to have supporters like you, whose contributions of time and treasure make a positive impact on club kids and their families across Highlands County.
In asking you to invest in our Club, we are setting BHCHC’s sights on a strategy that will provide continuity and expansion of programs that add value to the lives of youth and build fiscal sustainability against the expected and unexpected challenges of nature and mankind.
Our club facilities have the capacity to serve 350 youth, which is significantly more than the 175 who are currently registered. Recruitment across the county (and yes, that includes our vision for a Lake Placid site), with appealing programs, field trips, and service opportunities, can help the club build and serve more of the young people who need us most.
The funds we raise help us fulfill our commitment to the three “Priority Outcomes” that the daily agenda at our clubs is designed around: Academic Success, Good Character & Citizenship, and Healthy Lifestyles.
What Your Gift Does
Every dollar you give keeps our programs running for kids in Avon Park and Sebring.
$25
Dedicated homework time with staff support so no child falls behind.
$65
Mentoring to build reading, math, and confidence in school.
$100
Fitness and healthy habits through sports, nutrition, and wellness.
$250
Decision-making and life skills to help youth resist negative influences.
Capital Campaign
Help Open Our Third Club: The Lake Placid Capital Campaign
Boys & Girls Club of Highlands County is expanding. We're working to open a new club location in Lake Placid, bringing our programs to even more Highlands County youth who need us.
To open our doors in Lake Placid, we need to raise $300,000 in operating funds. We've already applied for the Mabel Shaffer grant ($100,000 for capital improvements).
Ways to Support:
One-time campaign gift • Monthly giving • Corporate sponsorship of expansion
Leave a Legacy
A planned gift to Boys & Girls Club of Highlands County ensures that the young people of Highlands County will have the programs and support they need for generations to come. To learn more about planned giving options, contact us directly.
Member Registration Donations
Boys & Girls Club of Highlands County is supported by your community to provide our Club Experience to all school age children. It is expected that Parents and Guardians will join in this support to our membership. To ensure the Club's growth / sustainability and to provide access to all youth, we ask parents and guardians to consider a a non-refundable, per session (School year / Summer) A Membership Dues / Registration Donation of $65 per child.
Every Gift Makes a Difference
Whether you give $10 or $10,000, your support changes the daily reality for kids who count on Boys & Girls Club of Highlands County. Thank you for investing in our community's future.
