About Us

At the Boys & Girls Club of Chicopee, we have a bold vision: that success is within reach of every child.  We believe all children deserve a safe place to learn and grow.  We exclusively serve youth, ages 5-18, so that they may receive dedicated mentoring, hope, and opportunity for a great future.

It all started in 1860, when three women in Hartford, Connecticut, decided to take in some “street urchins” – undernourished, dirty-faced young boys with little more than ragged clothes on their backs, the hard-luck, forgotten kids of the Industrial Revolution. They didn’t know it then, but these caring ladies were the planting seeds of what would become a true American success story. Their idea took root as Boys’ Clubs, which soon began to sprout throughout New England and eventually across the nation.