Summer Camps at the Club

            Summer at the Club is always a blast and this year is no exception! All three of our locations will be having weekly camps starting May 31st. There is no deadline to register and you can attend any or all of the camps. Contact the follow clubs directly to schedule your children and youth for these amazing summer opportunities!

Cawood Ledford Boys & Girls Club

            Camps are Monday through Friday from 10 am to 4 pm and cost $50 per week. Early drop off (8 am) and late pick up are available for an extra $5 per day. No need to pack a lunch because all camps include snacks and meals. Every week there is a new theme with fun activities and enriching experiences.

Call 606-275-0960 or email rcornette@bgcapp.club to register your child for camps!

Union College Boys & Girls Club

            Camps are Monday through Friday from 10 am to 4 pm and cost $50 per week. Early drop off (8 am) and late pick up are available for an extra $5 per day. No need to pack a lunch because all camps include snacks and meals. Every week there is a new theme with fun activities and enriching experiences. Held at the Union College Health and Wellness Center, campers also get the opportunity to swim at the facility during their camp.

Call 606-546-1712 or email madison.lennen@unionky.edu to register your child for camps!

Harlan Independent 21st Century Community Learning Center

            Camps are Monday through Thursday from 11 am to 3 pm. This camp is for rising 5th graders through 12th graders. This camp provides a meal and all transportation and is free of charge.

Call 606-727-4000 or email miranda.jeffers@harlanind.kyschools.us to register your teen for these camps!

Boys & Girls Club Annual Dinner80’s Prom

Big hair, bright colors, and shoulder pads were all the rage at the Boys & Girls Club Annual Dinner, held in the Harlan Civic Center on May 6th, 2022. Guest were treated to a totally radical evening of dinner, dancing, and a reverse auction filled with prizes, including a grand prize of $5,000.

The 80’s Prom themed evening started off with cocktail hour, where guests had time to get their pictures made at our backdrop, peruse and bid on silent auction items, and watch a fun, 80’s themed presentation that included messages from 80’s TV and movie stars like Lea Thompson (Back to the Future) and Michael Fishman (Roseanne).

Supporters really got into the spirit, with a wide variety of outfits ranging from Billy Ray Cyrus to Don Johnson and Molly Ringwald to Madonna. The dinner kicked off with an address by Boys & Girls Clubs of Appalachia CEO Kateena Haynes and a speech by our very own Kaleb McLendon, the Kentucky State Youth of the Year.

A delicious dinner catered by Taco Holler included smoked pork chops, broccoli casserole, and corn pudding was served with cheesecake desserts with various toppings. After dinner, the reverse raffle began with every 5th name winning a prize. Halfway through the raffle the Prom King and Queen were announced. The King and Queen were the two supporters that raised the most money for the Boys & Girls Club before the raffle intermission.

The King and Queen opened the dance floor where our guests got to bust a move to some totally outrageous tunes from the 80’s and a few modern dance favorites, too. A few dance battles even broke out! One attendee even sported white roller skates for the event!

Each year, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Appalachia put on our Annual Dinner as a fun way to support our mission to help the youth of our area grow and flourish. The support of the community is vital to the success of the Boys & Girls Club and this year the community came out and generously contributed through the annual dinner.

Glow-in-the-Dark Easter Egg hunt

On April 19th the Union College Boys & Girls Club lit up the Easter season for the kids and youth of Barbourville and Knox County. The Club held a glow-in-the-dark Easter Egg hunt on the campus of Union College. Three different age groups participated in egg hunts filled with flashing and glowing rings, lights, and toys. There were plenty of sweet treats, too and a Golden Egg basket winner in each group! Families also enjoyed beverages and pizza and lots of fun giveaways. Special guest Mack the Bulldog showed up, visited with the kids, and lent a helping paw in the hunt. Barbourville businesses Crave, Grateful Ed’s Barbeque, The Ugly Mug, and the Union College Center for Health and Learning all contributed to make this event a big success.