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BGC Club Stories

Queer kids in Canada need BGC Clubs now more than ever

Eight years ago, I came out for the first time in a room full of strangers—and they clapped. It was the first day of BGC Canada’s Get Loud National Youth Forum. I was standing in a room with other Club...

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BGC is the #1 ‘Third Place’ for Kids

Kids need a place beyond home and school. At BGC Clubs, 160,000 kids find that special place each year. When we talk about where kids grow up, we often think about two places: home and school. But there’s another place...

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Planet Fitness Announces Partnership with BGC Canada to Support Youth Health and Wellness

Partnership Kicks Off With In-Club Fundraiser to Support Judgement Free Generation® Programming TORONTO, Oct. 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Planet Fitness, one of the largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers with more members than any other fitness brand,...

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Kelseys Original Roadhouse Invests $300K to Empower the Next Generation of Changemakers

Kelseys Original Roadhouse Invests $300K to Empower the Next Generation of Changemakers

Published on Cision on October 21, 2025 TORONTO, Oct. 21, 2025 /CNW/ - Kelseys Original Roadhouse is fueling Canada's future with a $300,000, five-year commitment to support young leaders nationwide. Through its ongoing partnership with BGC Canada (Boys and Girls Clubs of...

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goeasy Celebrates the Completion of its 100th easybites Kitchen in support of BGC Canada

TORONTO, July 12, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, the BGC Club in Airdrie, Alberta, which serves over 600 youth from the local community will unveil their newly remodeled goeasy easybites kitchen. The new kitchen will transform the Club’s ability to prepare...

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BGC Canada launches #BGCBack2School campaign to support kids & teens across the country

National partners are donating funds and school supplies to support BGC ClubsPublished on Cision August 25, 2022 TORONTO, Aug. 25, 2022 /CNW/ - When kids and teens go back to school in September, BGC Clubs across the country will be there to...

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BGC Clubs are a modern solution to help parents

By Owen Charters, President & CEO, BGC Canada October 25, 2024 Raising kids is difficult and it takes a village—that’s just the way modern society is built. But we live in an era where the village doesn’t live with us,...

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GUS announces national partnership with BGC Canada to support Canadian youth

GUS announces national partnership with BGC Canada to support Canadian youth

Originally Published on July 22, 2025 --- LÉVIS, QC, JULY 22, 2025/insPRESS/ – GUS, the largest network of property restoration professionals in Canada, is proud to announce a national partnership with BGC Canada, formerly known as Boys and Girls Clubs of...

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Investing in Canada’s Community Services Sector Is Investing in Canada’s Future

Investing in Canada’s Community Services Sector Is Investing in Canada’s Future

When Canadians struggle with the uneven impact of economic and social disruption, they turn to the community services sector for support. From child care, mental health, housing, and youth programs, to employment and training, culturally relevant support, and newcomer settlement...

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