Our MIssion & History
Olivet Boys & Girls Club was one of the original 50 organizations that banded together with like youth groups from across the country to form what became Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
We serve over 3,000 youth annually.
Our Club is a chartered member of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and incorporates many of the national organizations ’ tested youth development programs into our own program lineup.
For most of the club’s history, we had two units in two neighborhoods, Clinton Street and Mulberry Street. During the 1990s the Club expanded into several new areas of the city. The Club currently operates five clubhouses in Reading, with additional satellite sites in Robesonia and Shillington.
Our programs address the region’s most pressing and immediate youth issues of education support, after school programming, and mentoring – all of which are provided by caring and knowledgeable staff. We adhere to the national Boys & Girls Club of America’s initiative to help young people between the ages of six and eighteen get a healthy start and enter school ready to perform to the best of their ability cognitively, physically, socially, and emotionally.
Our three core areas of programming promote Academic Success, Healthy Lifestyles, and Good Character & Citizenship. To reach and serve as many youths as possible, our programs and services are available during non-school hours and during the summer at free or greatly reduced costs.
Olivet Boys & Girls Club Statistics
Overall, our services target undeserved youth from diverse communities within the City of Reading.
Club Diversity
Current Members
What You Can Expect from Our Programs
Our programs address the region’s most pressing and immediate youth issues of education support, afterschool programming and mentoring – all of which is provided by caring and knowledgeable staff. We adhere to the national Boys & Girls Club of America’s initiative to help young people between the ages of six and eighteen get a healthy start and enter school ready to perform to the best of their ability cognitively, physically, socially and emotionally.
%
of youth come from single parent households
%
qualify for free or reduced lunch programs
%
live at or below the national poverty line
%
of our members expect to graduate from high school
%
take more responsibility for their actions
Olivet Management & Administrative Team
Chris Winters
President and CEO
Kat Royer
Chief Operating Officer
Nicholas Philippides
Vice President of Operations
Abigail Frost
Vice President of Programming
Rose Morales
Executive Assistant to the President and CEO
Tim Schad
Finance Department
Leo Martinez
Community Engagement and Resource Development
Elishea Shomgard
Administrative Assistant
Ta’Tyana Whitehead
Director of Grant-Funded Programs & Volunteer Services
Olivet Site Directors
Meaghan Bausher
D.R.E.A.M & Reading Youth Police Academy Program Coordinator
Richard Bradbury
Center for the Arts Director
Mark Cogland
Blue Mountain Camp Caretaker
Ryan Hightower
PAL Site Director
Shawn Stankiewicz
Clinton Site Director
Jordan Rodriguez
Mulberry Site Director
Jodi Readinger
Pendora Site Director
Jamie Chmielewski
West Reading Elementary Center Site Director
Jafet Jaime
Oakbrook Site Director
Board of Directors
Rachel Kuhn
Board Chairwoman
Sabrena Elmarzouky
Vice Chairwoman & Chair, Programming Committee
Roger Gray
Secretary/Treasurer
John Massaro
Immediate Past Board Chair
Todd Good
Chair, Finance Committee
Paul Rosa
Chair, Governance Committee
Jack Gombach
Chair, Development Committee
Erin Churico
Chair, Safety Committee
Mike Mizak
Ronald Miksiewicz
Alneasa Jordan
Molly Maack
Tonya Petrunak
Wynton Butler