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.
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. Olivet currently operates seven satellite locations across Reading, along with Blue Mountain Camp in Hamburg, PA.
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 underserved 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.
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of our members expect to graduate from high school
%
of our members explore new opportunities at the club
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of our members feel safe at the club
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enjoy coming to the club
Olivet Executive Team
Chris Winters
President and CEO
Kat Royer
Chief Operating Officer
Kristy Brown
Chief Financial Officer
Olivet Management & Administrative Team
Nicholas Philippides
Vice President of Operations
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
Jafet Jaime
Pendora Site Director, Interim
Jamie Chmielewski
West Reading Elementary Center Site Director
Christian Singleton
Oakbrook Site Director
Brandy Del Gallego
Director of Wellness
Board of Directors
Rachel Kuhn
Board Chairwoman
Alneasa Jordan
Vice Chairwoman of the Board & Chair of Governance Committee
Roger Gray
Secretary/Treasurer
John Massaro
Immediate Past Board Chair
Wynton Butler
Chair of Programming Committee
Todd Good
Chair, Finance Committee
Jack Gombach
Chair, Development Committee
Erin Churico
Chair, Safety Committee
Ronald Miksiewicz
Molly Maack