About Olivet

Olivet Boys & Girls Club enables all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as healthy, productive, caring, responsible citizens.

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

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Current Members

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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 youth come from single parent households

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qualify for free or reduced lunch programs

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live at or below the national poverty line

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of our members expect to graduate from high school

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take more responsibility for their actions

Olivet Management & Administrative Team

Chris Winters

Chris Winters

President and CEO

Kat Royer

Kat Royer

Chief Operating Officer

Nicholas Philippides

Nicholas Philippides

Vice President of Operations

Abigail Frost

Abigail Frost

Vice President of Programming

Rose Morales

Rose Morales

Executive Assistant to the President and CEO

Tim Schad

Tim Schad

Finance Department

Leo Martinez

Leo Martinez

Community Engagement and Resource Development

Elishea Shomgard

Elishea Shomgard

Administrative Assistant

Ta’Tyana Whitehead

Ta’Tyana Whitehead

Director of Grant-Funded Programs & Volunteer Services

Olivet Site Directors

Meaghan Bausher

Meaghan Bausher

D.R.E.A.M & Reading Youth Police Academy Program Coordinator

Richard Bradbury

Richard Bradbury

Center for the Arts Director

Mark Cogland

Mark Cogland

Blue Mountain Camp Caretaker

Ryan Hightower

Ryan Hightower

PAL Site Director

Shawn Stankiewicz

Shawn Stankiewicz

Clinton Site Director

Jordan Rodriguez

Jordan Rodriguez

Mulberry Site Director

Jodi Readinger

Jodi Readinger

Pendora Site Director

Jamie Chmielewski

Jamie Chmielewski

West Reading Elementary Center Site Director

Jafet Jaime

Jafet Jaime

Oakbrook Site Director

Board of Directors

Rachel Kuhn

Rachel Kuhn

Board Chairwoman

Sabrena Elmarzouky

Sabrena Elmarzouky

Vice Chairwoman & Chair, Programming Committee

Roger Gray

Roger Gray

Secretary/Treasurer

John Massaro

John Massaro

Immediate Past Board Chair

Todd Good

Todd Good

Chair, Finance Committee

Paul Rosa

Paul Rosa

Chair, Governance Committee

Jack Gombach

Jack Gombach

Chair, Development Committee

Erin Churico

Erin Churico

Chair, Safety Committee

Mike Mizak

Mike Mizak

Ronald Miksiewicz

Ronald Miksiewicz

Alneasa Jordan

Alneasa Jordan

Molly Maack

Molly Maack

Tonya Petrunak

Tonya Petrunak

Wynton Butler

Wynton Butler

Karissa Rodriguez

Karissa Rodriguez