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 Team
Chris Winters
President and CEO
Kat Royer
Vice President of Programming/ Americorps Program Director
Deja Harris
Vice President of Operations
Nicholas Philippides
Vice President of Sites and Services
Alec Reinert
Resource Development Officer
Rose Morales
Executive Assistant to the President and CEO
Tim Schad
Finance Department
Leo Martinez
Community Engagement and Resource Development
Abigail Frost
Volunteer Coordinator
Rich DeGroote
Alumni Affairs
Olivet Site Directors
Alexa Alvarez
Oakbrook Site Director
Meaghan Bausher
D.R.E.A.M Director
Richard Bradbury
Center for the Arts Director
Mark Cogland
Blue Mountain Camp Caretaker
Ryan Hightower
PAL Site Director
Jermell Mitchell
Clinton Street Site Director
Jordan Rodriguez
Mulberry Site Director
Dejalyn Ware
Pendora Site Director
Glenside
Glenside Site Coordinator
Board of Directors
John Massaro
President
Gary Redner
Immediate Past Chair
Rachel Kuhn
Vice Chair/Development Committee Chair
Pat Donahue
Secretary/Treasurer
Sabrena Elmarzouky
Programming Committee Chair
Paul Rosa
Governance Committee Chair
Mike Mizak
Finance Committee Chair
Abraham Cepeda
Todd Good
Alneasa Jordan
Matthew Landgon
Molly Maack