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
Kat Royer
Interim CEO / 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
Richard Bradbury
Director of Grants & Development
Shawn Stankiewicz
Vice President Of Development
Jordan Rodriguez
Program Specialist
Elishea Shomgard
Administrative Assistant
Olivet Site Directors
Meaghan Bausher
D.R.E.A.M & Reading Youth Police Academy Program Coordinator
Brandy Del Gallego
Director of Wellness
Mark Cogland
Blue Mountain Camp Caretaker
Ryan Hightower
PAL Site Director
Ramses Sanchez
Mulberry/10th & Green Acting Site Director
Johnvel Vives
Clinton Acting Site Director
Jafet Jaime
Pendora Site Director
Jamie Chmielewski
West Reading Elementary Center Site Director
Christian Singleton
Oakbrook Site Director
Brianna williams
Center for the Arts Acting Site Director
Board of Directors
Alneasa Jordan
Board Chairwoman
Jack Gombach
Vice Chair & Chair of Development Committee
Roger Gray
Secretary/Treasurer
Bill Dorward
Chair of Governance Committee
Wynton Butler
Chair of Programming Committee
Todd Good
Chair, Finance Committee
Erin Churico
Chair, Safety Committee