The Executive Council Charities Teen Center at the Hartley & Ruth Barker Branch offers teen services to members in grades 7-12. Programs are uniquely developed based on the needs and interests of the members that come through our doors. Field trips, events and programs are created to benefit teenage youth and help them grow socially and academically, while still keeping a focus on fun.
2311 N Miller Rd,
Scottsdale, AZ 85257
Beethoven Felix, Senior Director of Teen Services
beethoven.felix@bgcs.org
Teen Center hours
Monday – Friday After School – 7:00 p.m.
Summer Hours
Monday – Friday 10:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Sarah has been a Club member for 13 years. She is a senior at Coronado High School and plans to attend Arizona State University and become a veterinarian.
The Lehi Branch offers teen services to members in grades 7-12. Programs are uniquely developed based on the needs and interests of the members that come through our doors. Field trips, events and programs are created to benefit teenage youth and help them grow socially and academically, while still keeping a focus on fun.
Week of April 19
Open for Middle School & High School Students Only
Week of April 26
Open for 3rd grade and up
Week of May 3
Open for all grades
7th – 12th Grade Hours
Monday – Friday
3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Summer Hours
TBD
Zaria is a junior at Westwood High School and has been a Club member for 12 years. When she graduates, she wants to attend Northern Arizona University.
The Mary Ellen & Robert McKee Branch offers teen services to members in grades 7-12. Programs are uniquely developed based on the needs and interests of the members that come through our doors. Field trips, events and programs are created to benefit teenage youth and help them grow socially and academically, while still keeping a focus on fun.
14605 N. Del Cambre Ave
Fountain Hills, AZ 85268
(480) 344-5400
Teen Center hours
Monday – Friday 2:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Summer Hours
Monday – Friday 7:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
JP is a sophomore at Fountain Hills High School. When he graduates, he wants to attend Arizona State University and wants to work in sales like his father when he grows up. He has been a Club member for 9 years.
The Peach Springs Branch offers teen services to members in grades 7-12. Programs are uniquely developed based on the needs and interests of the members that come through our doors. Field trips, events and programs are created to benefit teenage youth and help them grow socially and academically, while still keeping a focus on fun.
479 Diamond Creek Rd.
Peach Springs, AZ 86434
(928) 769-1801
FAX (928) 769-1803
PeachSprings@bgcs.org
After School Program
Monday – Thursday
3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Fridays
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Summer/Breaks
Monday – Friday
7:45 a.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Philana Gene – Teen Development Specialist
Kyla Silas, the 2017 Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale Youth of the Year and 2016 – 2017 Peach Springs Branch Youth of the Year, was recently crowned Miss Indian Arizona State University 2018-2019.
Kyla was also selected from 400 Native American applicants to go to Washington D.C., and New York City for the prestigious Cultural Preservation and Leadership Development program this July. As part of the program, Kyla will visit Capitol Hill and meet Representatives and Native Staffers, meet Natives who live, work and study in Washington D.C., lobby and advocate on Native issues and participate in cultural arts workshops designed to promote resiliency and healing.
Kyla is a 21st Century Leader!
The Red Mountain Branch offers teen services to members in grades 7-12. Programs are uniquely developed based on the needs and interests of the members that come through our doors. Field trips, events and programs are created to benefit teenage youth and help them grow socially and academically, while still keeping a focus on fun.
in the Way of Life Facility (WoLF)
11725 E. Indian School Rd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85256
Week of April 19
Open for Middle School & High School Students Only
Week of April 26
Open for 3rd grade and up
Week of May 3
Open for all grades
7th – 12th Grade Hours
Monday – Friday
3:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Summer / Breaks
TBD
Kennise has been a Club member for 4 years. She is a junior at Mountain View High School and wants to attend Oklahoma State University and become a chiropractor.
The Hilton Family Teen Center at the Thunderbirds Branch opened its doors in 2018 giving Thunderbirds teens their own space with a separate entrance. The brand new teen center offers teen services to members in grades 7-12. The new facility offers a games room, homework room, fitness center, teen lounge and kitchen. Teen programs are uniquely developed based on the needs and interests of the members that come through our doors. Field trips, events and programs are created to benefit teenage youth and help them grow socially and academically, while still keeping a focus on fun.
The Hilton Family Teen Center is a safe, affordable place for young people during critical non-school hours and during school breaks.
20199 N. 78th Place,
Scottsdale, AZ 85255
(480) 538-9547
Before-School Program
7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
After-School Program
3:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Spring/Summer/Winter Breaks
7:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Dustin is a junior at Basis Scottsdale. He has been a club member for 11 years. When he graduates high school, he plans to attend Duke University to study sports entrepreneurship.
The Sal Cosenza Teen Center at the Piper Branch is free to all Club members from 7th to 12th grade (with a current $25 annual membership). Teen Center staff offer homework support, formal and informal mentoring and guidance, and a variety of programs designed to help each member achieve academic success, learn good character and citizenship and develop healthy lifestyles.
Named after a longtime supporter of youth services in the Scottsdale area, the Virginia G. Piper Branch opened in Scottsdale Ranch in 1991. In December 2010 construction began to renovate the Piper Branch which now offers a full service Teen Center that opened in May 2011.
10515 E. Lakeview Drive
Scottsdale, AZ 85258
Monday – Friday
After School ’til 8:30 p.m.
Summer & Breaks
7:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Teen Nights
(two Fridays each month)
7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Hayden is a senior at Desert Mountain High school and has been a Club member for 7 years. After high school, Hayden plans to attend Arizona State University Barrett, The Honors College to study psychology.
The Vestar Branch offers teen services to members in grades 7-12. Programs are uniquely developed based on the needs and interests of the members that come through our doors. Field trips, events and programs are created to benefit teenage youth and help them grow socially and academically, while still keeping a focus on fun.
3975 E Lockwood Drive,
Phoenix, AZ 85050
After School
Monday – Thursday
2:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Friday
2:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Summer
Monday – Thursday
7:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Isabella T. from the Vestar Branch was named the 2021 Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale Youth of the Year at the Night of Lights held on February 20 at the Scottsdale Center for Performing Arts Virginia G. Piper Theater.
Isabella has been a Club member for nine years and is a senior at Pinnacle High School. Her positive message of perseverance and compassionate attitude won the day in her third year of participating in the BGCS Youth of the Year program.
Bella will receive a $5,000 scholarship awarded by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale Foundation for college which will help her achieve her goal of becoming a pediatric physician assistant. She plans to attend University of Arizona in the fall.
