Our Mission

The mission of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme is to inspire and enable all young people to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.

It All Adds Up...a 400% Return on Your Investment

Boys & Girls Club memberships impact young people and communities in a number of ways. "Economic Impact of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme on the Community: A Study of the Return in Investing in Our Children," authored by Jamshid Damooei, PhD, chair of economics at CLU, concludes that the Club plays a key role in reducing delinquency, increasing academic achievement among youth, preventing teen pregnancy, in addition to a variety of other positive outcomes. The report estimates that for every dollar spent on providing programming for youth at the Club, the Club saves the community $4 in social service costs that would be spent addressing a variety of issues, including low graduation rates, crime prevention and teen pregnancy.

Did you know?

* Nationally: 80%
* California: 75%
* Oxnard/Port Hueneme: 62%
* BGCOP youth: 96%

Savings to the community: $2,500,000 annually

Eliminating Teen Pregnancy:

* Nationally: 4%
* Oxnard: 14%
* BGCOP youth: 0%

Savings to the community: $2,500,000 annually

Boys & Girls Club membership is available to children ages 6-18 for only $15 per child for an entire year. Scholarships are provided for participants who cannot afford the membership cost. Actual cost to the Club is approximately $500 per year per child, which pays for the Club to maintain a staff-to-student ratio of 15-1, a low number that allows Club members to have more individual attention. Still, no child is ever turned away due to economic hardship.

That's why we have created the "it just takes one" campaign, a local effort to raise funds for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Oxnard and Port Hueneme, in conjunction with the national Boys & Girls Clubs One Campaign.

Investing in the Boys & Girls Clubs is an investment in our community. Boys & Girls Clubs is a proven delinquency-prevention program and one of the best bargains when you consider that it saves taxpayers an average of $4 for every $1 spent on services at the Club.

Please consider making a difference in the life of a child by making a donation or sponsoring a child for $500 today!