Boys & Girls Club of Magnolia History

The Boys Club of Magnolia was founded in 1958. The Club was founded by nine ladies that were members of the Magnolia Junior Charity League. Their goal was to provide behavior guidance and to promote the health, social, educational, vocational, and character development of boys.

The Club began operation in December of 1958, in a private home that was donated to the Club. In 1970, the Club moved to its current facility, a 30,000 sq foot building that sets on 28 acres of land and includes 6 baseball/softball fields, a football, and a soccer field. In 1988, the Club officially became the Boys & Girls Club of Magnolia.

Our mission is to assure and enhance the quality of life for boys and girls, to help them realize their potential, to show them that there are adults that care about their well being and want them to succeed in life, and for them to become valuable citizens of our community.

We achieve our goals by offering not only athletic programs but a variety of after school programs. These programs include homework hour and tutoring, arts & crafts, photography, computer tech, employability, large and small group activities, and SMART MOVES (a drug, alcohol, and tobacco education program.) We have a grade reward program that recognizes member accomplishments in school and a Youth of the Year Program that recognizes outstanding accomplishments of our members. We have also added a Jr. Staff program to help our older members learn responsibility and a Bible study period on Tuesday afternoons.

Your Club serves children of all ethnic, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds, but we do pay special attention to those children of disadvantaged circumstance. We have about 1,000 members and serve over 2,500 young people. We serve children ages 5-18 years old with about 68% of our membership being 6-12 years old. Our membership is about 42% girls and 58% boys, 69% Caucasian and 31% African American. About 34% of our members live in single parent homes and about 44% of our members are below poverty level.

Founders: Lou Weiser, Beth Stewart, Laura Crumpler, Sue Crumpler, Gloria Shanhouse, Mickey Pittman, Janet Brown, Deane Woodward, Lucy Foster