Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes


  • City eyes youth club building for kids & more

    City eyes youth club building for kids & more

    The Vergennes City Council last week backed two agreements that tie the city’s immediate — and possibly its longtime — future to the property at 20 Armory Lane…

  • Vergennes youth club halted by finances

    It was a financial crisis that led the board of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes to announce on March 17 it would suspend the club’s…

  • Commodore Club gains momentum

    After the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes announced last week that it will go on hiatus, an at-least-short term alternative has quickly emerged to fill the…

  • Megan Mentzer named ‘Youth of the Year’

    Megan Mentzer named ‘Youth of the Year’

    The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes has selected Megan Mentzer, a senior at Vergennes Union High School, as the 2025 Club Youth of the Year. Mentzer will compete against other Vermont…

  • Vergennes youth club gets grant, has big plans

    Vergennes youth club gets grant, has big plans

    Back on July 5, 1999, the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes first opened its doors under the guidance of founder Sam Allo. It was then based…

  • Collins Aerospace builds bikes for kids

    Collins Aerospace builds bikes for kids

    Collins Aerospace in Vergennes had a bike-building event on Wednesday, May 3. Eleven teams of four people raced to assemble twelve bikes purchased by Collins.

  • City youth club, firm partner to raise funds

    City youth club, firm partner to raise funds

    As Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes Club CEO Alicia Grangent tells it, most things have gone well in the 11 months since she took over as…

  • Boys and Girls Club reaps road race benefit

    Boys and Girls Club reaps road race benefit

    The Vergennes Day Race Committee on Sept. 19 presented the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes with a donation of $4,500 generated out of proceeds from the…

  • $650K in grants will back kids’ programs

    Four Addison County programs will net $650,000 in federal grants to give more children access to summer and afterschool programs during the next two summers and the 2022-2023…

  • Vergennes-area teen club chooses new CEO

    Vergennes-area teen club chooses new CEO

    VERGENNES — The newest chief executive officer of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes is a city resident who has spent most of a career spanning…

  • Vergennes Boys & Girls Club honors Collin Clair

    Vergennes Boys & Girls Club honors Collin Clair

    A sophomore at Vergennes Union High School, Collin has been an active member of the club since he was in 7th grade.

  • Boys & Girls Club wins grant

    Boys & Girls Club wins grant

    VERGENNES — The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes has received $22,987 from the Summer Matters for All Grant program to help fund its summer programming, club…

  • Boys & Girls Club offering summer in-person programs

    Boys & Girls Club offering summer in-person programs

    VERGENNES — Rocketry. Woodworking. Arts and crafts. Ice cream making. Painting. Sports. Rope climbing.It’s all on the menu for area 4th- through 8th-graders this summer, offered in weekly…

  • Zach Botala named Youth of the Year

    VERGENNES — The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes is thrilled to announce Zachary Botala is its Youth of the Year.A VUHS senior, Botala has been coming…

  • Homeward Bound is partnering with Boys and Girls Club

    Homeward Bound is partnering with Boys and Girls Club

    VERGENNES – Homeward Bound and the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Vergennes have partnered to offer humane education to the Club’s members, ranging in age from 9-18,…

  • City Boys & Girls club hires new leader

    City Boys & Girls club hires new leader

    VERGENNES — When members of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Vergennes return on Sept. 9 to their Armory Road clubhouse for the first time since March…