Holiday Toy Drive 2024
As the holiday season approaches, we are excited to kick off our annual Holiday Toy Drive! Each year, with your support, we bring joy to over 200 children that we serve every day by ensuring they all receive a special gift just in time for the holidays. Your generosity will help us to make the season memorable and uplifting for each child. Whether it's a donation of a toy, [...]
New Southside Middle School Site Announced
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Muncie, in partnership with Muncie Community Schools and the George and Frances Ball Foundation, has established a new site at Southside Middle School to provide access to exceptional after-school programming for more students and families on the south side of Muncie. This new Southside Middle School Site will play a pivotal role in helping teens reach their full potential and to envision a bright [...]
Match Campaign a Success
The Eli Lilly Match Campaign was a smashing success! Thanks to your generosity we were able to raise $106,873 and surpass our goal. We accomplished so much these past two months thanks to our generous donors and supporters, and here are some of the highlights. We were thrilled to celebrate the first anniversary of our after-school programming at The Gathering Site. Our program has had a significant impact, serving the [...]
Summer Camp Experience
Do you remember going to summer camp as a kid? What it was like to meet new friends, and have exciting adventures? The Boys and Girls Clubs of Muncie will be making those same kinds of lasting memories for the youth of our community this summer. Every summer the Boys & Girls Clubs of Muncie host a summer camp where kids from Muncie & Delaware County come to continue learning, [...]
Match Update: Over Halfway There!
Throughout the month of May, we will be highlighting the four main areas of impact for the Eli Lilly matching gift opportunity, and in this article, we are talking about Programming at the Gathering Site. In partnership with the Gathering Church, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Muncie opened the Gathering Site in January 2023 as part of an expansion to meet the needs of more Delaware County youth. In [...]
Match Campaign Spotlight: Madison Street Improvements
Boys and Girls Clubs of Muncie is excited to have a matching gift opportunity provided by Eli Lilly Foundation. This match will double every gift until May 31st up to $100,000 – making every donation twice as impactful for the youth of Muncie and Delaware County. In the next month, we will be highlighting the four main areas of impact, and in this article, we are starting with the much-needed [...]
Eli Lilly Foundation Provides Matching Gift Opportunity to Boys & Girls Clubs of Muncie
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Muncie announces the launch of its Eli Lilly Match Campaign, running April 1st through May 31st. The Eli Lilly Foundation and the Boys & Girls Clubs Indiana Alliance have partnered together to create a lasting impact on the state of Indiana. This partnership includes a $30 million statewide grant to all 31 Boys & Girls Clubs. This campaign is an opportunity for donors to [...]
Director of Resource Development
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Muncie is honored, and saddened to announce that Director of Resource Development, Amy Gibson, will be leaving the Organization on Friday, February 16, 2024, to take a new position at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Huntington. Ms. Gibson started working at the Clubs in July of 2016, as the Executive Assistant to the Executive Director. In that role Ms. Gibson brought a passion [...]
What was the best gift you ever received as a kid?
What was the best gift you ever received as a kid? When I was growing up, mine was the Star Trek Action Playset. It had The Original Series Bridge, Transporter room, and I think my brother and I got Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Dr. McCoy action figures. I played with those toys for hours every day, and I never thought that there could ever be a gift that meant [...]