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December Newsletter

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Over the last 56 years, we’ve helped develop the next generation into caring, responsible citizens.


Now through December 31, your donation will ensure that kids and families in this community continue to have access to the vital programming, learning support, and positive peer and adult influences necessary to achieve their great futures.


Give the next generation the support they need most. They are truly our greatest gift.

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Upcoming Camps

Winter Break

Week Camp

December 27-30

January 3-6

Available at 3 locations

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Cookie Baking Camp

December 17

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Ceramics & Cooking Camp

January 36

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Club Corner

We're Raising Our Roofs!


Construction is underway on the roof at our Harper Clubhouse. All HVAC units are off the roof and demo is in progress! The roofs at our three largest facilities (Harper, Griset & Polster) are all original, some dating back as early as 1969, and they are all in desperate need of repair.


More information and/or a link to donate towards our Raise the Roof campaign can be found on our website.

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Paying It Forward

Teens from our Griset Clubhouse Keystone Club collected nonperishable canned and boxed food this Thanksgiving and donated them to Community Resource Center in Encinitas. Next up: collecting new Teddy Bears for the kids at

Rady’s Children’s Hospital. 

Learning is Fun at the Club!


Learning about warm/cool colors, the color wheel, and how to mix primary colors with tie-dye

Learning what bubbles are made of and how to make big ones!

Learning the importance of expressing yourself through the arts

Big Blue Breakfast Brings Community Together


Our third annual Big Blue Breakfast, benefiting Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito's Athletics Department, was held on Friday, November 18th. Community members from around the county gathered in our Griset Clubhouse Gym in Encintias to celebrate and help kick off our campaign to Raise the Roof!

Hall of Champions Inductees


Congratulations, Steve Leon & Arvid Kramer, for being inducted into our inaugural Athletics Hall of Champions.

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Robotics Success for Our Harper Clubhouse Teens


As the first ever Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito team to enter the robotics Tech Challenge on November 19th, "Team Bandits" placed 7th out of 17 teams!


Our teens' success is a result of a weekly partnership with STEM2Leaf Robotics, led by local robotics volunteers from Team GarageBot. The partnership fosters real life skills such as programming, engineering, and leadership.


Although their dream of competing was realized, the robotics season is just getting started. Team Bandits continues to work hard to optimize their robot and learn how to reach their goals through collaboration!


Rock Out with YAA

Private lessons, rock bands, and jazz bands!



More than 50 students performed in our Fall Recitals.

Great Rockstars start here. Join a rock band today!

One-on-one music lessons available in a variety of instruments.

Learn More About YAA


What's Cooking at the CHL

Grow, harvest, and cook your own ingredients!



Girl Scouts earn their cooking badge by making dumplings and crepes from scratch

Kids compete in vine dried beans shelling competition to ultimately make a bean soup 

Kids cook nutritious snacks with the fall harvest, including kale chips and butternut squash soup



Holiday Cookie Baking Class December 17
Ceramics & Cooking Camp January 3-6

Learn more about our hand-thrown pottery classes for adults & children

Learn More About CHL


The Buzz on Bulldogs Basketball

Competitive League, practice program, camps, and more!



Congrats to our San Diego Sol championship teams!

More About Bulldogs


BGC News



Celebrating Staff at Annual Holiday Party


Our Staff: the heartbeat of our organization, the change-makers, the listening-ears, the ones paving the path and building GREAT FUTURES for the youth in our community. NONE of what we do is possible without them. They dedicate their time, energy, and hearts each and every day.


On December 9, our Annual Staff Holiday Party took place at Power House Community Center in Del Mar. The celebration featured door prizes, a Hawaiian BBQ and a prize raffle that is second to none! Many, many thanks to our Board of Directors who once again provided gifts, prizes and funding to ensure that all in attendance felt appreciated and valued. Hip Hip Hooray!

Partner With Us For a Group Service Project


Thanks to Aha! Roadmap Software volunteers, the gardens at our Griset and Del Mar Clubhouses received some extra care. Through this group volunteer project, Aha! staff members pulled weeds, added new soil to the beds, and planted flowers, herbs, fruits, and vegetables. They donated $300 plus supplies and a lot of elbow grease! Our Club Kids will enjoy maintaining the gardens and reaping the rewards from its bounty. We are grateful for Aha! and their generous gifts of time, talent, and treasure!


If you are interested in organizing a group service project with us, contact us at volunteer@bgcsandieguito.org.

Holiday Happenings

Supporting Sponsors Who Support Us

Restaurants with heart:

Upcoming "Fun"raisers

January 23, 2023

Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club

March 25, 2023

Pardee Aquatics Center

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Our Mission: Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito is an organization dedicated to providing POSITIVE activities to develop the education, health, self-esteem and character of youth.

If we are open to learning more about each other, we can do more together.

At Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito we cultivate an inclusive environment

in which our members and staff feel valued and free to be their authentic selves.

We believe in great futures for youth and welcome all races, sexual orientations,

ethnicities, identities, religions, and abilities.

Your family's health and safety are important to us. Please follow the health guidelines the CDC has put in place.

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