We're helping youth to become proficient in basic educational disciplines, apply learning to everyday situations, and promote future career success. Each Club has a learning center dedicated to helping members improve their study habits, do well in school, and make good life choices. The Power Hour program offers members after-school homework help and tutoring. Hempstead Boys & Girls Club helps members create aspirations for the future, providing opportunities for career exploration, educational enhancement and the knowledge and skills to help them enter the workforce with confidence.

These programs encourage young people to set personal goals for the future and engage in positive behaviors that nurture their own well-being. Through our key partnerships and full-time staff, members participate in programs that reinforce healthy living such as SMART Moves, a drug, alcohol, and tobacco prevention program. We also provide gender-specific programming, pregnancy prevention programs, and diversity education. Special events that include screenings, health presentations, and financial literacy conferences are another key component of this program area.

These programs empower members to positively influence their Club and community, sustain meaningful relationships with others, and develop self-esteem. The Keystone and Torch Clubs, in which members elect officers and plan and implement their own activities and community service projects, help young people learn about making good decisions, understanding the democratic process, and contributing to both their Club and community. Our yearlong Youth of the Year leadership and recognition program encourages scholarship and develops public speaking skills, 2 qualities that are critical for future success.

Club members develop fitness, positive use of leisure time, skills for stress management, appreciation for the environment, and social skills through sports, fitness, and recreation programs.

Learning teamwork and creating habits that will lead to a healthy lifestyle are crucial for a productive, healthy adulthood.  Members participate in instructional, competitive and leisure-time games, tournaments, and activities designed to develop individual strengths and to make physical fitness a regular practice. Members are instructed daily in sports and exercises, including Basketball, Double-Dutch, Weight Room and numerous other sports and fitness activities!

We help today's youth enhance self-expression and creativity, develop multicultural appreciation, provide exposure to and develop skills in visual arts, crafts, performing and literary arts. These programs are designed for youth to learn the social skills necessary to navigate modern society and new ways to artistically communicate their thoughts, ideas and beliefs.

HBGC provides  members with an abundance of instructional, competitive and leisure-time games and activities in order to foster the development of social skills, including Table Tennis, Foosball, Pool, Chess  and so many more!