Alumni News Events Locations About Us Donate Programs Registration Blue Mountain Camp Contact CARE CLOSET PROGRAM Our new initiative is to provide care closets at all of our sites. These care closets will include hygiene items, clothing, and non-perishable food items for those youth and families in need throughout Reading and Berks County. Thanks to local businesses, corporations, foundations, and individuals, Olivet has started collecting these items in regular and travel sizes. Olivet is in need of toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, body wash, hand soap, body lotion, hand sanitizer, washcloths, towels, shampoo, Q-tips, feminine hygiene products, hair care products, and Vaseline. These items can be dropped off at our administrative office located at 1161 Pershing Blvd. Reading, PA 19611 Monday through Friday between the hours of 8 am and 5 pm, or by appointment. Please call (610) 373-1314 or email us at info@olivetbgc.org for more information! OLIVET PAX PROGRAM Olivet Pax are an initiative first launched as a service project as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service in 2019. As part of this service project, Olivet with the support of community organizations and volunteers, assembled nearly 1000 Olivet Pax to benefit homeless youth in Berks County. The Pax were filled were basic need items such as feminine products, socks, and toiletries. Once assembled, the Pax were distributed to various school districts in Berks County. The Olivet Pax will continue to an important project for Olivet as we begin the care closet project as described below. EMERGENCY FOOD Olivet started serving emergency lunch and dinner meals, as well as pantry boxes to local youth and families on Monday, March 16, 2020. Since that time Olivet has served almost 100,000 meals to those in need through partnerships with local organizations. Olivet will continue to serve meals during dinner time in the form of grab and go meals, while also serving lunches to all youth attending our virtual learning support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM In partnership with Fairmount Behavioral Health and the Berks County Intermediate Unit (BCIU), Olivet will provide individual and group mental health check-ins and lessons to the youth of all ages. These lessons will focus on isolation, depression, self-harm & suicide prevention, anxiety, and self-help. Links, contacts, and additional information will be provided to youth and families during these sessions and by request. DREAM (DISCOVERING REALITY, EASILY AND MEANINGFULLY) Program provides selected at-risk youth an alternative to court-ordered placement with a comprehensive program featuring a balanced approach to juvenile offender rehabilitation. MAP (MENTORING AND THE ARTS PROGRAM) Program offered to youth under the supervision of the Berks County Juvenile Probation Office. The program consists of three components; Mentoring, Arts, and Mainstreaming. The Youth meet one time per week as a group and one time per week individually with their mentor. VIEW OUR PROGRAMS OUR MISSION Olivet Boys & Girls Club enables all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as healthy, productive, caring, responsible citizens. Olivet Boys & Girls Club was one of the original 50 organizations that banded together with like youth groups from across the country to form what became Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Our Club is a chartered member of Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and incorporates many of the national organization’s tested youth development programs into our own program lineup. PROGRAMS Academic Success Good Character and Citizenship Specialized Initiative Program Sports Fitness and Recreation EXPLORE Home About Us Donate News Events Locations Registration Community Partnership Contact © Olivet Boys & Girls Club of Reading & Berks County. All Rights Reserved. Website Design by FXV Digital Design.