For nearly three decades, Ms. Veronica Renee Pitts has been a constant at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati’s Avondale Club, known today as the Dudley S. Taft Club. Since October 17, 1995, Ms. Pitts has welcomed generations of young people through the Club’s doors, guiding, encouraging and supporting them along the way. A popular opinion around Avondale is that she’s “raised half the neighborhood.” And after nearly 30 years of service, it’s easy to understand why.

From Club Member to Catalyst of Creativity and Connection When you walk into a Boys & Girls Club in Cincinnati, you might not expect that one of the young faces you see today will one day circle back as a leader, a creator and an inspiration. But that’s exactly the journey of Armani Yett- someone whose path has taken him across cities, through triumphs and trials, and back to the community that gave him his first sense of belonging. A Place That Felt Like Home Armani’s stor

Finding Safety, Purpose and a Calling to Give Back To Egyptian Banks, known to most as Gyp, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati was never just an afterschool program. It was a safe place, a support system and at critical moments, a lifeline. Gyp grew up in Cincinnati and moved around a lot with his family. His connection to BGCGC began when they lived in English Woods, and his mother landed a job at the Clem and Ann Buenger Club, so she brought Gyp and his sisters

For Jaden Maple, the doors of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Cincinnati opened a world of possibility. What started in middle school as a safe place to hang out and get help with her homework became a foundation for purpose, community and real growth. A Club Kid Finds a Home Jaden grew up in Cincinnati and attended school in the West Clermont district. She first discovered BGCGC while she was in middle school at Glen Este. The Club was brand new at her school at the time