About Us

We never take a single approach to help kids succeed. It takes caring mentors, such as our trained Club staff. It takes a safe place, like our Clubs that are consistently there for the kids they serve. It takes innovative, quality programs designed to empower youth to excel in school and lead healthy, productive lives. We do whatever it takes to ensure all kids have a great future.

Mission

To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

Vision

Provide a world-class Club Experience that assures success is within reach of every young person who enters our doors, with all members on track to graduate from high school with a plan for the future, demonstrating good character and citizenship, and living a healthy lifestyle.

Core Beliefs

Our Clubs provide:

  • A safe place to learn and grow
  • Ongoing relationships with caring, adult professionals
  • Life-enhancing programs and character development experiences
  • Hope and opportunity
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Martin County: A Local Story

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Martin County: A Local Story

In 1989, Hobe Sound resident, Margaret “Peggy” Cole learned of a local child who was a National Merit Scholar. Remarkably, this young person had lived in 17 different foster homes in his short life. Mrs. Cole, whose late husband once served as Chairman of the Board for Boys & Girls Clubs of America, decided that he and others like him deserved to experience the benefits of a Boys & Girls Club in Hobe Sound. Peggy gathered community support and found a strong partner in Hays Clark. Hays served on the National Board of Governors of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and was honored with the Herbert Hoover Humanitarian Award, the highest tribute the Boys & Girls Club of America can bestow on a volunteer. Together, they founded the first Boys & Girls Club in Martin County. 


With humble beginnings in the Hobe Sound Winn-Dixie Plaza, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Martin County began with just 165 children. It has now grown to four Clubs -- in Hobe Sound, Port Salerno, Palm City, and Indiantown with thousands of members! 


Times have changed and programs have grown since 1989, but the need identified by Peggy Cole and Hays Clark for affordable youth development opportunities remains strong. Today, parents agree Boys & Girls Clubs of Martin County is benefiting their children and preparing them for Great Futures!