Posts by Megan Hanner

This award is named in honor of Kathi Wright. Kathi helped to create the Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer County’s first Club and held the role of Executive Director for more than 18 years. Kathi was known for her leadership, positivity, and dedication to BGCLC; therefore, this award is given each year to a…

Guest Contributors: Andy Te Slaa, Area Director The Trailblazers program was born from a conversation I had with a Club member one day while standing outside of our Loveland-Pulliam Club. She commented on how cool it was that she could see the mountains—something many of us might take for granted. As we talked, I learned…

Keystone Club is a leadership and service program for youth ages 14-18 that encourages entrepreneurialism, civic engagement, and community responsibility. Through these opportunities, youth experience the benefits and challenges inherent in philanthropic work, and gain a practical understanding of how they can make a difference in their community. Maddie, 2025 Loveland-Pulliam Club Senior Youth of…

March is Social Worker Month! To celebrate, we’re recognizing one of the earliest gifts made to our award-winning Behavioral Health Team, and the transformational impact it had on our Club members. In 2019, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer County Behavioral Health Team was just an idea—a vision for providing members with the resources…

We’re excited to celebrate two outstanding Larimer County youth who recently received prestigious Youth of the Year recognition. The winning Senior Youth of the Year is Genesis, an 8th-grade student who attends Sage Homes Wellington Club. The winning Junior Youth of the Year is Camden, a 4th grader attending Edmondson Elementary Club.  Winners were selected…

Monthly Newsletter CEO Letter Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer County’s Youth of the Year program is my favorite way to reconnect with our mission and it couldn’t have come at a better time as I was needing a little pick me up this month! I get the opportunity to see this leadership development competition at both…

Boys and Girls Clubs of Larimer County (BGCLC) has been selected as a Trauma-Informed Intensive Resource Training Hub. This prestigious recognition was awarded by Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) through a highly competitive application process. As part of this recognition, BGCLC hosted a TI Intensive Training for staff from Clubs across the region…

CEO Letter Happy New Year! Happy New Year? I was really looking forward to a fresh start in 2025, but I’ve struggled writing this letter in the typical upbeat fashion given the many challenges that January presented us as an organization and as a community. Is anyone else’s head spinning? As I try to find my bearings…

October Newsletter CEO Letter “The miracle is this: The more we share the more we have.” — Leonard Nimoy It’s a beautiful time of year to be in Colorado, and I have had the opportunity to soak up the fall season in Estes Park twice over the last 30 days. Once for much-needed time in RMNP.…

September Newsletter CEO Letter Happy Fall, y’all! This is the most beautiful time of year in Colorado, and I hope you are all out enjoying the incredible weather and gorgeous colors! This week we decided to take advantage of my son’s school-out day and head up to Rocky Mountain National Park for some leaf peeping. We didn’t get the…

August Newsletter CEO Letter School is officially back in full swing and my head is still spinning at how quickly the summer blew by and that we’re already getting ready for football season, cooler temperatures, and earlier sunsets. BGCLC completed our largest summer program in history, which included Summer of Discovery at all three of our…