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Serving Albany & Rensselaer Counties
Food Program
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Capital Area (BGCCA) serves approximately 1,100 meals daily to feed youth from Albany to Troy. The kitchen runs year-round, for CACFP, the summer, and the school year.
We provide food to our afterschool programs in Albany, Empire and 21s Century locations (10 sites); our Clubhouses in Albany and Troy; as well as the following organizations: - ACAP Albany Community Action Partnership - HOPE 7 - PAL - YMCA
If you have any questions please contact Chris Sky at csky@bgccapitalarea.org
IN THE NEWS
'The best place to be a kid': Summer Meals Program celebrates 50 years
https://www.troyrecord.com/2024/07/09/the-best-place-to-be-a-kid-summer-meals-program-celebrates-50-years/
COVID RESPONSE
Within 48 hours, the output capacity of BGCCA’s food program more than doubled at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. BGCCA went from serving approximately 1,100 meals to youth in afterschool programs each day to serving over 14,000 meals each week.
BGCCA employees shifted to the food program and kept their jobs while volunteers around the community assisted.
In the news:
Everyday Heroes of COVID-19: Chris Sky and John Mayfield - Times Union
Whole Health Heroes: Christopher Sky - Albany Business Review
THANK YOU
Donations to the BGCCA are what make the Food Program possible and we thank you for your support.
The BGCCA Food Program can always use monetary donations as well as a working delivery van or large coolers in good condition. Corporate Partnerships are an option for local companies looking to help!
Pictured: Chris Sky, left, Director of Food Service, and John Mayfield, Kitchen Manager, on Tue, April 28, 2020, in Troy, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)
Free Ways to Help
Recycle
Use the CLYNK kiosk at Hannaford's and choose BGCCA as the recipient.
Visit OLIVER'S Beverage, 105 Colvin Ave and tell them you want to donate to BGCCA.
