“Much of the history we teach was made by people we taught.”

Talk about an alumni association. Across 200 years the United States Military Academy at West Point has produced a roster of graduates including Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, George S. Patton, Douglas MacArthur and Dwight Eisenhower – history makers all.

But West Point is more than an educational institution and a historic landmark. It is also a military community of some 14,000 people with its own zip code, school system, fire department – and a rising generation of children. As the Academy celebrates its bicentennial, these young people represent history in the making.
Enter West Point Youth Services. For many kids with Army parents, the Boys & Girls Club affiliate is the next best thing to home. In a world where three-year tours of duty take military families around the globe, its Youth Center is a place to make friends, learn or just be yourself.

West Point Youth Services has been providing programs for military youth for over 30 years, and been in Boys & Girls Clubs of America membership since 1998. It’s part of a larger partnership with the Army – and the entire U.S. military – that has the full support of Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. William J. Lennox Jr.

“I believe it is essential for military installations to help support Boys & Girls Clubs of America,” says Gen. Lennox. “It’s a great organization with proven success at helping develop children of our military families into great young men and women. And the feedback I get from the West Point community is that our Youth Services program here is one of the most valuable services we provide.”