Welcome to the West Philadelphia Boys & Girls Club, based in the Mantua neighborhood.

Throughout our 40,000-square-foot facility in West Philadelphia, we offer services and programs utilizing our gymnasium, a competition-sized swimming pool, and commercial kitchen. The Club is home to our Early Learning Center, where we help shape the minds of children in our Pre-Kindergarten programs including Head Start, Pre-K Counts, and PHL Pre-K.

Our West Philadelphia Boys & Girls Club is our largest facility with a capacity to serve 458 children.

Programs at this Site

Early Learning Center

The Early Learning Center at our West Philadelphia Boys & Girls Club offers Head start programming, serves children from 1 to 5 years old, and has achieved the highest Keystone STAR 4 program quality rating. We accept Pennsylvania Child Care Works (subsidy) and offer PA PreK Counts and PHL PreK high quality pre-kindergarten programs.

Daily activities include nutritious meals and snacks, learning and literacy activities, outdoor play in our secure playgrounds or indoor play in our gymnasium.

Boys & Girls Clubs

Our Boys & Girls Club programming offers after school, summer camp and more for children ages 6–12. Activities include:

● Fitness, sports and recreation

● Arts, from drawing and painting to music and theater

● Homework help and tutoring

● Career development, health and life skills classes

● Character and leadership development

Our kids participate in local, state, regional and national contests and activities.