Boys & Girls Club receives $122K donation to provide free youth counseling services
Blue Cross of Idaho and the Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health announced the grants on Monday.
Credit: KTVB file Author: KTVB Staff Updated: 12:23 PM MDT May 3, 2021
MERIDIAN, Idaho Two big donations will enable the Boys & Girls Club of Ada County to provide free youth counseling services and healthy lifestyle programming at seven locations.
Blue Cross of Idaho and the Blue Cross of Idaho Foundation for Health are providing $122,000 in grants to the nonprofit.
The grants will allow the Boys & Girls Club to employ a full-time, licensed professional counselor to support the mental health needs of children who attend any of the seven club locations in Ada County. The funding also will help support the Triple Play Program, which helps at-risk children improve their overall health and well-being through wellness programing focusing on the mind, body and sou