Bruce Lawrence Teen Center | Boys & Girls Club of Fitchburg and Leominster

Teens interested in signing up to become a Junior Staff for the After- School program may do so here!

The Bruce Lawrence Teen Center at the BGCFL

Teens at the Boys & Girls Club of Fitchburg and Leominster have a busy calendar, full of STEAM programs like Robotics competitions, Coding, Game Design, 3D printing, Circuitry, Beekeeping, Gardening, Aviation, and Fine Arts.

Add in JUMP mountain hiking with overnights, Basketball Leagues, Weight Lifting, CareerLaunch field trips, water balloon fights, guest speakers and workshops on subject ranging from CSI to mental health awareness. The teens are always productively busy and having a great time!

BGC Print

Our Teens can become apart of an entrepreneurial program, operating a custom design T-shirt business. Check us out on Facebook!

Basketball League

Teens have two basketball seasons throughout the year, Winter and Spring. Competition gets fierce throughout these 10 week league!

3D Print Lab

Our 3D printing labs allows teens to be creative with new up and coming technology. Building almost anything that may come to their minds!

Our Teens in the News!

Boys and Girls Club 5K goes virtual during pandemic

By DANIEL MONAHAN | dmonahan@sentinelandenterprise.com | Sentinel & Enterprise PUBLISHED: June 15, 2020 LEOMINSTER — Rather than cancel its annual 5K fundraising event due to COVID-19, the Boys and Girls Club of Fitchburg and Leominster has decided to host it virtually this year. The race, now in its 11th year, was moved online following health concerns and is taking place […]

Shirley’s TPE Solutions teams up with B&G Club of Fitchburg and Leominster to produce face masks

By CLIFF CLARK | cclark@sentinelandenterprise.com | Sentinel & Enterprise PUBLISHED: June 9, 2020 SHIRLEY — For Jonas Angus, president of TPE Solutions Inc., partnering with students at the Boys & Girls Club of Fitchburg and Leominster to produce face shields for doctors and nurses on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic seemed like a natural fit. “We wanted to inspire […]

Mentor, Boys & Girls Club show what crisis teamwork can accomplish

By EDITORIAL | June 11, 2020 Never let a serious crisis go to waste. That saying, popularized by Rahm Emanuel, former President Barack Obama’s chief of staff, refers to seizing the opportunity in chaotic times to accomplish things you didn’t think you were capable of previously. And that’s exactly what Jonas Angus, the president of Shirley-based TPS Solutions […]

Teen Center Director Jon Blodgett

Jon Blodgett was recently named Boys & Girls Club’s Outstanding Program Staff Member from among all 189 clubs scattered throughout the northeastern United States.

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FRC

In our FIRST Robotics Competition program, teens have six weeks to build a full sized robot to compete with other teams in the region to complete a set of challenges released at the beginning of each season.

CareerLaunch

Career Launch is a program that lets teens explore different careers and career opportunities through field trips, financial literacy classes, and for some, eventual job placement.

Youth of the Year

Each year, we choose a teen that we think best exemplifies Club values and strong moral character to be the Youth of the Year. This teen will go on to compete at state levels for the chance to win a scholarship.

Teen Center Calendar

Staff and Contact Information

Jon Blodgett
Teen Center Director
JBlodgett@bgcfl.org
(978) 534-8358 x116

Susan Orsini
Program Instructor
sorsini@bgcfl.org

Catherine Burgess
Program Instructor
CBurgess@bgcfl.org

Welcome Students!

Orientation

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