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Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa DESCRIPTION CONTACT NAME Elaine Collet EMAIL [email protected] PHONE 515-262-5695 Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa (BGCCI) serves more than 2,000 central Iowa youth ages 5-18 from 44 local schools each year (500 kids a day). They offer hands-on educational and experiential enrichment every day after school, as well as all-day programming during the summer and other breaks. BGCCI supplies at-risk children with nutritious, child-friendly, self-serve food designed to supplement a family of four for the weekend. BGCCI also just began a hot meal program with the McCombs Club where any Club kid can receive a free dinner any night Club is in session. BGCCI will offer this opportunity to all Club sites very soon. OFFICE ADDRESS 1031 Office Park Road, Suite 1 West Des Moines, IA 50310 HOW TO HELP TYPE OF WORK Iowans can donate food to the BGCCI food pantry, provide a financial donation to assist with food purchases or volunteer to help package food bags. Educational/School, Food Pantry, Meal Site, Garden Program COUNTIES Polk Page | 134