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An Afro-American Point Of View
Distance: 6.5 Mi688 Boston Rd
01119-1322 Springfield -
Hadley Public Schools
Distance: 10.3 Mi21 River Dr
01035 Hadley -
Hatfield Public Schools
Distance: 12.0 Mi34 School St
1038 Hatfield -
Belchertown Day School
Distance: 11.1 Mi51 State Street
1007 Belchertown -
Amherst-Pelham Public Schools
Distance: 28.0 Mi87 Ferrante Ave
1301 Greenfield
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The Boys & Girls Club of Greater Holyoke is an affiliate of Boys & Girls Clubs of America, one of the nation's oldest and premiere youth organizations. Boys & Girls Clubs of America has its national headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. The first Boys Club was started in Hartford, Connecticut in 1860. The first affiliation of Boys Clubs took place in 1906, when several Boys Clubs became The Federated Boys Clubs in Boston. In 1931, the Boys Club Federation of America became Boys Clubs of America. In 1956, Boys Clubs of America received a U.S. Congressional Charter. In 1990, the national organization changed its name to Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and Congress amended the Charter accordingly.