Boys Clubs Of Greater Kansas City

Spent a ton of time here in the nineties, Jerry was the head counselor. Good times. Glad to see it is still around.

Such an awful place. Staff literally take you as a joke. I went her for 5 years and have been bullied multiple times. Anytime another student does a profane action staff will claim they’ll do something about it but never do. Coming here everyday was by far the worst part of my day and MULTIPLE staffs here had made me cry. Everyday I begged my parents to remove me from this program and thank God they did. I really wish my experience would have been better. Lastly, there have been multiple occasions where young girls here have learned to twerk…yes I wish I was lying. I still go to school and see these girls everyday but I 100% believe that if they weren’t enrolled here then that would’ve never happened. If you plan on attending your children here please be careful

This place is not of what it seems to be. There are huge communication gaps between the staff and parent and extreme excuses from them to follow. They would much rather sweep under the rug, instead of communicating and resolving things. The person in charge has not responded to my emails to resolve things! I was gifted a scholarship for both of my children through sometime 2024. I found it to be a huge blessing at the time, but have been very frustrated and now I know that they misrepresent of what they're really about. There is a lot of bullying and fights at this club. My 7-year-old was CHOCKED and assaulted last year but another young boy. They tried to downplay it and I should have took it to the police department because my son had marks on his neck after telling the boy that he did NOT want to wrestle. The lady at the front desk made extreme excuses about it and did not handle the situation in the best of manor and she has called me rather than speaking to me about it when I picked them up. She did not tell me he was choked, I had to call back to tell her! They will cancel days without proper notice and leave parents hanging to figure things out by themselves. During Christmas I called 4 days prior to the 26th and asked front desk if they were going to be open as well as for January 1st, she had said yes they were going to be open. I get there on the 26th and they are closed! I was on my way to work and that caused a huge problem for me and my children that I had to immediately figure out. The front desk staff will hang up on you when they find it's convenient for them and claim that they were 'disrespected' when they very much were not, on my part anyways. When somebody is not understanding something it is best to try to explain it. Nobody in the whole wide world knows everything and sometimes LISTENING & LEARNING is needed in order to understand. When somebody is talking over me for most of the conversation and then hangs up, that creates a huge frustration! The only way to get somebody to not hang up is to be having a conversation face to face. They claimed to have things recorded, however, it's only in the lobby and not for the telephone to hear both sides of the conversation. Simple psych 101 would take care of that and even the head person of the Kansas City unit does not understand that. He made comments of how difficult it is to find somebody to fill that position and have no resolution besides to ACT like it never happened. It's extremely difficult to trust anybody with my most precious beings. Boys & Girls Club will side with the staff, instead of listening to both sides and to get the story straight. DO NOT BRING YOUR KIDS HERE! THERE IS EXTREME FRUSTRATION THAT WILL FOLLOW AND YOUR CHILDREN ARE NOT GUIDED AS MUCH AS THEY SHOULD BE WITH SOME OF THE STAFF! Front desk is extremely rude and portray herself to be entitled and does not give respect but demands it towards herself! Also, they claim to have activities for the kids and it is not a daycare. My kids only experience occasional field trips in the summer. The kids there watch movies, play outside or in the gym, or on electric devices, that is pretty much it. Update: The phone number that you give me is somebody that I've already spoke with for a great length of time and several times. Nothing was resolved with this individual and I was redirected to somebody higher than him. If I could actually speak with the owner, I believe that would be best at this point in time. Sweeping things under the rug does not give resolution, it causes more problems. This is why I choose to not bring my children here anymore, as well as recommend people to not bring their children here!

I was informed that I'd hear by June 3rd about my daughters wait list for the summer program and still haven't heard anything. The person I spoke to this morning said they only call those who've paid for it. I did that well back in April. The communication or lack of is annoying and that goes for not being able to understand the staff when you do try to call them because the connection is so horrible

The Staff is friendly and attentive to my children's needs. They are good at providing feedback. My kids love the Staff and overall this place is amazing!