{"id":41843,"date":"2026-08-04T09:32:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgcmd.org\/?p=41843"},"modified":"2026-08-04T09:32:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T15:32:53","slug":"the-club-that-never-leaves-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgcmd.org\/es\/about\/news\/the-club-that-never-leaves-you\/","title":{"rendered":"The Club That Never Leaves You"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><span class=\"TextRun SCXW139369341 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW139369341 BCX8\">How Owen alumni are giving back to the place that helped shape their lives<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">For\u00a0nearly 60\u00a0years, the\u00a0J. Churchill\u00a0Owen\u00a0Boys &amp; Girls\u00a0Club has been a cornerstone of the Westwood community. Generations of kids have walked through\u00a0its\u00a0doors after school, found friendships, discovered new passions, and built confidence that lasts a lifetime.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:275}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Some of those kids never really left.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:275}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This fall, Club kids\u00a0might be greeted by Zack, a longtime Owen staff member who grew up attending the Club himself.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:275}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2026 Gala: The Club in the 90&amp;apos;s\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r_5pANWdd40?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThe main thing I could remember the most about my childhood was being at the Boys &amp; Girls Club,\u201d Zack shared. \u201cI\u2019m\u00a0pretty blessed\u00a0and lucky. This is my purpose.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:275}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Karla\u2019s story is part of Owen\u2019s legacy, too. She regularly volunteers at the Club and was one of the\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">primero<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0girl members when it became the Owen Boys &amp; Girls Club in the 1990s.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:275}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThe day came when I was able to walk in with my membership form in one hand and a dollar in the other,\u201d Karla proudly shared. \u201cIt felt like I belonged.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:275}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">While the Club continues to grow and evolve, the heart of Owen\u00a0remains\u00a0the same: helping every child feel safe, supported, and valued.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For Zack and Karla, the Club became a place that shaped who they are. Today,\u00a0they\u2019re\u00a0helping create that same experience for the next generation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Owen alumni are giving back to the place that helped shape their lives For\u00a0nearly 60\u00a0years, the\u00a0J. Churchill\u00a0Owen\u00a0Boys &amp; Girls\u00a0Club has been a cornerstone of the Westwood community. Generations of kids have walked through\u00a0its\u00a0doors after school, found friendships, discovered new passions, and built confidence that lasts a lifetime.\u00a0 Some of those kids never really left.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgcmd.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgcmd.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgcmd.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgcmd.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgcmd.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41843"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgcmd.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41846,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgcmd.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41843\/revisions\/41846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bgcmd.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgcmd.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bgcmd.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}