Crossroads for Kids has been unlocking opportunities for at-risk Boston area youth to transform their lives for 75 years. Our experienced and dedicated staff counsels, nurtures, and builds critical relationships through immersive year-round and summer camp programs  giving youth valuable life skills and a consistently safe place to turn regardless of their individual situation. Serving over 1000 Boston area youth each year, Crossroads for Kids immerses children ages 7-17 in a safe, supportive community, preparing them to meet life’s challenges as they learn, grow, and discover their own unique potential. Participants in our programs are less likely to succumb to the pressure of negative influences in their environments. They are more likely to overcome challenges, discover self confidence, graduate from high school, seek higher education, and fill positive roles in our society as adults, parents, and professionals.

Crossroads for Kids was founded in 1936 by Arthur Taylor Burger, Executive Director of Boys Clubs of Boston, and other Boys Clubs Trustees and prominent business men under the name Boys and Girls Camps. The goal was to provide children living the Boston Metro area with the opportunity to enjoy a camp experience and the associated benefits and character development of an intentional residential camp experience. Over the years the organization grew to include three sites, and has truly become a lasting and life-changing force in the lives of the youth who attend our programs. In 1998 we changed our name to Crossroads for Kids to better reflect the comprehensive services we offer and in 2002 began expanding our programs year-round. We have spent more than seven decades watching kids leave camp at the end of the summer knowing that they have found a very special place where they feel capable, unique, valued and successful. Through our year-round programs we bring that special place to their daily lives which are often laden with challenges that are difficult for a child to successfully face on their own. Crossroads for Kids has the unique ability to be a constant force in their lives, the same friendly faces in the summer and the school-year, teaching them how to swim and helping them with their homework, leading them in camp songs and talking them through a difficult day in school.