Campus Tours Offered to Local Youth

As part of the club's “ BE GREAT: Graduate!” program, t is offering free college and trade school campus tours with transportation to local students.

Recent campus tours have included Penn State, Empire Beauty School, and Moravian College.

“The Club’s College Tours and Campus Visits program plays a critical role in getting our community's teens to see up-close and personal the offerings at local universities and colleges of interest. This is one of the most important steps in the college search and selection process.  Visiting a college is the only way to get a true feel for a campus and find out whether it's the right fit for each student," said Easton Boys and Girls Club Director Dean Young. 

"The more colleges our students visit, the easier it will be for them to know what they like and do not like about different schools, and they can come up with a balanced list of schools to apply to."

Upcoming trips include:

• Lehigh Carbon Community College, on Wednesday, July 20. The bus departs from The Easton Teen Center, 1101 Northampton St., Easton, at 10:30 a.m., and returns by 2:45 p.m.

• East Stroudsburg University, on Friday, July 22. The bus departs from The Easton Teen Center, at 10:15 a.m., and returns by 2:30 p.m.

More tours are being scheduled to:

• Northampton Community College

• Lackawanna Junior College

• Muhlenberg College

• Cedar Crest College

• De Sales University

Participation in the trips is free for teens enrolled in the Club's summer camp program. For non-members, there is a one-time fee of $20 to take as many tours as one wishes, which includes a one-year membership to the Boys & Girls Club of Easton.

Registration for the tours is ongoing. To learn more, or to request a parent permission form, visit the Easton Teen Center, 1101 Northampton St., Easton, weekdays 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., call 610-253-5846, or email stars@fast.net

The Club is also taking suggestions for tours to other schools. To submit ideas, call 484-239-2075.