A RELATIONSHIP POWERED BY DEPENDABILITY
Since 2003, Maytag has supported the mission of Boys & Girls Clubs of America to inspire youth to pursue greatness. We’re proud to recognize their spirit of dependability and all their reliable mentors.
Empowering Youth Through Opportunity
Maytag funds scholarships and donations that support BGCA’s core mission to empower over a hundred thousand kids to achieve their potential through higher education, skills training and positive mentorship.
$9+ Million
in Donations & Scholarships
100,000+
Kids Impacted
6,000+
Maytag Volunteers
Hundreds
of Maytag® Appliances Donated
HONORING LEADERS WHO CHANGE LIVES
Maytag celebrates exceptional Boys & Girls Club mentors for their positive lifetime impact on kids and teens by honoring them with a Maytag Dependable Leader Award and a $20,000 grant to support their local Club.
Award winners include former president Jimmy Carter. To date, Maytag has honored 114 extraordinary leaders who have helped thousands of kids and teens achieve their full potential.
RECIPIENT SPOTLIGHT
Mike Harris received the Maytag Dependable Leadership Award in 2016 and used his grant to help establish the Pathways to Policing program at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Grand Rapids Seidman Center. The program encourages positive interactions with police and introduces youth to law enforcement careers.
CELEBRATING THE SPIRIT OF DEPENDABILITY
On Maytag brand’s annual Day of Dependability, Maytag employees from all over the country volunteer at Boys & Girls Clubs in their communities to make an impact through the power of positive leadership.
From serving 200 kids a Thanksgiving meal or just being there to help with homework, over 6,000 team members turn 3 volunteer days into brighter futures at local Clubs. Maytag believes when kids and teens are inspired to dream big by dependable mentors, they can achieve anything.
MAYTAG® FEEL GOOD FRIDGE
According to Feeding America, one in six children experience food insecurity. Maytag knows dependability starts with ensuring that all Americans have access to their most basic needs, especially nourishing food. That’s why Maytag, with help from Boys & Girls Club of America, launched the Feel Good Fridge program in 2021 giving kids and families a food source they can depend on. The Maytag® Feel Good Fridge is a refrigerator that is stocked with healthy food for Club members and their families to take when in-need.
Maytag has placed 40 Feel Good Fridges in Boys and Girls Clubs of America, with plans to place another 10 by the end of 2023. Each refrigerator comes with a small grant to get the Club started in filling the fridge with nourishing food, and the Clubs will use local relationships and community support to continue to keep the fridges full. Each Maytag® Feel Good Fridge has helped provide healthy food to an estimated 120 Club kids per day.
CLUB SPOTLIGHT
Maytag® Feel Good Fridge, a refrigerator stocked with fresh foods at 40 Clubs nationwide, is helping Boys & Girls Club youth discover that they like spinach, carrots, yogurt and more. When young people have dependable access to nourishing meals and snacks, they’re able to focus on whatever comes their way – a STEM experiment, an impromptu game of basketball, raising their hand to speak up on a topic they care about, being there for a friend.
Watch the video to see the impact the Maytag® Feel Good Fridge program is having at the Kenosha, Wisconsin Club.
CHANGE A CHILD'S FUTURE
Maytag is proud to support BGCA’s mission to ensure every child has mentors and champions in life.
WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD A BETTER TOMORROW
August 2021— Ashley Jones, a longtime advocate for Vancouver-area youth and an employee at Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest Washington, was awarded the 2021 Maytag Dependable Leader Award on August 6.
June 2021 —Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Holland employee Justin Caserta was named one of seven Maytag Dependable Leaders in 2021.
May 2020—The Maytag Dependable Leader program honors extraordinary individuals for their commitment to kids and teens.
Please note that Maytag products are not recommended or endorsed by BGCA, and purchases of Maytag products do not entitle the purchaser to a charitable deduction.
