Leaders Club
Leaders Club is a fun, active club for ages 12–18 that focuses on preparing youth for life after high school. Guided by a staff advisor, teens hang out together, working out, playing games, socializing and going places like Hunt Club Farm and bowling. They also learn and practice leadership, determining the rules of engagement for their club and participating in volunteer service projects. In Leaders Club, teens make friends and develop self-confidence, independence and cooperation.
Leaders Club runs from September through June, and teens can join at any point during the year. Y membership or the Teen Pass is required.
Leaders Club is available at all YMCA of South Hampton Roads locations and at Indian River Middle School, Kempsville Middle School and Larkspur Middle School.
Interested in joining Leaders Club? Click the Get Started button to fill out an information form. A staff advisor will follow up with more information.
Ready to register? Click the Register Online button to complete your registration and payment. You can also register in person at the Y.
What's Leaders Club About?
Socialize & Make Friends
Teens hang out together and make new friends under guidance of a staff advisor.
Build Leadership Skills
Teens are the leaders, setting the rules for their club. They also participate in volunteer projects together, helping the community.
Have fun together
From working out together and playing games and sports to going ice skating, bowling and on haunted hayrides, teens keep busy and have fun.
Meet Noa
Noa credits the friends he made in Leaders Club for helping save his life.
Blue Ridge Leaders School
Leaders Clubs participate in service projects and raise money to go to Blue Ridge Leaders School in Black Mountain, NC, a fun and deeply transformational one-week leadership experience held each summer. See the recap from 2026.