My service-based project was carried out at the Boys and Girls Club after school program on the Fitchburg State University campus. Twice a week for the duration of the fall semester, volunteers from the Fitchburg State University community implemented a themed activity for the students at the Boys and Girls Club. Each Tuesday, a team of college students led a musically based session, and on Wednesdays the students were engaged in hands-on science experiments. The paper accompanying the project served as an analytic comparison between the Boys and Girls Club after school program and the 21st Century Scholars after school program held at McKay Campus School. Similarities in the programs’ clientele and neighborhood were found, but differences in funding, facilities, ages of participants and staff, and the structures of the programs themselves were most dominant. The T.E.A.M. Spirit program stressed both cooperation and individual participation. Beyond the central benefit brought to the children, I hoped to promote the values of community involvement and service through this project. The enthusiastic commitment of the volunteers paired with the varied activities provided opportunities for both mentoring and for academic and social growth. My conclusions displayed that the Boys and Girls Club and the 21st Century Scholars after school program are organizations with two distinctly different, yet safe and worthwhile approaches to accommodating young people, and that volunteerism and community involvement further enrich these programs.