http://www.pioneerclubs.org/about.php The Articles on "About Us": Learn more about who Pioneer Clubs is. Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:37:54 -0400 http://www.pioneerclubs.org/images/rss-icon.png http://www.pioneerclubs.org/about.php http://www.pioneerclubs.org/about.php?abstract=3#article_3 http://www.pioneerclubs.org/about.php?abstract=3#article_3 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:16:33 -0400 <div class="content_margins"><div class="headline_green">How It All Began</div> <h4><em>&quot;There's nothing to do around here,&quot;</em> complained 13-year-old Harriet Brehm in 1939.</h4> Harriet's brother and other boys in Winfield, Illinois, had fun in a boys club begun by a Wheaton College student named Joe Coughlin. So Harriet asked &quot;Uncle&quot; Joe for a girls club. Slightly overwhelmed, Joe hesitated until presented with a petition signed by a number of young girls.<br /><br /><img width="97" vspace="100" hspace="100" height="125" align="left" src="http://www.pioneerclubs.org/images/Historical/betty2%20copy.png" alt="Betty Whitaker" /><strong>God's Answer</strong>. Joe put a plea for help in the college newspaper. Freshman Betty Whitaker had been praying that the Lord would show her a way to minister to young girls. When she saw the notice in the paper, she knew it was God's answer to her prayers. Betty and several other students developed a club called Girls Guild. In 1941, the name changed to Pioneer Girls, a theme of pioneering and adventure was adopted. Camp Cherith also began - the summer camping ministry of Pioneer Clubs. Soon clubs were started for other age-groups. Pioneer Girls spread throughout the United States and Canada.<br /> <br /><br /> <strong>Boys Clubs</strong>. In 1981, boys clubs began, and the name changed to Pioneer Clubs. Today there are clubs for boys and girls in five age-groups, from two through middle school. Pioneer Clubs has provided exciting, Bible-based experience for thousands of young people through the many years.<br /> &nbsp;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img width="142" height="180" alt="" src="http://www.pioneerclubs.org/images/Historical/p4-betty%20copy.png" />&nbsp; <img width="106" height="180" alt="" title="1964 Uniforms" dir="ltr" id="1964 Uniforms" src="http://www.pioneerclubs.org/images/Historical/p8guidebookblue.png" />&nbsp; <img width="191" height="180" alt="" src="http://www.pioneerclubs.org/images/Historical/1946%20uniforms.png" />&nbsp; <img width="151" height="180" alt="" src="http://www.pioneerclubs.org/images/Historical/p6covered%20wagon.png" /> &nbsp;</div>&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> <br /> <div class="content_margins"><div class="headline_green">Our Mission</div> Pioneer Clubs&rsquo; mission is to serve God by providing the most effective and educationally sound programs to help children follow Christ in every aspect of life. </div>