Pokémon Club Expands to Boys & Girls Clubs
The Pokémon Company and Boys & Girls Clubs of America are bringing the Pokémon Trading Card Game to clubhouses nationwide.
Updated on Nov. 10, 2026 in Board Games
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The Pokémon Company has partnered with Boys & Girls Clubs of America to bring Pokémon Club to clubhouses across the United States. The program lets kids check out and play the Pokémon Trading Card Game at Boys & Girls Clubs locations.
Why it matters
The partnership places the Pokémon Trading Card Game in a youth network of nearly 5,500 local Clubs serving more than four million children and teens each year. It extends a program originally developed in 2025 for educators and libraries into everyday after-school settings.
The partner network has nearly 5,500 local Clubs serving more than four million children and teens each year. The source does not state how many of those locations will host Pokémon Club or on what timeline beyond "the months to come."
The players
The Pokémon Company
The Pokémon Company is the Japanese company that manages the Pokémon franchise, including its trading card game and related youth programming.
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Boys & Girls Clubs of America is a national youth development organization that operates local clubhouses providing after-school and summer programs for children and teens.
The details
Pokémon Club uses the Pokémon Trading Card Game and Pokémon-themed activities to help young people build strategy, confidence and friendships. Through the partnership, the Pokémon TCG is made available at Boys & Girls Clubs locations for kids to check out and play.
Timeline
2025: Pokémon Club is developed.
November 10, 2026: The partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of America is announced.
In the months to come: The program is expected to begin appearing at Boys & Girls Clubs locations.
Season Trajectory
Pokémon Club first reached educators through the International Society for Transforming Education and libraries through the American Library Association. The Boys & Girls Clubs partnership carries that same institutional rollout into community youth clubhouses.
Kids who visit a participating Boys & Girls Clubs location can check out and play the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Families may find the program at local clubhouses as it rolls out in the months ahead.
The takeaway
Pokémon Club shows how a trading card game can serve as a structured tool for building strategy and social skills in youth programs. Parents and kids can watch for the program at their nearest Boys & Girls Clubs location.
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Source note: This article includes information reported by Bleeding Cool.
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