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All activities are open to all club members unless specified in
the program description.
Character & Leadership Development
Torch Club is a chartered small-group
leadership and service club for boys and girls ages 11-13 yrs old.
Torch Club is a powerful vehicle through which Club staff can help
meet the specific character development needs of younger adolescents
at a critical stage in their development. Torch Club members learn
to elect officers and work together to implement activities in four
areas: service to Club and community, education, health & fitness
and social recreation.
Junior Staff Career
Development Program is a comprehensive group club
program assisting members, ages 11-18 years, in exploring a career
in youth services or human service, particularly Boys & Girls
Club work. The program prepares youth for leadership roles as human
service professionals or volunteer leaders.
Across Ages is a mentoring program
for members, 11-12 year olds and people over fifty years of age.
This program teaches youth to become active and productive adults,
while building bonds between the members and the mentors. The participants
in this program complete monthly community service projects and
take field trips regularly.
Youth of the Week/Month is designed
to promote and recognize service and contribution to Club and community,
academic performance, outstanding participation, assistance to others,
and excellent behavior. Every Friday one Club member from each age
group is recognized in front of the club for standing out in the
above criteria. At the end of each month one member is selected
as "Youth of the Month" for excelling in the qualities mentioned
above. This member is given a certificate and has his/her picture
hung throughout the school year.
Youth of the Year is BGCA's
premier youth recognition program for Club members. All members
can benefit from participation in this program, which promotes and
celebrates service to Club, community and family; academic performance;
moral character; life goals; and poise and public speaking ability.
Education & Career Development
Power Hour - provides Club professionals
with strategies, activities, resources and information to create
engaging homework help and tutoring program that encourages Club
members to become self-directed learners.
Partners in Learning Literature Groups
provide supplemental reading and writing instruction with collaborating
organizations to children (k-8 grades) who need assistance in reading.
Each Literature group has an average of four children per group.
The group meets 4 times per week for 40-50 minutes. Literature Clubs
help increase participants' phonics, comprehension, writing, and
critical-thinking skills.
Health & Life Skills
Smart Moves - The SMART Moves
(Skills, Mastery And Resistance Training) prevention/education program
address the problems of drugs and alcohol use and premature sexual
activity. Based upon proven techniques, the program uses a team
approach involving Club staff, peer leaders, parents and community
representatives. More than simply emphasizing a "Say No"
message, the program teaches young people ages 6-15 years old how
to say no by involving them in discussions and role playing, practicing
resistance and refusal skills, developing assertiveness, strengthening
decision-making skills and analyzing media and peer influence. The
ultimate goal is to promote abstinence from substance abuse and
adolescent sexual involvement through the practice of responsible
behavior.
Smart Girls - An outgrowth of
the popular and effective SMART Moves program, SMART Girls is a
health, fitness, prevention/education and self-esteem enhancement
program for girls ages 10-15. The program is designed to encourage
healthy attitudes and lifestyles that will enable early adolescent
girls to develop to their full potential.
Passport to Manhood - This program
promotes and teaches responsibility and reinforces positive behavior
in male Club members ages 11-14 yrs old. Passport to Manhood consists
of 14 small-group sessions, each of which concentrates on a specific
aspect of manhood through highly interactive activities. Each participant
is issued his own "Passport" to support the notion that he is on
a personal journey of maturation and personal growth.
Cooking Club -
The cooking club teaches young people how to prepare their own healthy
snacks. They learn measuring skills, basic cooking techniques and
kitchen safety rules.
Sports Fitness & Recreation
First Tee Golf - This program,
in collaboration with First Tee, teaches Club members ages 6-18
yrs old golf skills and etiquette.
Basketball (Jr. NBA/Force One League)
- Gives boys and girls, 5-18 years old, an opportunity to learn
the fundamentals and rules of basketball, have the excitement of
playing games with a game clock, and have FUN with the game of basketball.
UNITY Football - give members
7-14 years old an opportunity to play organized competitive football.
The Arts
Photography Club - Teaches members
how to use digital cameras as well as computer software to enhance
these pictures.
Art for Beginners - This program
focuses on visual arts including painting, drawing, and craft projects.
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