Boys & Girls Club Of Kern County

Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) is a state-based national non-profit organization dedicated to preventing dropouts among young people who are most at-risk. Mullins High School is a 100% free lunch qualified school where students look for encouragement. Mullins High School adopted this program to develop leadership skills and soft skills that are essential for our students to be prepared for college and career ready. As an intern, I take this opportunity to determine the support provided by these extra-curricular programs in achieving the vision of the institution. Mullins High school is blessed to have Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) program. The program coordinator Ms. T is proud of her student members and their highly supportive parents.

A solution to help at risk girls feel they fit into their community has been attempted through the formation of a club in Texas, where there is a large Mexican population due to the border region. A club for at-risk girls was started called Girls Acquiring Leadership Skills through Service (GALLS). Since "students who lack feelings of inclusion at school are those most at-risk for both youth gang involvement and dropping out of school" this club focuses on making girls feel they belong at school(Sonnenblick 243). Throughout the border region, enacting programs such as GALLS could be effective for lessening Hispanic girls' at-risk classification. Not being at-risk would be a benefit for Hispanic girls whom face so many other potentially problematic situations in their daily life on the border.

The boys and girls club have been serving children for 150 years. They have given their helping hand to millions of kids worldwide. The Boys and Girls club’s mission has always been “To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.” The Boys and Girl’s club was formed to assist underprivileged children or children who do not live in the best environment. This organization possesses a numerous amount of goals and achievements they want for each child in the program. They provide a safe and fun environment; help create skills for the future and help children build relationships with positive adults. In addition the

The Boys and Girls Club help young kids achieve their full potential and also change their lives (“BGCA - Boys & Girls Clubs of America.”). This organization will help keep kids from just roaming the streets and from making bad decisions and having unacceptable behavior by letting them do more things that keep

The Boys & Girls Clubs is a safe place where children can learn and grow, while also having fun. In fact, the Boys and Girls Clubs shares the belief that great futures are started each and every day at one of their 4,000 locations worldwide. The organization’s mission is to enable all young people, especially those who need them most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, and responsible citizens (Boys & Girls Clubs of America, 2016). According to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America (2016), the programs provided by the clubs are responsible for giving youth with the tools needed to succeed in the areas of education, career, arts, character and leadership, as well as providing health and life skills. The clubs also provide youth with recreational activities which include sports and fitness. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade (BGCMIA) is a chapter of the national organization and it has been serving youth in the Miami-Dade area since the 1940’s. The club began with just one location and as of today the organization has grown to five Clubs, which serve over 10,000 youth a year. BGCMIA has five locations around the Miami-Dade area, these locations include the Hank Kline, Kendall, North West, Gwen Cherry, and South Beach Clubs. The clubs make available structured programs that include homework help, literacy, the arts, sports, and cooking amongst other things for children ages 5 through 18. The programs,

The lifeguards of the YMCA-YWCA are a unique group of young energetic people. We will look closer into this group through the eyes of a sociologist. We will study the goals, hierarchal, argot and other factors social factors within this profession.

As a campus, it is up to us to expose out students to more and to inspire them to do more. So, it is in our best interest to partner with our surrounding community leaders. We are within the ideal area; there are major churches such as Antioch, Concord, Friendship West, and Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship. Along with the churches, there is Youth World that serves as an aid to at-risk children. Another bonus is the fact that the high school a majority of our students will graduate from is right up the street.

The article titled “Participation in Boys and Girls Clubs: Motivation and Stage Environment Fit (2010)” outlines a study in which children of elementary school and middle school age who are participating with the Boys and Girls Club are interviewed (Fredricks, Hackett, and Bregman, 2010) . The children interviewed were primarily urban, Latino youth. There are 54 youths that were interviewed who attended six elementary schools in two low-income socio-economic areas (Fredricks, Hackett, and Bregman, 2010). They are asked questions to determine two goals that the researchers wanted answered. The first goal of the study was to find the reasons as to why the children were participating in the club (Fredricks, Hackett, and Bregman, 2010). The second

We are all aware of the unspoken and vital condition of human existence–unity. Interestingly enough, Unity is not uniformity nor is it the elementary notion of “coming together.” The term, “unity” signifies this intangible idea of oneness where there exist individuals from vast backgrounds bonded together in generosity, compassion and love. I wholeheartedly believe that this “oneness in variation” needs existence in every community, and more importantly, I believe that there is potential for the Kinkaid Community Service Council to expand to diverse areas of our Kinkaid community—the lower and middle schools, clubs, sports teams, etc. If the Council can expand across the board of all Kinkaid clubs activities, and schools, this could create

The safety and well-being of the children we serve is the absolute top priority at Boys & Girls Clubs of the Coastal Bend. Our organization is committed to the highest standards of ethical behavior and integrity, and does not tolerate inappropriate or illegal activity on the part of any Club staff, volunteer or youth member. As our Club continues to provide the critical youth development programs and services that our

In 2013 the Napa County Office of Education performed the first evaluation of the LEGACY Youth Project. This evaluation was conducted by an internal evaluator. The purpose of this evaluation was to identify and describe the impact of the LEGACY Youth Project on participating students in order to assess the effectiveness of the pilot project at that time. The final report presented the evaluation results for the 2012/13 school year and included data on program implementation and participation, focus group results, pre/post survey results, and academic data analyses. Data from students and program staff indicated the pilot LEGACY Youth Project at Vintage High School had a very successful first year. Focus group data revealed participants had

There are times when a business simply doesn't have the available space for a large meeting. Or perhaps your working with a new client, and need a larger space to accommodate the new client and their team. You can't just add corporate event space the day that you need it. That would be expensive, and logistically impossible. However, don't fret, there is a solution. When you need extra corporate event space, contact us at Sherman Oaks Women's Club. We're conveniently located for those in Glendale, CA, Van Nuys, CA, Sherman Oaks, CA, and surrounding areas.

For those who are growing up in the Corner neighborhood, truancy is a common factor among several teens and young children. The Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center and its frequent visitors could benefit from a prevention/promotion program that focuses on graduation incentives for students. While the MLK Jr. Center is an appropriate outlet for after school, a program that expands the center past its current

More than 16 million children, or roughly one in five, were living in poverty in 2011, according to the U.S. Census Bureau 's official poverty measure (pdf). That is higher than any other age group. Poverty to such a degree prohibits parents the ability to provide their children with any extra luxuries outside of the conventional education. Moreover, traditions such as prom let alone extracurricular activities that cost are out of the question due to the expense. Pikes Peak Community Partners (PPCP) will try to incorporate service learning initiatives with the responsibilities of running a solvent nonprofit. It is PPCP 's belief that every child should be able to enjoy the opportunities that are available to them in both a traditional high school setting that they earn through hard work and dedication. The program is designed to help children obtain and retain the resources necessary to affect real change within their community, thus giving them the opportunity to build something great even if it is merely a friendship that will last a lifetime. Consequently, the project will help the youth of the Pikes Peak region obtain opportunities that may not otherwise be afforded to them, while teaching students (youth) leadership, social, and business skills that will be utilized throughout their lives.

A unique foundation and an extraordinary movement—The Girl Effect focuses on adolescent girls: the agents of change. Studies show that putting girls through school will help decrease the percentage of child brides and teen pregnancy. Nike’s Girl Effect strongly upholds the belief that in doing this; it can resolve issues such as HIV and AIDS and help break the cycle of poverty. The biggest goal for our charity is to reverse the damage that not having an education or the needs to survive creates. A key to destroying one of the issues is by educating teens so that they can not only better themselves, but their cultures, families, and communities. The girl effect believes that when a girl living in poverty has the chance to reach her full potential, she isn’t the only one who escapes the circumstances she was born