***Press Release***
The Hope For Youth Committee invites the public to attend a meeting with Mike Coffman, regional director for the Boys & Girls Club, at 6pm Friday, March 30, at Sterling Public Library.
Coffman will be giving a presentation on the requirements for starting up a Boys & Girls Club in the Sterling area.
The mission of the Boys & Girls Club Movement is to "enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens."
The Southwest Region of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, which encompasses Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming, includes 232 Boys & Girls Club organizations, with 676 clubs/service locations. As of December 31, 2010, the region served 631,140 youth.
The club is designed to guide youth who are at risk or have already developed "unacceptable habits and attitudes," as well as "boys and girls of good character," according to a pamphlet about the club. Membership dues are kept low to ensure that all can afford to belong. The club lists five key elements of the program that assure positive youth development:
1. A safe, positive environment
2. Fun
3. Supportive relationships
4. Opportunities and expectations
5. Recognition
Those elements are combined with targeted programs in three areas: academic success, good character and citizenship, and healthy lifestyles.
Boys Clubs of America, now Boys & Girls Clubs of America, was organized and incorporated in 1906 by a group of 653 existing clubs that believed a national organization could serve to help establish new clubs and provide assistance to existing clubs. Each local Boys & Girls Club is autonomous, and responsible for its own operations and funding.
One of the steps to starting a Boys & Girls Club is conducting a community readiness assessment, which can determine whether the needs of youth in the community are being met, as well as help identify resources available to support the club.
For more information about the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, visit www.bgca.org
For more information about Friday's presentation call 970-520-9416
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