Boys & Girls Clubs of America

For the last nine years of my life I have been an active member of Girl Scouts. After beginning as a timid, socially delayed, six year old a lot has changed and allotted growth in many aspects of my life. Though I was not necessarily thrilled when my mother forced me to attend my first official meeting at the local elementary school, I fail to see how I could possibly be the same person had I not gone through with Girl Scouts. This program has always brought out and harnessed my intentions of…

Perjah Roberts My Vision for America “What is your vision for America?” well, I have a lot of visions for America, but the real question is who can make these visions come true? The person who can make the visions come true is the one person or few people who is all looking for the same thing. The vision I would like to see happen most is less teens getting killed within the world. Sure it is extreme for a vision, but is not that what a vision supposed to be. I was always told to go big or…

The Boys and Girls Club has three primary modes of rhetorical strategy which is evident on their national and local levels. The Boys and Girls collaboration with Nestle, Partnership for a Healthier America/Let’s Move, and Triple Play. I consider these as the primary modes of rhetoric because they are the largest, published ways the Club has communicated the reasons behind why children should live a healthy lifestyle. The Boys and Girls Club collaboration with Nestle started in 2015. In the…

people that just want to make a difference. The Boys and Girls Club of Alachua County is launching a create play for all drive for the rest of 2016. For more than 100 years, Boys and Girls Clubs of America has allowed young people that are most in need to becoming great citizens. They provide a safe place, caring adult mentors, fun and friendship, and high-impact youth development programs on a daily basis during dangerous non-school hours. The Club programs help with academic success, good…

One that effectively combats gang membership is the Street Smart program implemented as a year-round curriculum for select youth in the club. The program’s efforts reflect primary prevention. Primary prevention is defined as the proactive efforts to keep certain problems or crises from occurring (Capuzzi, Gross, 2014). The program is primary because it targets youth who are at risk of becoming…

particular one foundation. Americans should support the Boys and Girls Club of America because it is a safe place for children that are struggling in poverty. For more than 150 years, clubs have been helping young children to become their ideal self. It all began in 1860 with three women in Hartford, Connecticut. All three women help organize the club in their belief that boys that wandered the streets had a place that can be danger free. Today, clubs work with young children with diverse…

Boys & Girls clubs of America Boys & Girls clubs is a club where boys and girls learn to express themselves by learning and participating in fun activities. It gives boys and girls in America a sense of belonging and identity. For those who are left at home with no supervision and they feel left out and alone, they get to feel loved and cared for when they join. Programs are organized for the young boys and girls to enhance learning self-competence and belonging. The Boys & Girls clubs of…

1. Boys and Girls club only costs 10 dollars a year to join. Making this organization a cheap and easy way to for a child to be involved in the community. 2. There are multiple buildings making Boys and Girls Club easily found and easily available. Also, more buildings equal more staff members to help with the children involved in the program. 3. Boys and Girls club is for all kids. Diversity is something that they always encourage to better broaden the experiences a member might have. 4. The…

After doing tons of reach on the Boys & Girls Club of America I am convinced that this organization is one that goes through lots of training and preparation to get the right people ready to be apart of the legacy they are creating for our future generations. Being a former member and employee of the company I can say from my personal experience this company will do whatever it takes to make sure they have an eye for finding qualified, caring, professionals that love to work with children to…

(ages 6-18) in the Boys and Girls Club program and organizing/ shelving books in the biographies section of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library. For…