Club Tech Digital Arts Suite and Festivals
Club Tech’s self-directed Digital Arts Suite courseware consists of Web Tech (web page design), Design Tech (graphic design), Photo Tech (photo illustration) and Music Tech. Movie Tech contains detailed instructor materials for teaching members to write screenplays and facilitating the hands-on process of filming and editing digital movies.
Once Club members have participated in these programs, they can submit their digital artwork to the annual Club Tech Digital Arts Festivals competitions. The festivals celebrate Club members’ creativity in five areas – web design, graphic design, photo illustration, music composition and movie making – and provide Club members with recognition at the local, regional and national levels. Microsoft Corporation and Best Buy Children's Foundation sponsor the Digital Arts Festivals as part of the Club Tech initiative.
WEB TECH (Web Page Design)
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DESIGN TECH (Graphic Design)
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PHOTO TECH (Photo Illustration)
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MUSIC TECH (Digital Music Creation)
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MOVIE TECH (Filming & Editing Digital Movies)
TNT DramaMatters Afterschool – WE DO NOT CURRENTLY RUN THIS PROGRAM
TNT DramaMatters Afterschool, a drama education program for Clubs, was developed in collaboration with Turner Network Television. TNT DramaMatters Afterschool is a flexible resource for Clubs designed to raise awareness about the benefits of drama education. The DramaMatters Afterschool Program Guide is available to interested Clubs.
Lessons in Stagecraft, a supplemental DramaMatters guide, teaches advanced participants in drama about set design, set building, stage lighting, costumes, stage make-up and directing. It offers Club member’s different ways for them to express themselves creatively in hopes that they will discover a behind-the-scenes role in a production.
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National Fine Arts Exhibit Program
This year-round program encourages artistic expression among Club members ages 6-18 through drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, mixed media and sculpture while providing opportunities for members to create artwork for display in a local exhibit. Up to 37 pieces of art (one piece per age group/category and one for the Group Project category) are selected from a Club’s local exhibit and sent to one of seven regional judging events and exhibits. At each regional judging, 37 pieces of artwork are chosen and sent to BGCA National Headquarters for judging and selection for the National Fine Arts Exhibit. The artworks are displayed throughout the ensuing year at BGCA events, including the National Conference.
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ImageMakers National Photography Contest
This year-round program encourages Club members ages 6-18 to learn and practice black-and-white, color, digital and alternative process photography. ImageMakers has three components: the ImageMakers National Photography Program Resource Guide full of fun, creative activity ideas for three skill levels; a Web site (www.imagemakersbgca.org) featuring resource tools and fun interactive games; and an annual photography contest that provides local, regional and national recognition. Club members’ photographs selected at the contest’s national level are exhibited at the BGCA National Conference and at other events and venues. The national winners are featured at BGCA’s National Conference each year and online through the ImageMakers Virtual Gallery.
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MusicMakers – WE DO NOT CURRENTLY RUN THIS PROGRAM
MusicMakers, a music education program resource for Clubs, was developed in collaboration with BGCA, along with
NAMM, The International Music Products Association. This program resource is designed as a flexible program resource for Clubs that includes a helpful guide, standalone teen component, and four display posters to help you get the word out and generate excitement among Club members.
Torch Clubs Advisors
Torch Clubs are charter small-group leadership and service clubs for boys and girls ages 11-13. A Torch Club is a powerful vehicle through which Club staff can help meet the special 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 and fitness and social recreation. The Staples National
Torch Club Awards are presented annually to Torch Clubs with outstanding program and activities in the four areas. Each
year, Torch Club members from all over the country take part in a service-learning experience through the National
Torch Club Project.
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Keystone Clubs Advisors
Keystoning is the Boys & Girls Club Movement’s most dynamic teen program. It affords teens an opportunity to gain valuable leadership and service experience. They conduct activities in three areas: academic success, career exploration and community service. The Taco Bell Foundation for Teens sponsors the Keystone Club program as part of a multi-year teen initiative; a strategic partnership between the Foundation and BGCA provides Clubs with the tools and resources to create a positive place for teens as well as for kids.
Goals for Graduation
Goals for Graduation, a Project Learn resource, introduces academic goal setting to Club members ages 6-15 by linking their future aspirations with concrete actions today. In goal-setting sessions with Club youth development professionals, members set achievable “Know-I-Can” Goals, more challenging “Think-I-Can” Goals, and yearly “Believe-I-Can” goals. Members create an action plan with daily and weekly goals leading to short- and long-term gains. A comprehensive guidance strategy helps members connect their smallest results to their highest dreams. An encouraging recognition strategy buoys members as their successes are recognized and supported at every step of their journey.
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Junior Staff: Cultivating Tomorrow's Club Professionals Today – ADVISORS NEEDED
This is an easy-to-use program for Club teens ages 13 to 18. Thanks to program sponsor AT&T, this completely updated program will provide your Club staff and volunteers with tools to guide young people in preparing for a career in Boys & Girls Clubs and/or other service professions. Through participation in Junior Staff, teens will develop interpersonal skills, a strong work ethic and a sense of community engagement while experiencing on-the-job Club work. Be the Difference: Tips and Tools for Boys & Girls Club Junior Staffers is an easy-to-read booklet created just for teens to introduce them to the Junior Staff program. It is chock-full of practical tips and self-exploration activities that will help teens as Junior Staffers and beyond as they pursue long-term career goals. A facilitator's guide is also provided.
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Money Matters: Make It Count
Money Matters promotes financial responsibility and independence among Club members ages 13-18 by building their basic money management skills. Participants learn how to manage a checking account, budget, save and invest. They also learn about starting small businesses and paying for college. Money Matters features three components. The Teen
Personal Finance Guide is a fun, attractive booklet containing practical tips and activities to help teens learn the
important skills of balancing a checkbook, creating a budget and saving and investing for college and retirement. The
Facilitator's Guide provides Club staff and volunteers with basic financial information and instructions for
easy-to-implement small-group activities. The Money Matters website, offers teens an engaging online tool for building their money management knowledge and skills through interactive activities, games and tools like a savings and financial aid calculator to plan for college.
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Skill Tech
Skill Tech is a basic computer skills program that develops Club members' proficiency with word processing, spreadsheet and other productivity software through fun, hands-on, engaging lessons and projects for four age groups.
Skill Tech II: A Club Tech Advanced Skills Program
Skill Tech II teaches advanced yet practical technology skills to Club members ages 6 to 18. Using animated, interactive tutorials on courseware developed exclusively for Boys & Girls Clubs, as well as hands-on, instructor-led group activities, the program introduces members to hardware and networking skills and technology-related career opportunities.
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Power Hour: Making Minutes Count (Homework Assistance)
Power Hour: Making Minutes Count helps Club members ages 6-18 achieve academic success by providing homework help, tutoring and high-yield learning activities and encouraging members to become self-directed learners. Printed program materials include a resource guide for program coordinators, homework helpers and tutors and a poster-sized Power Points chart for tracking and rewarding participants’ progress. Visit the Power Hour microsite to access and download free tools and resources for enhancing your program, including ready-made high-yield activities, record-keeping forms and other templates
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Power Hour: Store Supervision/Management
As a reward for those who complete their homework, Club members get Power Bucks (fake money) to save up for the Power Hour Store. Every six weeks during the school year the store is open for one day and Club members get to spend their Power Bucks on items in the store. Items are donated from area merchants.
SMART Moves – This program is only run certain times of the year
The SMART (Skills Mastery and Resistance Training) Moves program is a nationally acclaimed prevention program originally developed in the 1980s with help from prevention specialists and Clubs around the country. Newly revised in 2011, the program incorporates the latest information and approaches that BGCA has learned about effective
prevention. Participants will be exposed to various activities designed to hone their decision-making and critical-thinking skills, as well as learn how to avoid and/or resist alcohol, tobacco, other drugs and premature sexual activity. The complete program package includes: SMART Moves Facilitator’s Guide, SMART Kids (ages 6-9), Start SMART (ages
10-12) and Stay SMART (ages 13-15).
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SMART Girls
SMART Girls is a small-group health, fitness, prevention/education and self-esteem enhancement program designed to meet the developmental needs of girls ages 8-12 and 13-17. Through dynamic sessions, highly participatory activities, field trips and mentoring opportunities with adult women, Club girls explore their own and societal attitudes and values as they build skills for eating right, staying physically fit, getting good health care and developing positive relationships with peers and adults.
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Passport to Manhood
Passport to Manhood promotes and teaches responsibility in Club boys ages 11-14. Passport to Manhood consists of 14 sessions, each of which concentrates on a specific aspect of manhood through highly interactive activities. Each Club participant receives his own “passport” to underscore the notion that he is on a personal journey of maturation and growth. Passport to Manhood represents a targeted effort to engage young boys in discussions activities that reinforce positive behavior.
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Date SMART
Date SMART is a supplement to SMART Girls and Passport to Manhood, and an exciting new resource for Club members ages 13 to 18. Through fun and easy-to-use sessions, members learn how to achieve mutually supportive relationships free of violence and abuse. The program also encourages youth to become community advocates for relationships that promote equality and respect while combating the attitudes and behaviors that lead to dating, sexual and domestic violence.
PRODUCTIVE FUTURES
Real Life program for teens. They research careers, plan budgets based on a selected career, go car shopping, apartment hunting and grocery shopping. The goal is for our teens to realize the value of an education so they stay in school.
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Games Room
Teach board games, cards, foosball, pool, ping pong… the games are unlimited. Organize tournaments to teach fair play and build self-esteem. Can also make up new games!
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Fitness
Start and run a class in something you like to do: Yoga, Dance, Martial Arts, Weightlifting (teens only) – limited only by your imagination!
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Sports Clubs
Start and run a club based on a certain sport. Could encompass community service, education, computer research, etc.
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Coach Sports Leagues (only certain times of the year depending on sport)
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Referee Sports Leagues (only certain times of the year depending on sport)
Organize a Book Club
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Reading Days
Schedule a time to read to the kids – they love this!!
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Newsletter Club
Help teens plan, write, lay out and print a monthly newsletter for their Club. Could be uploaded to the Branch website and to Facebook.
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Specialized Clubs
Do you like to knit, crochet, sew, do origami, make paper airplanes, play a musical instrument, sing… start a club and share your fun with the kids. You don’t have to be a pro – they just love the attention!!
Health Fair
Coordinate with health agencies in the county to host a health fair at your Club. Could be just for parents or could open it up to the public.
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Walk-A Thon
Create an awareness walk (could be a fundraiser, but doesn’t have to be) for the kids and community to participate in.
Chaperone Field Trips
Field trips are throughout the summer, as well as sporadically during the school year.
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A Digital Christmas
People in the community donate used computers which need to be wiped clean. From there, you would teach a group of kids how to refurbish/rebuild the computers so they can be given as Christmas gifts to families who don’t have
computers.
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Day For Kids Event
This event is free of charge and typically has inflatables, games, face painting, hamburgers & hotdogs (need grillers), drinks, and prizes. Scheduled in the fall each year - ideas are absolutely welcome!!
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Gardening/Landscaping
Start a community garden with the kids. Supervise/teach kids some basic landscaping skills as they take pride in how their club looks and plant flowers, weed and take care of the areas around their Clubs.
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Organizational Skills
Some people are born organizers – we have storage facilities, game closets, supply closets and even certain public areas of the Club that could really use fresh, organized designs.
Assorted Administrative Projects
Throughout the year, we do mailings and could really use volunteers to supervise the kids who volunteer to stuff envelopes and prepare them for mailing. We usually provide a pizza or ice cream party to those kids who do help. For those people who would rather not work with kids, but still would like to help us, we could always use help to do handwritten thank you notes on a weekly basis, volunteer at fundraising events, help with the organizational website updates, etc.
