A Day in the Life… - Boys & Girls Club

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4 9:00 a.m. Breakfast is served at the Club. Kids line up for this nutritious meal, the most important of the day. During the summer, breakfast and lunch are served daily, at no additional charge. During the school year, a free hot evening meal is served twice a week in Kid’s Café. Complimentary snacks are served every day. Because an estimated 80% of the members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Fox Valley are from low-income families and 40% are living in poverty, these meals are vitally important. 10:00 a.m. It’s time for Grossology! A dozen or so kids join science teacher Mark Cross for a lesson in all things gross. This class, one of 18 different courses that will occur this day in collaboration with the Appleton Area School District, explores the slimy, oozy, scaly, and stinky gross (yet scientific) things that happen every day in the human body. Other classes offered throughout the summer include art enrichment, cultural arts and crafts, dance, movie and music making, digital photography, web design and many more. 11:00 a.m. Kathi Danke, Youth and Family Counselor, meets with twelve-year-old “Paige.” Paige’s parents are going through a divorce, something she’s not handling well, and her school year ended badly as a result. Paige needs support and she needs to learn how to handle the emotions welling up inside of her as her family life changes dramatically. Kathi’s session with Paige, like nearly all of the services the Club provides, is free of charge and will be repeated as often as Paige continues to need Kathi’s professional help. Kathi is a nationally certified mental health professional and along with her colleagues at the Club, provides counseling and guidance support to hundreds of children and youth like Paige each year. According to Kathi, children are affected by the same sorts of mental health conditions as adults, including depression, addiction, attention deficit and obsessive compulsive disorders, and others. Her clients, in addition to those who come from other programs inside the Boys & Girls Clubs, are often referred by area schools, county human services departments, and local physicians. 5
6 12:00 p.m. Lunch! On the menu: Chicken sticks with ranch dressing, fresh fruit and milk. The meals provided at the Club meet federal nutritional guidelines, are healthy, filling, and taste good. 1:00 p.m. Outagamie County Sheriff’s Deputies Chad Grube and Rachel Miller get started with another session of the G.R.E.A.T. program for 20 or so Club members. G.R.E.A.T. lessons focus on providing life skills to students to help them avoid using delinquent behavior and violence to solve problems. Chad and Rachel’s regular presence at the Club is another example of how the Club works in close partnership with others in the community who care about kids. 2:00 p.m. Torch Club meeting. Torch Club is a group leadership and service club for kids ages 9–12. Through Torch Club membership, valuable skills such as organization, planning, team work and leadership are acquired. Teens have their own leadership and service Club called Keystone. 3:00 p.m. It’s never too early to begin thinking about the future. Through Career Launch, teens learn what they must do to enter the work force. This program includes interview and resume preparation and also provides information and education on various careers. Other programs at the Club focus on money management, health, self-esteem, and substance abuse prevention. 4:00 p.m. Late in the afternoon, and it’s a perfect time to work off some pent-up energy. During Open Gym, kids play basketball, jump rope, practice cartwheels, and engage in many other forms of active play. Childhood obesity rates are skyrocketing, and at the Club, physical activity, including baseball, golf, volleyball, carpet ball, and more,is all part of ongoing programming.
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