2017 Mid-Year Report

Club members need
to know that there are
caring adults, ready to
provide guidance, and
a strong moral compass
that can lead to success.
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New Initiatives:
CLUB MENTOR GAINS MOMENTUM
The Club Mentor program is designed to match
adult community leaders with Club members
who are defined as great in need for additional support
in their lives. Circumstances necessitating a
match may include, but not be limited to residing in a
single parent household or one in which English is not
the primary spoken language. Perhaps there is no previous
college or high school graduate at home, or there
are demonstrated behavioral difficulties at school, or a
lack of social and interpersonal skills.
Using data collected from surveys of more than 5
million children and youth from all backgrounds and
situations, the Search Institute released a framework
of 40 Development Assets which identifies
a set of skills, experiences, relationships, and behaviors
that enable young people to develop into
successful and contributing adults. Over time, this
framework and approach to youth development became
the most frequently cited and widely utilized
in the world. The work continues today, to remain
relevant and help steer efforts to effect change
in the lives of young people by all youth-focused
organizations by identifying a limited number of
“gateway assets” through which young people