2017 Mid-Year Report

more readily become academically, socially, and
emotionally well-prepared for life in the complex
and rapidly changing world of the 21st Century.
Club Mentor is designed to bring those assets to
life in Club members, in all eight Internal and External
Asset categories: Support, Empowerment,
Boundaries & Expectations, Constructive Use of
Time, Commitment to Learning, Positive Values, Social
Competencies, and Positive Self-Identification.
Through facilitated sessions that are group-based,
Club kids will be matched with a community volunteer,
preferably for a year at a time, and develop
strong relationships that benefit both participants.
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In 2015, roughly half of the graduating class
at Concrete High School did not earn a
diploma. Facing intergenerational poverty
and substance abuse, a young person
born and raised in the community has
substantially more obstacles to face than
peers elsewhere.
Currently, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit County
is working in two areas to establish Club Mentor
programs. In one community, it is the interest of a
Rotary Club becoming even more involved in direct
service that may be the catalyst needed; in another,
the need for career exploration and inspiration
amongst youth. Both are developed with specific
intended goals that differ from one another, but
these and all future developments have at the center
one purpose: increasing the number of caring
adults a child has access to.
In a very unique context, Club Mentor forms part of
the foundational response in a joint effort of United
General District 304 and the Concrete School District.
Together, with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit
County, an application has been made for funding
21st Century Community Learning Center programs
in that community.
In 2015, roughly half of the graduating class at Concrete
High School did not earn a diploma. Facing
intergenerational poverty and substance abuse, a
young person born and raised in the community
has substantially more obstacles to face than peers
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All 4 Clubs went to on a field trip to Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle.