Mentoring youth and serving families in Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach, Nipomo, Oceano, Pismo Beach,
and Shell Beach communities.
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March 2022 Program Newsletter |
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Imagine a world where young people feel empowered, encouraged, and understood. Mentors make that world a reality by helping young people find and follow their passions, excel in school, and thrive wherever they are. We are thankful for a staff that continues to show up for our youth each day, and leads them toward Great Futures. It is important that our youth have the guidance to remain resilient through changes, especially during these times. Thank you to our staff for continuing to be a pillar of positive influence on our Clubs' youth! |
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Join us at Urbane Cafe in Arroyo Grande
This Wednesday, March 16th!
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Spring Break Day Camp
Registration opens March 28
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Staff of the Month
Zee
Hi name is Zee and my pronouns are they/them. I’m currently working on majoring in history and teaching. On my free time I like watching cartoons and doing anything art related. A fun fact about me is that before I dye my hair, I always ask my Bright Futures class what color I should dye it. I love working with kids because they are the future.
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Junior Youth of the Month
Roman L.
Roman is our youth of the month! He's in first grade. He has a great attitude and is super helpful inside and outside of the classroom. Roman's favorite activities are art and Legos. When building with Legos, he builds his favorite tv character from the shows that he watches. Something he looks forward to is getting more "Above and Beyond" recognitions, and rewards during the activities he's participating in.
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Fairgrove is a wonderful site! We have an awesome team of staff that are always ready to lend a helping hand. We have been learning about diversity and different cultures. Our activity focused on talking and learning about Japanese culture and customs and making paper fans. All our youth enjoyed making the colorful craft and personalizing them with different charms, stickers or other assorted baubles they glued on.
Madison, Lead Youth Development Specialist
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Junior Youth of the Month
Iker L.
Iker is super excited and surprised to be our youth of the month for February. His favorite food is pizza, his favorite color is blue, his favorite sport is soccer, and his favorite Bright Futures activity is arts and crafts and dodgeball. Iker has been a great helper and friend this past month. He has been working hard to turn his behavior around and is trying to be kind and empathetic towards others.
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Over at Grover Beach the month of February has been a blast! The youth have been celebrating Black History month, the Lunar New Year and Random Acts of Kindness Day. Their favorite activities this month were making bead bracelets and necklaces, creating kindness posters for our parade, bean bag hula hoop toss competition, and lego creations. The youth have also helped by submitting photos for our blue heart challenge and completing our annual NYOI survey. It has been a busy month and we look forward to March for more awesome activities, projects, competitions and more.
Alexis, Unit Coordinator
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Junior Youth of the Month
Rosalina R.
If I could be an animal I would want to be a tiger because I think they’re cool. If I could travel anywhere in the world I would want to go to Mexico because that was where my mom was born. When I grow up I want to help animals or maybe even be a fire fighter. When I’m not doing homework at my house I like to play games like Roblox on my game system. my favorite thing to do at the Boys and Girls Club is play kickball with my class
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Grover Heights after school program has been focusing on Kindness, as well as outdoor activities. Since the weather has started to warm up, our youth have really enjoyed being outside as much as possible; they enjoy playing basketball, to touch, soccer and handball. Some of their favorite group activities are sharks and minnows and dodgeball. When inside, we have focused on kindness activities, and ways to improve our community. The youth have been helping to make flyers for the animal shelter and have also created posters with their plan to solve a problem they have noticed in their community. For the month of March our youth would like to continue supporting the animal shelter and start up their own community service project.
Val, Area Coordinator
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Junior Youth of the Month
Shelby N.
The Judkins Middle School Youth of the Month for February is Shelby N! Shelby is a 7th grader at Judkins and part of the current tournament-winning Mock Trial team! At the Club, you can usually find Shelby working on some sort of art project - she's a talented illustrator - or playing a game to relax. Outside of the Club, Shelby says she loves to "craft things" including elaborate costumes and props for cosplay. She loves cheese quesadillas and the color blue. She also says she's fluent in Pig Latin. Congratulations on being February's Youth of the Month, Shelby!
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February is always kind of a weird month - it's short, there are a lot of 3 day weekends, and locally, our weather has been all over the place. But sometimes when life gives you weirdness, you have to embrace it and channel it into creativity! That's exactly what our Judkins teens did over this past month. Like our other sites, the teens have been hard at work on our "Share the Love" Campaign with Woods Humane Society, making some absolutely dashing drawing of the dogs and cats up for adoption at the shelter. Our musicians continue to jam out on their instruments, we've seen some LEGO builds, drafts of cosplay components, even a gladiatorial arena for some HexBugs to battle in! We can't wait to see what kind of fun and exciting projects the teens get up to in March!
Noah, Teen Coordinator
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Junior Youth of the Month
Gina L.
Our youth of the month is a youth who is a master of all things puzzles and critical thinking. Gina L. is a role model to her classmates that hard work and focus always pays off! You can always find her hanging out with her friends Teagan and Hugo. When they are indoors, they love figuring out large floor puzzles, color by number, and reading Dog Man books. Their favorite part of the week is Fun Friday and loves seeing and doing activities that involve all things cute.
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The weather is changing here in sunny Oceano and our youth are enjoying the extra sunlight! Our youth have been showing their inner ultimate ninja warrior during our Fridays with Cali Kids. During the activity, the youth are jumping and running through immersive obstacle courses. We also honored Black History month, where our youth got to learn about Black role models in the entertainment, sports, and political industries. They also got to honor their family and what makes their household special. We are looking forward to what next month has to bring!
Ari, Unit Coordinator
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Junior Youth of the Month
Robert M.
Congratulations to Robert on being youth of the month! We are so proud of him for consistently showing good sportsmanship, having a positive attitude daily, helping others when needed, and is an outstanding citizen. We are so lucky to have him at our site as he is a natural leader to others and his younger brother Nathan. He leads by example and by demonstrating how to play fair during the club activities. He loves to play soccer and all the outdoor games and he also loves his family. Having Robert at our Shell beach club is a joy because he brings out the best in others around him. Robert's future will be bright and full of adventure!
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Our Shell Beach youth have been a great job since the start of 2022.
We have been working on our social skills, making friends , playing games together and learning about playing as part of a team. We have some natural leaders at our site who make a huge difference to our club each day.
Our award-winning youth show kindness, empathy, generosity and have a positive attitude every day. For March we have some fun weekly activities planned. We will be working on learning about Cultural Awareness, Places around the World, Art & Drama, and doing a community service project for our local police department. The youth also will be playing lots of games and building Legos for a team competition. We would like to thank all the staff, parents, and sponsors for helping support our site and that we do appreciate all your help in keeping our club running smoothly.
Paula, Site Lead
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Hundreds of kids don't have a safe place to go after school, and many continue to lack the food, supplies and opportunities necessary to succeed.
Boys & Girl Clubs of South San Luis Obispo County provides a safe place where kids build character, confidence and career skills. Give now to help make great futures possible for South County young people.
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1830 19th Street,
Oceano, CA 93445
805-481-7339
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Our Mission: To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.
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