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The year-round Youth Employment Program trains teens for future success in the workplace.
"It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well."
~ Publilius Syrus
Core Programs
Clubs provide diverse activities that meet the interests of all youth. Core Programs engage young people in activities with adults, peers and family members that enable them to develop self-esteem and to reach their full potential. Based on physical, emotional, cultural and social needs and interests of girls and boys, and recongizing developmental principles, Clubs offer program acitivites in five areas.
1. Education and Career Development
Enable youth to become proficient in basic educational disciplines, apply learning to everday situations and embrace technology to achieve success in a career.
2. Health and Life Skills
Develops young people's capacity to engage in positive behaviors that nurture their own well-being, set personal goals and live successfully as self-sufficient adults.
3. Sports, Fitness and Recreation
Develops fitness, positive use of leisure time, skills for stress management, appreciation for the environment and social skills.
4. Character and Leadership Development
Empowers youth to support and influence their Club and community, sustain meaningful relationships with others, develop a positive self-image, particpate in the democratic process and respect their own and other's cultural identities.
5. Outdoor Education & Environmental Studies
Develops youth knowledge of the outdoors, and personal fitness, fosters leadership and teamwork, to enhance respect for themselves, others and the natural world. By attending our summer camp at Camp Davis in Charlestown, RI and through educational program partnerships with Save the Bay, the Norman Bird Sanctuary, and other local non-profit organizations.