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<br />To: Director of Administrative Services, Lori Johnson <br /> <br />From: Boys & Girls Club of Elk River <br />Executive Director, Duane Howard <br />Director of Operations, Lana Huberty <br /> <br />Re: Youth in Community 2005 2nd Quarter Report <br /> <br />Dates: April through June 2005 (13 weeks) <br /> <br />Again, allow us to begin by saying thank you for believing in our mission to serve more <br />teens in Elk River and by donating money to this program. It would not be such a <br />success today had you not given us this opportunity! <br /> <br />History: <br />Our Youth in Community Program began the end of 2004 with the hiring of CJ Bufford <br />as our Teen Coordinator. CJ is an Elk River graduate who went on to the University of <br />Minnesota to obtain her BA Degree in Psychology. CJ had worked two summers for the <br />Boys & Girls Clubs of Elk River during college and was a natural "hip" fit for our new <br />mission of reaching more teens. She has continued to work as our Teen Coordinator for <br />the past 6 months. The program is held on Mondays and Wednesdays and has become <br />known as "Hang Time". <br /> <br />During the months of April through June the following programs were offered: <br />Social recreation activities continue to be a top choice. This included video games, card <br />games, pool tournaments, and other informal programs in our game room. <br /> <br />During the final two months of the school year, many of the teens needed assistance with <br />their school work. Our staff offered homework help on a regular basis. <br /> <br />Physical education programs continue to be a top choice such as basketball, disc golf and <br />tennis baseball. Most commonly the games are pick-up, but we did host one basketball <br />tournament this spring. <br /> <br />SMART Moves discussion continues to be an everyday program. This curriculum <br />involves discussing social topics and offering advice on why, how, and when to say "no". <br /> <br />Earth Day offered the teens a chance to do a community service project of tree planting <br />and park clean-up. This was April 24 and was done in cooperation with the <br />Alcoa/KAMA "Plant a Million Trees" campaign. Nearly 1000 trees were planted <br />through a community effort. Several of our regular teens were there to help out. <br /> <br />The beginning of our Fine Arts program included a creative painting project of ceiling <br />tiles in the teen room. <br />