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\ #~ a t.t Ct rt Q.. ~ , y I S + o...:t- e. \toot. &.- toJ J fLlr A. ~ r L e.. TO: Lori Johnson - City Administrator FROM: Boys and Girls Club of Elk River Duane Howard - Executive Director RE: Youth in Community Quarterly Report - (request of $6416 in reimbursement) November 2, 2005 ACTION PLAN: We do serve a lot of youth in the community. We usually serve about 4000 youth in the community, through basketball programs, and activities at the Club. Sometimes we offer activities (Halloween night, kids nights, art specials, etc.), to all kids in the community, and out of this, some kids ask for membership into the Club. We have a teen coordinator, who leads the staff in activities with the teens. A lot of the activities are in the gym, but if you walk into the Club on these nights, you will see kids in the computer lab, and playing games with their peers. I have not seen any poker for quite some time. We seem to average about 35 kids per teen night, some nights much less, and with special activities, sometimes more kids show up. The kids are involved in a lot oftoumaments, whether it be pool, three on three basketball, or fitness activities. Fine arts is a big part of what we do, and many kids enjoy the creativity offered by our talented arts instructor. As you can see with the enclosures, in addition to smart moves, (our character building curriculum), we are enhancing our focus in career exploration and skills connected with that whole area. Marketing and outreach flyers and visits are an important part of this service in serving community youth. We have an experienced technology person (used to be with Honeywell) who is actually a part of our staff that works with kids on building computers and designing web sites. He provides creativity in the technology area. Our future plans include administrating surveys and questionnaires as to what community youth desire. We will work with the Elk River Recreation department, seeking their input ideas for working with teens. The skate board park is important to teens, and perhaps some type of joint effort can be discussed to work with those teens. As mentioned, future activities with take on a greater role in educating about employment and career opportunities. To help in this area, we do give high school kids opportunities in internships at the Club. Thanks is too small a word to express to you of how much we appreciate your support. The support from the city is so greatly appreciated!