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Not every youth in our City can afford to belong to and participate on a local traveling team. The <br />Boys & Girls Clubs of Elk River will work with the City of Elk River to provide a traveling <br />basketball team experience for over 50 local boys and girls, who might not other wise, have the <br />means. Four teenage teams (two girls' teams & two boys' teams) will participate in a minimum <br />of eight games this upcoming winter, with the support of Boys & Girls Club's staff and coaches. <br />Practices will be conducted at the Elk River Branch or addition sites if necessary. <br />In addition, subject to approved funding, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Elk River, Park & <br />Recreation, local law enforcement officials and community leaders will give 300 free teen <br />memberships out to City's young adults to enhance and promote community engagement of local <br />teens. <br />Cultural Celebrations -The Boys & Girls Clubs of Ells River will take the lead on Cultural <br />Celebrations and Family Night Activities in Lion's Park as weather permits and activities will <br />take place at the Club or local sites as the temperatures drop in our local area. Cultural <br />Celebration will include and not limited to Hmong New Year, Kwanzaa, Martin Luther King Jr. <br />Celebration, Black History Month, Nation Women in Sports Month, Easter, Cinco de Mayo, <br />National Boys & Girls Club Week, National Night Out, Back to School Celebration, Halloween, <br />Thanksgiving Specials, Holiday Season, Family Nights, parent meetings, etc. A majority of all <br />activities and celebrations will be open to the entire community, not just Club members and <br />families. <br />In conjunction with the celebration, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Elk River will conduct Youth for <br />Unity (Boys & Girls Clubs of America's National Program). Through a comprehensive set of <br />interventions, the Youth for Unity strategy aims to promote and celebrate diversity and combat <br />and prevent prejudice, bigotry and discrimination. Youth for Unity features age-appropriate <br />programming for age's six to 12, teenagers and parents; training and resources for Club <br />professionals. The strategy builds the capacity of local Clubs to help their members appreciate <br />themselves as unique and special individual, understand diversity in society, recognize bias and <br />unfairness and take personal leadership in confronting bias. <br />Partnership -Last year the Boys & Girls Clubs of Elk River provided Elk River Parks & <br />Recreation space at the Club. The space was use for youth, adult and family basketballlopen gym <br />activities with no cost to the City of Elk River. The dates were as follows: <br />Saturdays, November 24-March 22, 2008 from 10:30 a.m. -Noon Families <br />Sundays, November 25-March 23, 2008 from 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Grades 3-8 <br />Sundays, November 25-March 23, 2008 from 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Grade 9-Adult <br />Saturday, November 24-March 22, 2008 from Noon - 1:30 p.m. Adult <br />The Boys & Girls Clubs of Elk River will continue to provide space and services to the City of <br />Elk River, to expose more members of the community to more opportunities. <br />Attachments <br />1. Proposed funding & budget breakdown <br />2. Organization budget for current year <br />3. List of board members and their affiliations <br />4. FY07 Year End Program Report <br />5. Summary of Strategic Plan <br />.5 <br />