The Evans Park Clubhouse painted pumpkins getting ready for Halloween. We were lucky to have pumpkins donated and have enough for all our members to paint and take home! They got to embrace there inner artist and paint whatever they wished while having a Halloween movie play as they worked. It really got… Read more »
Cheer Club has come to the Ron Estabillo Clubhouse in Guadalupe! Once many of the older Club Members realized they were all in cheer or gymnastics, they knew they had to bring a cheer team to the Boys & Girls Club! Now, 17 younger members are learning cheers, chants, and routines and the older Members… Read more »
As part of the National Day of Philanthropy Celebrations in Santa Barbara County, the Association of Fundraising Professionals for Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, held their annual awards ceremony. This ceremony honors the local Philanthropist of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Youth Philanthropist of the Year, Nonprofit of the Year and Professional Fundraiser of… Read more »
The Mary Buren School Club Site participated in the National Lights on Afterschool program, held annually at the end of October. They had booths from the Healthy Eating program serving strawberry and brocoli smoothies, soccer drills, art, Giant Connect 4 game that the GUSD Counselors brought out for everyone to play with and face painting. Kiddos… Read more »
Members at the Tom Maas Clubhouse got to make their very own mini projectors! They did this by using paper, tape, markers, and a flashlight. They rolled the paper up to make a little tunnel, then designed a piece of tape with colorful markers, taped their design onto one side of the tunneled paper, and… Read more »
Members at the Tom Maas Clubhouse had so much fun making their own little jellyfish. They used half of a paper plate, a hole puncher, pencils, and colorful pipe cleaners to create their jellyfish. Some of them were given cute faces too!
The awesome Fall Carnival returned to the Railroad Clubhouse in Santa Maria thanks to the hardwork of our Alumni Association and the Santa Maria Staff. After a number of years of hiatus, this event came back bigger and better with over 20 booths of carnival games and activities for the whole community to enjoy. Kids… Read more »
It was a great day for golf and giving at the 5th Annual Crush It! Golf Tournament held at the Hunter Ranch Golf Course in Paso Robles on Monday, October 7. This year’s festivities welcomed golfers who hit the links on a gorgeous fall day up in the North SLO County area. Foursomes were invited… Read more »
Look out 2025 because we’ve got BIG plans! After two dynamic days working with Jennifer Porcher Consulting our leadership team and members of our Foundation Board and Governing Board, came away from with strategic planning goals and philosophies to lead our organization into the future. We spent time learning about our leadership styles, how we… Read more »
This month, our Members had an incredible time diving into the world of STEM! One of the standout activities was making kaleidoscopes, a perfect blend of creativity and science. This hands-on project allowed our Members to explore the fascinating principles of light and reflection while expressing their artistic sides. Kaleidoscope Creation Creating kaleidoscopes provided a… Read more »
SMART (Strength, Mastery and Resistance Training) Girls shows the importance of health and hygiene, and our recent classes have been a wonderful opportunity for our girls to dive deep into these vital topics. SMART Girls is designed to support the developmental needs of girls through a unique small-group program focused on health, fitness, prevention education,… Read more »
Our Shandon Members finally had the opportunity to attend their first field-trip this school year! Our destination was the Shandon Library, where our lovely Librarian, Joey Ley, had Halloween/Fall activities prepared for our youth. These thrilling activities consisted of crafting cute owls and scarecrows, going on a spooky scavenger hunt, building Legos, and playing with… Read more »
Members learned more about counting with this fun ice cream cone activity. The paper ice cream cones had numbers which represented how many scoops of ice cream were supposed to be on the cone. Members used tongs to “scoop” the ice cream (cotton balls) onto the cones.
Members had a blast getting to create these spooky, yet tasty, treats. Members made fun edible spider webs using melted white chocolate and pretzels. After the spiderwebs were settled, Members were able to enjoy their yummy snacks!
Members played a game called “Burger Restaurant” where they were shelling out orders left and right. Members had to work together to complete orders for the Staff. They worked together by being given certain roles such as burger buns, lettuce, meat, cheese, tomatoes, and french fries. Members were responsible for their roles and getting the… Read more »
As part of the spooky season, Members created fun ghost plates during one of their activities. They used traces of their hands, streamers, plates, string, and markers to create their spooky friends!
Members at the Club created paper airplanes as one of their activities. They used colorful plastic straws, paper, and tape. They were also taught about the factors that go into how paper planes work, such as the altitude, weight, and force (throw). After they were all done customizing their planes, they were ready to take… Read more »
Members were able to create their own little robots during one of their activities. Materials used throughout this project were tinfoil, toilet paper rolls, pipe cleaners, pom poms, and much more. Members had so much fun creating their unique looking friends.
As part of our commitment to Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), we recently held a workshop where our NSLO County staff reviewed data from our annual National Youth Outcomes Initiative Survey (NYOI). The NYOI Survey is given to all of our Club Members–ages 9+– every Winter where they are surveyed an many aspects of their Club… Read more »
October has arrived and so have the spooky, Fall vibes here at the Shandon Club! Our members have enjoyed making Halloween crafts like painting paper plate witch hats & spiders, creating oil pastel ghosts, making origami pumpkins & bats, assembling Halloween melting beads, designing and painting cardboard pumpkins, and making windsock ghosts! We love to… Read more »
Members at Tom Mass got to participate in a fun and light-hearted competition of cup stacking. They grouped up in fours and were only allowed to use yarn and a rubber band to complete their towers. This activity fostered friendly competition and teamwork as well as strategic thinking skills in order to win.
Members conducted experiments using different colored water and pipettes! This activity showed them that certain colors mixed together can make a wider variety of colors. After experimenting for a while, Members got to make their own colors by selecting from “rainbow” cups.
Our smaller Members at theTom Maas Clubhouse were having a blast hopping around on their bouncy toys. They love getting to play with one another and especially love when Staff join in!
For the National Arts Program, Tom Maas Members can get very creative. Members were able to make foxes out of oil pastels. Even though Members looked at the same fox drawing for inspiration, everyone created something unique and they found their personal style.
Members at the Tom Mass Clubhouse had so much fun creating art with cut up apples! To kick off the Spooky Season, Members created pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns by using cut up apples, paint, and paper. They covered the apples in orange paint, stamped it onto their papers, and then put faces on their pumpkins.
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