For the month of February we want to start by thanking Tablas Creek Vineyard, Must! Charities and Creston families for all the donation we have received. We truly appreciate it. Creston Club celebrated 100 days of school where Members dressed as grandparents. We also had an amazing Valentine’s Day Party! We celebrated with friends, siblings… Read more »
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Our Members at the Tom Maas Club had a great Valentine’s day with fun activities, treats, and strawberry Fanta floats. Our staff planned fun and engaging valentines day activities such as paper plate yarn hearts, cookie decorating, flag football, and Valentine card making. The Members had so much fun rotating through these activities. After Activities… Read more »
SMART Girls is a small-group health, fitness, prevention/education and self-esteem enhancement program designed to meet the developmental needs of girls in three age groups. Through dynamic sessions, highly participatory activities, field trips and mentoring opportunities with adult women, Club girls explore their own and societal attitudes and values as they build skills for eating right,… Read more »
The Boys & Girls Clubs of America have always been committed to ensuring that their members have the necessary skills and abilities to succeed in life. To further this mission, the organization created the National Youth Outcomes Initiative (NYOI) in 2001. The NYOI is a comprehensive program that assesses the impact of Boys & Girls… Read more »
The Shandon Members enjoyed Valentine’s Day by decorating their own cupcake and bonding with their classmates as they did so! FUNfetti cupcakes were handed out to each Member. They had the option and liberty of decorating their cupcake how they wished and chose from red, pink, blue, and purple frosting as well as different colored… Read more »
Do you like to eat at local restaurants? Do you want your money to help local kids? Well, there’s a win-win way to do both thanks to the work of Dining For Charities. Through February, BGCMCC is the featured partner with this organization who pairs local restaurants with local non profits. Visit the Dining… Read more »
To wrap up the end of 2022 at the Tom Maas Clubhouse, we were able to close off the holiday season with all sorts of exciting and festive activities. Thanks to the help of Members’ parents/guardians, we were able to host an end of the year Movie day pajama party with all sorts of goodies!… Read more »
The Shandon Members were so excited and giggled as they made slime that created a sticky texture using baking soda, contact solution, food coloring, glue, and shaving cream. They were concentrated finding the right portions on how to make their slime perfect. The Members sure do enjoy participating in sensory activities and getting their hands… Read more »
Triple Play Daily Challenges is a Spring Program that is focused on the physical development of children ages 6-9. This week, members tried out some movement skills by participating in balancing, jumping, dribbling, throwing and kicking drills! They rated the session a 10/10 because of how much fun they had and even asked for it… Read more »
Mina Donkor, Area Director for SLO County, recently spent two weeks visiting family and exploring Ghana. She had not been there for six years and took the opportunity to bring a friend along with her to enjoy familiar sights, sounds, food, and people but also spend time exploring parts of the country even new to… Read more »
With the holidays all around us, we hope everyone is focused on the hope and joy in our lives. Thankfully, both are plentiful at the Boys & Girls Club of Mid Central Coast. Our Clubs provide a lot of good news for our Members. Club kids on the Central Coast benefit from great programs like… Read more »
The Shandon Club celebrates Christmas before heading off into Winter Break! First, the day started off seeking Miss Jolly, our own classroom elf on the shelf. Afterward, two baskets full of goodies were raffled and handed to our Members that won. We also celebrated each Member whose birthday was in December. We made sure to… Read more »
Our teen center at our Flamson club has been keeping warm and dry by staying busy with inside activities and crafts. Members have been releasing their inner artist with watercolor! We have an extremely talented group of teens here and they have created amazing watercolor paintings. Board games, cards, pool, and foosball are always popular… Read more »
As the holidays approach, we are happy to celebrate these joyful days with our members. We are excited to celebrate 12 Days of Christmas fun, with activities and more. Each day we worked on a holiday activity like decorating a stocking, making a present for a loved one and so much more. Some of our… Read more »
Power Hour is one hour every day to help Members with their homework and to provide learning activities. Our goal is to help young people develop academic, behavioral and social skills through homework completion, high-yield learning activities and tutoring. Boys & Girls Clubs seek to provide an outcome-driven Club Experience that helps young people achieve… Read more »
We were very excited to be able to participate in the Christmas Light Parade again this year. We had a lot of fun decorating the float filled with lights, paper snowflakes, and ornaments. Although the weather was very wet and rainy we had a blast playing Christmas music, singing along and dancing. Our Members look… Read more »
The Shandon Members screamed with excitement and joy as they were selected to take home a bike for Christmas! A big “thank you” was expressed as they pedaled their bike to the gate during pickup time. We are so grateful for the generous donation from the employees of San Luis Garbage who purchased and assembled… Read more »
Isaiah Zamora has been with the Boys & Girls Club since September of this year and has already made such a great impact! All members enjoy Isaiah and his company and frequently ask for him. He has shown such great improvement for the short amount of time he’s been here and continues to demonstrate what… Read more »
The Shandon Club celebrated Thanksgiving a little early in a fun and sweet way. The Members started off the week tracing their hands and cutting out their hand prints then gluing them to form a turkey’s feathers. This activity was a symbolism of unity. The week continued on with them choosing their own best disguise… Read more »
For the month of November our members got to participate in activities where they got to share why and what they were thankful for. Our staff had a Skittle Gratitude Activity set up for the month of November! Each member got to eat skittles and talk about what they are thankful for. It was a… Read more »
The Shandon Club Members really enjoyed celebrating Day of the Dead with a piñata, pizza, mask making, drinking hot chocolate and conchas while watching Coco, and sharing about their loved ones. It was special to see the Members come together, share a piece of their families, show respect towards others, and enjoy a weeks worth… Read more »
For the last 10 years we have been putting on a Thanksgiving feast for our Members in Paso Robles. This is our first feast in the new Tom Maas Clubhouse and we are extremely excited. Our Members look forward to getting together to share a meal and playing fun group games. We couldn’t put on… Read more »
The 1st Annual Back A Youth Night was held at the brand new Tom Maas Clubhouse in Paso Robles with adults and children spending a great evening eating, learning and having fun! This evening of mentorship and friendship has been a favorite event at the Santa Maria Clubhouse for over 30 years but made its… Read more »
We are excited to announce that the Tom Maas Clubhouse has partnered with Infinite Music to provide weekly drum classes for our 4th & 5th-grade Members. We had our first class on Friday, and our Members were ecstatic. They had a lot of fun pounding on the drums, practicing leadership skills, and learning to keep… Read more »
Creston members are having a blast at the discovery den. Members get to work on motor skills where they get to play but also learn. They play with blocks, see saws, sensory objects and water toys. Our members enjoy watering the garden plants and love to spend time in an open area where they have… Read more »
The art room is by far our Members favorite place to be. They are always asking what art projects we have planned for the day and is the first program to fill up every afternoon. This week our Members worked with pastels and black cardstock paper. They cut out different shapes such as leaves and… Read more »
Torch Club for members ages 10-13 has been in session at the Shandon club! The past couple of weeks the members have been working on goals, leadership, responsibilities, teamwork, diversity, empathy and good graffiti. The sessions gives the members practice in working on group decisions and working together as a team to see how they… Read more »
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