Boys & Girls Club of Placer County

Parents need a solution – one that keeps their child safe and out of harm's way. But they need more than that. Parents need a resource to ensure that their child is given every opportunity to thrive in a safe environment. Children in an environment with consistent support and encouragement are able to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.
A successful solution requires children be engaged in programs that promote youth development – instilling a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging and influence in all they do. Their developmental needs require age-appropriate activities that foster academic success, provide expressive outlets and help them develop strong, healthy bodies.
Examples of healthy participant outcomes include growth in the following areas:
 Education & Career Development
 Character & Leadership
 Health & Life Skills
 Sports, Fitness & Recreation
 The Arts
That's where the Boys & Girls Club comes in.

An outcome-based youth development strategy ensures every child receives the support and encouragement they need to make healthy choices (and even mistakes), to focus on required school work and to build character and life skills in a place that feels like a second home. To carry out this strategy requires a number of coordinated efforts – a dedicated youth facility, proven outcome-based programs, highly trained staff and caring volunteers who take an interest in every child.
With such a resource, parents are able to take an extra shift at work, run valuable errands, or say yes to a career opportunity that may improve the quality of life for their family. Parents receive the confidence that their child is experiencing the care and attention they need to successfully complete their homework assignments, enjoy a healthy snack and be engaged with other kids in programs and activities that develop their full potential.

To see this vision become a reality, the Club has developed the Formula for Impact, a research-based theory of change that describes how Clubs increase impact in the communities they serve. It's a roadmap to ensure that members have a life-changing Club experience and leave the Club knowing they will have a great future.
Some examples of how the Club articulates this follow.
 The Club integrates high-yield activities designed to provide youth with experiences that are hands-on, outcome-driven, interactive and intentionally develop members' knowledge or skills. For example, members gain new skills or reinforce skills learned in school; experience new ways to apply knowledge already gained; engage in creative expressions; test their own solutions to real-world issues; and/or work in groups to achieve a goal.

 The Club offers a range of targeted programs – those that are intentionally designed and chosen to help members achieve priority outcomes. Effective targeted programs are planned; are designed to achieve stated goals and objectives; are conducted for a specific audience; are conducted over a specific period of time; use specific delivery methods; and measure and evaluate the extent to which participants achieve goals and objectives.

 The Club has intentional practices designed to attract and retain members of all ages; increase average daily attendance and the number of times per year each member attends; increase member tenure; and operate at facility and regulatory capacity.

For over 20 years, the Boys & Girls Club of Placer County has offered critical services to children ages 6-18 in our community, with a wide range of outcome-based programs helping them to become productive, self-sufficient individuals. We are committed to the youth development strategy of instilling in our members a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging and the power of influence to make positive choices and give back to the community.
Every day, hundreds of kids pass through the doors of our three Club sites and our numbers continue to grow. We do our best to support and resource Club staff with great program offerings to ensure our motto remains Great Futures Start Here. The Club exists with the mission “to inspire and empower all young people who pass through our doors to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens."
The biggest priority for the Club now is reaching the unreached in Placer County - the county we proudly serve. Kids in many areas of Western Placer County are without a resource like the Club and in need of a safe, fun place to learn and grow. Will you help us see their needs met?