Offers year-round enriching experiences to meet the unique needs and interests of girls. In partnership with committed adults, girls develop qualities such as strong values, social conscience, and conviction about their own potential and self-worth. Programs include career exploration, creative arts, science and technology, travel, environmental education and leadership development.

Offers year-round enriching experiences to meet the unique needs and interests of girls. In partnership with committed adults, girls develop qualities such as strong values, social conscience, and conviction about their own potential and self-worth. Programs include career exploration, creative arts, science and technology, travel, environmental education and leadership development.

Offers year-round enriching experiences to meet the unique needs and interests of girls. In partnership with committed adults, girls develop qualities such as strong values, social conscience, and conviction about their own potential and self-worth. Programs include career exploration, creative arts, science and technology, travel, environmental education and leadership development.

Offers year-round enriching experiences to meet the unique needs and interests of girls. In partnership with committed adults, girls develop qualities such as strong values, social conscience, and conviction about their own potential and self-worth. Programs include career exploration, creative arts, science and technology, travel, environmental education and leadership development.

Offers a safe, positive place for middle school and high school kids to go after school. Includes a Best Buy Teen Tech Center, tutoring and mentor programs, a stage, dance floor, green room, teaching kitchen and art room. Also includes a leadership program and free meals every other week.

Offers an after-school program that integrates soccer, poetry and service-learning through community service projects. Students play soccer and learn lessons about teamwork, sportsmanship and leadership while taking part in physical exercise. During the fall, participants work on reading and writing skills through poetry, which is also performed to build self-confidence. In the spring, students work with teammates to design and implement a community service project in their neighborhood.   Program takes place at nine elementary schools in South Seattle. Each session is 90 minutes. Provides transportation, uniforms and other necessary supplies for youth to participate.

Offers a safe, positive place for middle school and high school kids to go after school. Includes a Best Buy Teen Tech Center, tutoring and mentor programs, a stage, dance floor, green room, teaching kitchen and art room. Also includes a leadership program and free meals every other week.

Provides a year-round, building-centered, positive and safe place for all kids, helping them to acquire skills and develop qualities necessary to make the right choices and become responsible citizens and leaders. (Affiliated with Boys & Girls Clubs of America) Activities include: sports, arts and crafts, health and life skills classes, education and career development classes, character and leadership development classes. Call for details on specific activities, classes, field trips, and planned events. Operates a club in Centralia and Chehalis.

Offers a safe, positive place for middle school and high school kids to go after school. Includes a Best Buy Teen Tech Center, tutoring and mentor programs, a stage, dance floor, green room, teaching kitchen and art room. Also includes a leadership program and free meals every other week.

Offers a community service and leadership development program for youth.  Program meets after school and has occasional weekend service projects. Activities focus on academic success, career exploration and community service.  Through community service projects, Keystoners learn first-hand the importance of cultivating and exercising the virtues of compassion, tolerance, responsibility and citizenship. Keystoning is a unique leadership development experience that gives young people a chance to act on their humanitarian ideals while building self-respect and strong attachments to family and community.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Thurston County provide a year-round, building-centered, positive and safe place for all kids, helping them to acquire skills and develop qualities necessary to make the right choices and become responsible citizens and leaders.  (Affiliated with Boys & Girls Clubs of America) Activities include: sports, arts and crafts, health and life skills classes, education and career development classes, character and leadership development classes.  Call for details on specific activities, classes, field trips, and planned events. Each day, Club members are given a variety of activities and programs to choose from. The Club offers enriching games, academic support, time to play with peers, an array of programs, and positive adult role models focused on supporting the developmental growth of youth. Provides programs and activities to prepare young people for real-world success. Believes that by focusing on Healthy Lifestyles, Academic Success, and Good Character & Citizenship, the children we serve will be better prepared to graduate from high school, go on to college, and thrive as adults.

Coordinates a yearlong achievement program designed to recruit, stimulate, and encourage high academic and cultural achievement among African-American high school students.   Recruits students annually and conducts annual Academic Olympic competitions for students in 9th-12th grades in NAACP Branches throughout the country.   First place local winners then compete with youth from other cities at the National ACT-SO finals held during our National Convention. Includes 26 categories of competition such as sciences, arts and humanities.

Helps youth become involved in the community by offering various clubs and projects to get involved and learn through hands-on activities.  4-H Clubs in Jefferson County include the following free project areas: rabbits, robotics, cats, gardening, video, disc golf, llamas, public speaking, leadership, dogs, horses, sewing, engineering, web design, goats, community service, and other opportunities.  4-H free special events and activities include: teen works programs, camps, summer programs, after school programs, conferences, field trips and more.

Offers 4-H Club for youth in grades K-12; promotes hands-on learning, individual growth, and life skills development.  Offers project areas including: livestock, arts and crafts, food preparation and safety, clothing, photography, and gardening.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Thurston County provide a year-round, building-centered, positive and safe place for all kids, helping them to acquire skills and develop qualities necessary to make the right choices and become responsible citizens and leaders.  (Affiliated with Boys & Girls Clubs of America) Activities include: sports, arts and crafts, health and life skills classes, education and career development classes, character and leadership development classes.  Call for details on specific activities, classes, field trips, and planned events. Each day, Club members are given a variety of activities and programs to choose from. The Club offers enriching games, academic support, time to play with peers, an array of programs, and positive adult role models focused on supporting the developmental growth of youth. Provides programs and activities to prepare young people for real-world success. Believes that by focusing on Healthy Lifestyles, Academic Success, and Good Character & Citizenship, the children we serve will be better prepared to graduate from high school, go on to college, and thrive as adults.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Thurston County provide a year-round, building-centered, positive and safe place for all kids, helping them to acquire skills and develop qualities necessary to make the right choices and become responsible citizens and leaders.  (Affiliated with Boys & Girls Clubs of America) Activities include: sports, arts and crafts, health and life skills classes, education and career development classes, character and leadership development classes.  Call for details on specific activities, classes, field trips, and planned events. Each day, Club members are given a variety of activities and programs to choose from. The Club offers enriching games, academic support, time to play with peers, an array of programs, and positive adult role models focused on supporting the developmental growth of youth. Provides programs and activities to prepare young people for real-world success. Believes that by focusing on Healthy Lifestyles, Academic Success, and Good Character & Citizenship, the children we serve will be better prepared to graduate from high school, go on to college, and thrive as adults.

Offers an after-school program that integrates soccer, poetry and service-learning through community service projects. Students play soccer and learn lessons about teamwork, sportsmanship and leadership while taking part in physical exercise. During the fall, participants work on reading and writing skills through poetry, which is also performed to build self-confidence. In the spring, students work with teammates to design and implement a community service project in their neighborhood.   Program takes place at nine elementary schools in South Seattle. Each session is 90 minutes. Provides transportation, uniforms and other necessary supplies for youth to participate.

Offers afterschool and summer recreation, tutoring, youth leadership groups, and PRIDE group for youth ages 12-18.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Thurston County provide a year-round, building-centered, positive and safe place for all kids, helping them to acquire skills and develop qualities necessary to make the right choices and become responsible citizens and leaders.  (Affiliated with Boys & Girls Clubs of America) Activities include: sports, arts and crafts, health and life skills classes, education and career development classes, character and leadership development classes.  Call for details on specific activities, classes, field trips, and planned events. Each day, Club members are given a variety of activities and programs to choose from. The Club offers enriching games, academic support, time to play with peers, an array of programs, and positive adult role models focused on supporting the developmental growth of youth. Provides programs and activities to prepare young people for real-world success. Believes that by focusing on Healthy Lifestyles, Academic Success, and Good Character & Citizenship, the children we serve will be better prepared to graduate from high school, go on to college, and thrive as adults.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Thurston County provide a year-round, building-centered, positive and safe place for all kids, helping them to acquire skills and develop qualities necessary to make the right choices and become responsible citizens and leaders.  (Affiliated with Boys & Girls Clubs of America) Activities include: sports, arts and crafts, health and life skills classes, education and career development classes, character and leadership development classes.  Call for details on specific activities, classes, field trips, and planned events. Each day, Club members are given a variety of activities and programs to choose from. The Club offers enriching games, academic support, time to play with peers, an array of programs, and positive adult role models focused on supporting the developmental growth of youth. Provides programs and activities to prepare young people for real-world success. Believes that by focusing on Healthy Lifestyles, Academic Success, and Good Character & Citizenship, the children we serve will be better prepared to graduate from high school, go on to college, and thrive as adults.

Offers an after-school program that integrates soccer, poetry and service-learning through community service projects. Students play soccer and learn lessons about teamwork, sportsmanship and leadership while taking part in physical exercise. During the fall, participants work on reading and writing skills through poetry, which is also performed to build self-confidence. In the spring, students work with teammates to design and implement a community service project in their neighborhood.   Program takes place at nine elementary schools in South Seattle. Each session is 90 minutes. Provides transportation, uniforms and other necessary supplies for youth to participate.

We offer a diverse schedule of in-school and after-school programming designed to support the social and emotional development of our young participants, as well as their educational growth. From academic support to programming that strengthens positive identity and awareness, our programs help our youth reach their full potential. After-School is held throughout the school year.

Provides an opportunity for youth and young adults to engage in statewide decision-making processes, meet with policymakers and funders, and prepare for and engage in public speaking opportunities. Holds monthly chapter meetings to develop supportive relationships, build skills, and discuss current issues impacting youth and young adults experiencing foster care and/or homelessness. Provides youth-focused training, including Storytelling for Advocacy, and Legislative Advocacy. Public speaking engagements including panels, workgroups/task forces, media requests, keynote speeches, and custom trainings and presentations that center the voices of lived experience experts.

Description: Provides virtual group mentoring and one-on-one mentoring programs for at-risk youth in King County. Recruits and trains mentors, pairs them with at-vulnerable risk youths and supports the youth/mentor relationship to increase its power and duration. Group Mentoring: Blends history, social studies, civic education, economic and service-learning standards into an experiential learning framework to inspire critical thinking, life skills development and youth activism, encouraging youth to choose the road away from incarceration and toward higher education. Youth attend a virtual weekly group session, youth can attend from King County neighborhoods. Youth who attend must be in high school . One-on-one Mentoring: Youth are matched one-on-one with a mentor who helps them realize alternatives to destructive behaviors. Mentors assist and encourage the mentee to fulfill the goals they have for: education, vocation and a drug- or alcohol-free lifestyle. Also facilitates mentorship opportunities in which caring adults offer guidance, support and encouragement to at-risk youth. Tutoring: Provided for youth who need assistance with schoolwork, homework and support in math, science, reading etc. Parents must make commitment that their youth will attend Tutoring sessions.

Helps prepare low-income and/or first-generation Seattle high school youth for post-secondary education through academic instruction and tutoring, academic and personal counseling, life skills and leadership development, career exploration and planning, college application assistance, financial aid workshops and college tours. Also requires a six-week summer academic program at Seattle University with high school credit available.