to spend their time after school. The After School program provides homework help, a nutritious hot meal (prepared by Ladle of Love), and daily physical activity, as well as mentoring and guidance, to hundreds of children each day. Nearly 70% of our children live at or near the poverty level and attend at little or no cost.

Power Hour Homework Help
Power Hour helps Club members ages 5-12 achieve academic success by providing homework help, tutoring and high-yield learning activities, and by encouraging members to become self-directed learners.

Project Learn
High Yield Learning Activities, for Club members ages 5-12, reinforces and enhances the skills and knowledge young people learn at school during the hours they spend at the Club. This comprehensive program strategy includes leisure reading, writing activities, discussions with knowledgeable adults, helping others, homework help and tutoring, and games like Scrabble that develop young people’s cognitive skills.

Book Buddies
A one to one Reading program for ages 7-9 via Skype to help youth with reading comprehension.

Kid’s Café Nutrition Program
The Club provides a healthy, hot afternoon meal by Chefs from Ladle of Love to more than 200 Club members daily, along with teaching healthy eating and nutrition to members. We also send home backpacks of food on weekends to children and families in need.

Triple Play’s Healthy Habits
This program is designed to incorporate healthy living and active learning for ages 6-15 in every part of the Club experience, emphasizing good nutrition, regular physical activity and improving overall well-being.

STEAM

STEAM ( Science Technology Engineering Arts and Math) activity for ages 6 – 15, includes science experiments, recreating and building various types of robots, and with this program it allows children to think outside of the box using critical thinking and mathematical skills.

SMART Moves
SMART (Skills Mastery and Resistance Training) Moves activities, for ages 13-16, hone decision-making and critical-thinking skills, as well as teach how to avoid and/or resist alcohol, tobacco, other drugs and premature sexual activity.

SMART Kids
SMART Kids is a group encouraging exercising, healthy eating habits, and social interaction for children ages 6 – 9.

SMART Girls
SMART Girls is a small-group health, fitness, prevention/education and self-esteem enhancement program designed to meet the developmental needs of girls ages 13-18. Club girls explore their own and societal attitudes and values as they build skills for eating right, staying physically fit, getting good health care and developing positive relationships with peers and adults.

Torch Club
For boys and girls ages 11-13, Torch Club is a powerful vehicle through which Club staff can help meet the special character development needs of younger adolescents. Members learn to elect officers and work together to implement activities in four areas: service to Club and community, education, health and fitness, and social recreation.

Passport to Manhood
Passport to Manhood promotes and teaches responsibility in Club boys ages 13-18. Through highly interactive activities which engage young boys in discussions and activities that reinforce positive behavior, each participant receives his own “passport” to underscore the notion that he is on a personal journey of maturation and growth.