Junior Staff
Junior Staff Career
Development is a comprehensive small-group program designed to guide
youth toward careers in youth development or human services by nurturing
their leadership skills and providing guided, practical experiences.
While a career in human service may not be appropriate for all Boys &
Girls Club members, staff will at a minimum guide the development of
interested and concerned youth toward volunteer involvement in community
service activities. The manual also includes information on the
CLUBService and Leaders in Training programs, bringing all Club-based
volunteerism programs together in one cohesive resource.
FITNESS AUTHORITY
FITNESS AUTHORITY promotes fitness in
all youth through fun, engaging weekly activities and an annual
competition with local, regional and national levels. The program
features 12 weekly sessions for each of the three age groups. Club
members play games and try new sports, and their fitness levels are
measured with simple tests of endurance, flexibility and strength. The
FITNESS AUTHORITY Web site,
www.bgca.org/sportsauthority, allows Club members and staff to track
fitness levels, rank fitness scores nationally and access other valuable
health and fitness resources.
The Keystone Club
The Keystone Club is an organization designed to develop leadership
skills in young adults. To join you must be a member of the B&G Cub of
Muncie. The Keystone Club elects their leaders, raise money for club
activities and volunteer their community. The work is hard but the
rewards are great. For more information contact Tony Ziegler, Social
Director at the B&GC of Muncie.
Power Hour!
“It’s time for power hour!” Every Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday at 4:00 p.m. Power Hour is the Boys & Girls Club of
Muncie’s opportunity for all kids to get help with their homework,
work on their homework, or do other educational activities. Power Hour
is supervised and assistance is provided by work-study students and
volunteers from Ball State University. All members are encouraged to
participate. The Education Dept. has upgraded the computer workstations
for our members. Computers are Internet ready with DSL Internet service!
See you there!
Triple Play
To teach youth how to make healthier choices, Boys & Girls Clubs of
America (BGCA) has teamed up with The Coca-Cola Company and Kraft Foods,
Inc. to present Triple Play: A Game Plan for Mind, Body and Soul. This
national program takes a holistic approach to educating boys and girls
about good nutrition, making physical fitness a daily practice and
developing individual strengths and good character. In addition to
components for the mind and body, the Triple Play program gets at the
soul of the Club experience – the gamesroom. Each mind, body and soul
program component can stand alone, yet integrating them allows Club
members to reap more powerful, lifelong benefits
Mind
Empowering youth to eat right is a
generation-changing, life-enhancing program goal, and Triple Play’s
nutrition component, called Healthy Habits, covers the power of choice,
calories, vitamins and minerals, the food pyramid and appropriate
portion size.
Body
Taking a systematic approach, this component boosts Clubs’
traditional physical activities to a higher level by providing
sports and fitness activities for all youth – boys and girls,
athletically gifted and those talented in other areas, children and
teens alike. Daily Fitness Challenges: six challenges
give youth at every age the chance to play longer and harder at
different games – from jumping rope to basketball and creating games
of their own.
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Basketball Challenge
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Jump Rope Challenge
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Get Fit Challenge
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Walk/Run Challenge
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Home Run Challenge
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Invent-a-Sport Challenge
Soul
This social recreation program
includes a resource guide, training and additional tools to run a
top-notch gamesroom and social recreation program in the Club. The
Smart Guide to Social Recreation: Effective Gamesroom Management and
Leadership provides strategies and tools for running a gamesroom
program.
Passport to Manhood
This program promotes and teaches responsibility and reinforces positive
behavior in male Club members ages 11-14. Passport to Manhood consists
of 14 small-group sessions, each of which concentrates on a specific
aspect of manhood through highly interactive activities. Each
participant is issued his own "Passport" to underscore the notion that
he is on a personal journey of maturation and personal growth.
Smart Moves ( Skills
Mastery and Resistance Training)
This nationally acclaimed comprehensive prevention program helps young
people resist alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, as well as premature
sexual activity. The program features engaging, interactive small group
activities designed to increase participants' peer support, enhance
their life skills, build their resiliency and strengthen their
leadership skills. This year-round program encourages collaborations
among Club staff, youth, parents and representatives from other
community organizations. The program’s components include: SMART Kids,
for children ages 6-9, Start SMART, for youth ages 10-12, Stay SMART,
for youth ages 13-15 and SMART Parents, for parents of Club members
participating in SMART Moves.
2005-2006 Youth Baseball
The Muncie Boys & Girls Club & Babe Ruth a RBI League (Reviving
Baseball in Inner Cities). This League is for boys and 13-18. The boy
have two divisions (13-16 7th -9th grade & 17-18 9th -12 grade). More
information will be posted soon.
Youth Basketball League The Muncie Boys & Girls Club have leagues starting in September to May
of the following year. The league is base on grades 1st & 2nd
grade league, 3rd & 4th grade league, 5th & 6th grade league, & 7th &
8th grade league. The is great for kids who are just starting out,
school teams, and traveling teams. If you would like more information on
the league please click on this Let's Hoop!!
