Age 13-18

Power Hour: Making Minutes Count provides Club professionals with the strategies, activities, resources and information to create an engaging homework help and tutoring program that encourages Club members of every age to become self-directed learners.

Teens are able to engage in “college nights” where guest speakers inform teens about attending college and the importance of their college decisions. Mentors also help with financial aid applications, prepping for SAT’s, and scholarship applications. In addition, teens make several trips to local Southern California colleges throughout the year to get familiarized with college campuses.  Many of these high school students will be first-generation high school graduates and college students.

Age 13-18

Career Launch prepares teens for the world of careers and work. Through Career Launch, Club teens 13-18 years old embark on a journey to explore possible vocations, make sound educational decisions and find success in the world of work.

Age 11-14

Passport to Manhood teaches responsibility to boys ages 11 to 14 with sessions that focus on a specific aspect of character and manhood through highly interactive activities.

Age 8-17

SMART Girls provides health, fitness, prevention/education and self-esteem enhancement for girls ages 8 to 17.

This mentoring program focuses on teens every day after school, and provides them with peer-based social, educational, and athletic activities. The daily interaction in a positive setting validates program participants’ self-worth, accomplishments, and value to the community. Via carefully selected mentors as positive role models and engaging extra-curricular activities, teens develop the self-esteem and character essential to changing the community dynamic.

Age 13-18

Career Launch prepares teens for the world of careers and work. Through Career Launch, Club teens 13-18 years old embark on a journey to explore possible vocations, make sound educational decisions and find success in the world of work.

Teens are able to engage in “college nights” where guest speakers inform teens about attending college and the importance of their college decisions. Mentors also help with financial aid applications, prepping for SAT’s, and scholarship applications. In addition, teens make several trips to local Southern California colleges throughout the year to get familiarized with college campuses.  Many of these high school students will be first-generation high school graduates and college students. 

Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito and the team at Crush Italian Restaurant have partnered together to create a mentoring program for teens which uses shadowing and one-on-one mentoring techniques to learn skills in the restaurant industry.  Five teens from the La Colonia Branch have been selected to participate in this program. Every Wednesday, starting April 2nd and running through June 4th, (a total of 10 weeks) the teens will shadow every position in the restaurant in order to gain real-world experience.

Keystone Club provides leadership development opportunities for young people ages 14 to 18. Youth participate in activities in three focus areas: academic success, career preparation and community service. With the guidance of an adult advisor, Keystone Clubs aim to have a positive impact on members, the Club and community.

Torch Club is a “club within the Club,” helping to meet the special character development needs of younger adolescents at a critical stage in their life. A Torch Club is a powerful vehicle through which young people develop and strengthen their 21st-century leadership skills, giving them a firm foundation of good character and integrity. Torch Club members elect officers and work together to implement projects in the four focus areas: service to Club and community; education; health and fitness; and social recreation.

All Ages

Youth of the Year is Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s premier recognition program. It is our signature effort to foster a new generation of leaders, fully prepared to live and lead in a diverse, global and integrated world economy.