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Kids Club Program
What Program Offers
How Program Works
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Success Stories
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A
community -- usually an apartment, but also some schools, churches
or rec. centers -- sets aside a meeting place for the Kids
Club.
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The
community pays for a portion of the costs of the club.
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Camp
Fire USA Lone Star Council hires a part-time Program Specialist to work at the Kids Club site every weekday
from 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.
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Youth,
ages 5 - 18, can drop in to the program any time during program
hours. Typical program size is 15 - 20 children a day.
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Youth
members participate in arts 'n crafts activities, educational
programs and other projects that are part of Camp Fire USA national
curriculum that involves the Five
Trails and the Eight
Healthy Lifestyles.
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Youth
members also receive a snack and some assistance with their homework
each day.
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Youth
occasionally participate in weekend camping trips, group field trips
and youth
fund-raisers.
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All
youth can earn prizes, emblems, and awards of recognition for their
achievements.
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Includes the Academic
Enrichment Program
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Community-wide
events help create a strong network of support between families. In
many Kids Club communities, there is also a
Community
Family Club.
Every year, Camp Fire USA conducts client
surveys, parent surveys, and interviews to determine the effectiveness
of the Kids Club program at meeting Camp Fire USA's three program goals:
to build caring youth, to build confident youth and to build future
leaders.
In 2002, this study revealed
that youth who actively participated in Camp Fire USA Lone
Star Council's Kids Club program were about twice as likely
to have these qualities than their peers (as determined by a
1999 study of Dallas students by the Search Institute).
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OUTCOME
MEASURE
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AVG.
LOCAL YOUTH |
CAMP
FIRE’S GOAL |
RESULT
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Youth
will demonstrate caring behaviors.
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42%
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85
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85%
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Youth
will demonstrate confident behaviors.
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38%
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90%
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89%
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Youth
will demonstrate leadership abilities.
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47%
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85%
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90%
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This
incredible rate of success is why the Kids Club program has recently
been named:
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361st Point of Light by President Bush
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"official
provider of after-school care" for the Apartment Association of
Greater Dallas
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Winner
of 2003 "Award for Excellence in Human Service
Programming" by the Community Council of Greater Dallas
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