Keystone Club*
Small-group teen leadership

• Keystoners run for elected offices
• Officers set yearly goals for community outreach projects
• Members can go to annual BGCA Keystone Club conference

Torch Club*
Small-group pre-teen leadership

• Students choose their own activities to focus on
• Our Torch Club volunteers at a local homeless shelter
• Members enjoy arts and fitness activities together as well

Community partner:  Central Iowa Shelter Services

Community Kids
Dedication to community service

• Community Kids learn how to care for public property & the environment
• Members work on city clean-up projects together
  
  
  

Justice League
Healthy perspective on the criminal justice system

• A local judge works with our kids, educating them about the justice system
• Justice League focuses specifically on juvenile issues
• Club members ages 11-14 can participate

Community partner:  Polk County Justice System

SMART Girls*
“Skills Mastery and Resistance Training”:  education and support for young girls

• Pre-teen girls learn about:
• Positive decision-making
• Wellness
• Personal health & development
• Reproductive issues (including teen pregnancy prevention)

Passport to Manhood*
Character-building for pre-teen boys

• Program focuses on positive decision-making and community involvement
• Program teaches developmental and reproductive health
• Boys gain sense of personal responsibility and self-esteem
• Members receive individual “passports” for program to promote individual engagement with program content

Youth Leadership Initiative

Opportunities to build leadership skills

• YLI focuses on teens who have leadership potential but haven’t had the chance to develop it
• Sessions involve experiential and interactive learning about:
• Community issues
• Diversity
• Communication
• Students meet bimonthly from August through June
• Students plan their own YLI graduation ceremony

Community partner:  Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute

Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts

Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Iowa is also a regular venue for the Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts’ respected character and leadership programming.

Community partners: Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts