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Dean, a 7th grader and member o the Three Aliated Tribesin North Dakota traveled to Washington, DC in January or the

National Mentoring Summit. He represented all youth in Boys &

Girls Clubs o Americas mentoring programs at the event. Dean

was joined by his mentor, Coby Rabbithead, a Boys & Girls Club sta

member and mentor. Dean is very active in the Boys & Girls Clubs

o the Three Aliated Tribes, is a member o several sports teams,

and serves on the N.A.T.I.V.E. Youth Council and Torch Club. Coby has

been a mentor or over our years and coaches Deans basketball

team.

First Lady Michelle Obama gave a speech during the Summit. Dur-ing her speech, Dean and Coby sat on the stage behind her! Mrs.

Obama inspired the nearly 500 people who were there. "Having a

mentor is more important than ever beore. And that's because, in

many ways, being a kid today is tougher than ever beore. And then when you add in the age-old struggles o just

plain old growing up the anxiety, the conusion, the academic and the social pressure you've got an entire gen-

eration o young people truly in desperate need o a riend, someone they can trust, an example they can ollow.

And that's where all o you come in," she said.

Ater her speech, the mentor match listened to a panel o Cabinet members talk about their mentoring experi-

ences. Dean and Coby discussed their Clubs mentoring program during a special meeting or summit partici-

pants. It was truly the trip o a lietime!

Dean and Coby sit behind First Lady Michelle Obama

during her speech at the National Mentoring Summit

Boys & Girls Club Mentoring Programs Recognized atNational Mentoring Summit

Club Members Connect With Ancestors through JewelryClub members at the Boys & Girls Club o the East Valley in the Gila River Indian Community have been taking

a class to learn about an art practiced by their ancestors many years ago. The Yuman Pee-Posh Clay Work and

Beading Class teaches youth how to make traditional Maricopa clay pieces and jewelry. During the class, Club

members are able to construct, design, and produce clay pieces. They also make Pee-Posh coil and Colorado River

Indian cape necklaces rom beads. The youth are having lots o un expressing themselves through this tra-

ditional art orm. Their pieces will be shown in a Club art collection refecting the phrase Great Futures Start

Here. Each member will make a piece that represents the beginning o their great uture. The Clay Work and

Beading Class has helped Club members reconnect with their roots while strengthening their minds.

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Club Member SpotlightClub member, Cheyenne rom the Boys &

Girls Clubs o Tahlequah won the Soropti-

mist Club o Tahlequah's annual Violet Rich-

ardson Volunteerism Award. As part o the

award, she received $300 that she plans to

put in her savings account or college. Below

is her essay. Congratulations!

Giving Back

I believe that everyone should give back to

their community. Volunteering shows that

a person is generous, compassionate, and

good-hearted. A volunteer is kind enough to

give up a ew hours o their time to better

their community. They also serve others

without expecting to get anything in return.

Volunteering not only helps and benets

ones community but, it benets the volunteers themselves. For instance, I

believe volunteering makes a person eel worthy, as i theyve accomplishedsomething because they made someone elses lie better or they made a

change in their community somehow.

I am 16 years old and a junior at Sequoyah High School. I am involved in many

extracurricular activities like National Honor Society, A.I.S.E.S, F.C.A, Varsity

Gol, and the Cherokee National Youth Choir. However, I have recently started

helping out with the Boys & Girls Club. When I get out o school I proceed to

Tahlequah Middle School. I help with a group o 6th grade students. The rst

hour we have class, where the kids do homework or get help with work they

are having trouble with. Im very good with mathematics so that is what I

mainly assist with. Ater homework hour the kids go to their choices. Choices

are un activities the kids may sign up or like guitar, computers, Wii, andvarious others. I usually help with the kids who go to the gym or outside. My

job is to roam around and play with the kids and make sure they arent doing

things that will get them into trouble.

Boys & Girls Clubs mission statement is To inspire, educate, and empower all

young people, especially those rom disadvantaged circumstances, to realize

their ull potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens, in a sae

and un environment.

I rst decided to volunteer because my school requires 10 hours each year

and I was just trying to get my hours out o the way. However, I guess I havebecome ond o the kids. I like helping and spending time with them, and just

being a good role model. I have accomplished so much through volunteering.

I have gained job experience, leadership abilities, new riends, and personal

growth. And I can only hope that I have made an impact on someone.

I am required to do community service, but instead o looking at it as having

to do it, I now look at it as a challenge. I challenge mysel to make a dierence

in my community. The best way to experience success is by overcoming my

set challenge. Ill let my creativity shine through and discover new ways to

help and volunteer in my community.

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Volunteerism Award rom the Presiden

o the Soroptimist Club o Tahlequah

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Special Programs Promote Health and CultureClub members at the Little Earth Unit o the Boys & Girls Club o the Twin Cities

have been enjoying two special programs. They love learning about healthy eat-

ing through the T.R.A.I.L. diabetes prevention program. They are also learning the

Ojibwe language through the Anishinaabe Language Program.

T.R.A.I.L. teaches youth how to prevent type 2 diabetes through healthy eating

and exercise. During the program, Club members learn how to cook healthy

meals and snacks. Using the recipes they learned in class, participants created a

healthy cookbook to share with their amilies. They also invited their amilies to

the Club or a healthy dinner.

Boozhoo! (Hello!) is one o the words Club members have learned in the Anishi-

naabe Language Program. The program is taught by an Ojibwe language speaker. Club members are learning to speak the

language through practice and videos. Many o the youth can already say phrases and give answers to questions. Program

participants also engage in traditional activities such as singing, drumming, and burning sage. Youth recently made cultu

collages using pictures and words rom the Ojibwe language. Ojibwe words are posted all over the Club to help kids learn

outside o the program, too.

Music Production A Class Act!The Boys & Girls Club o the Seminole Tribe o Florida oers a un and exciting Music Production Program or its youth.

This program started at the Big Cypress unit. It had an immediate positive

response rom both the youth and parents. The Seminole Tribe o Florida

recently opened a new Club at the Brighton Reservation Charter School. Th

Club wasted no time in starting the Music Production Program.

The Club is proud to oer this un-lled, challenging and educational pro-

gram in music and media production. It is designed or youth ages 5-18.

Each session lasts an hour and a hal. It is located at the Pemayetv Emahakv

Charter School and the Ahachkee School. This program makes it possible

or youth to gain knowledge o music production, builds sel-condence an

promotes the ability to work with technology.

Club members proudly display certifcates

ater completing the T.R.A.I.L. program

Club members practice their DJ skills

Participants learn a wide variety o skills including DJ skills, voice dubbing, peror-

mance, and music marketing. Youth also learn the proper use o music produc-tion equipment, group responsibility, cooperation, and time management skills.

Students work together as a team. They each take a turn at every role in the

production. This learning opportunity can increase academic skills and open the

door to uture career options.

The music production program has been a avorite with the Boys & Girls Club

members. Due to their enthusiasm, the program is now being expanded.

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The Dog Days of WinterBois Forte Band member Maurice Champagne and Boys & Girls Club

o the Northland Nett Lake Branch Director Donald Chosa, Jr. want-

ed to bring dogs and sleds to the youth in Nett Lake. They thought

the youth would have un while learning about the important role

dog sledding plays in the Bois Forte culture. "In the 1800's, dog sled-

ding was a big part o our culture. This is another way to get the kidsoutdoors, away rom video games and TV, said Champagne. Chosa

worked with the Nett Lake School Principal to create a dog sledding

program or the youth in grades K-6.

Besides getting to ride the sleds, the youth learned about the lie

o John Beargrease. John delivered mail to villages by dog sled. The

youth also learned that dogs can travel 30 to 40 miles in a day, which

is a lot urther than what is possible through canoeing, paddling or snowshoeing. Champagne said he wanted

the youth to know that dogs are a git rom the spirits to teach us, and to oer protection and help. Their

senses, particularly their eyes and ears, are better than humans, and that's why the Creator provided them as a

riend or people.

Nordic Kids Skiing the BarnieThe Boys & Girls Club o Lac Courte Oreilles in Wisconsin oers a

winter program or youth called Nordic Kids. This is a combined e-

ort with the Hayward Community. Youth participants learn vari-

ous styles o skiing rom local amateur and proessional athletes.Nordic Kids allows members to learn the basics o both classical

and skate skiing. The program takes place every Sunday or eight

weeks. About 100 children, ages 6-12, including several Club mem-

bers participated this year. Ater each lesson there was a potluck

o healthy snacks.

The Nordic Kids program prepares youth or the annual Barnie.

The Barnie is a un youth skiing event that imitates the Birke-

beiner Cross Country Ski race. It is held in Hayward, Wisconsin,

every year. The Barnie is the kick o to the weekend leading up to

the American Birkebeiner. The youth ski down Main Street with

hundreds o viewers cheering them on. At the end, they are all

awarded a medal. The Club is honored to have such an exciting

event right in their very own backyard every year.

The American Birkebeiner was rst created by Tony Wise, a Hay-

ward native, with the support o Lac Courte Oreilles Elders like Pipe

Mustache and tribal riends like Ernie St. Germaine. Wise designed

the ski race ater the Birkebeiner Rennet, which had been held in

Norway since 1932. He started the American Birkebeiner in 1973.

The Boys & Girls Club o Lac Courte Oreilles is proud o its skiers.

Youth skiers on the day o the Barnie

Nett Lake youth enjoy a day o dog sledding

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from the Nationsfrom the Nations

Gila River Indian Community

Komatke, AZ

Youth and teens rom the Boys & Girls

Club o the East Valley Komatke

Branch are learning a lot about the

negative eects o drugs. Club mem-

bers, ages 9-12, are participating in a

16-week program called Too Good or

Drugs. Teachers rom Education Out-

side the Box, Inc. visit the Club or an

hour every week. They discuss topics

such as meth abuse and suicide preven-tion. They also learn about goal-setting,

risks, consequences, bullying, personal

strength, and team-building. Club sta

share that youth enjoy the class and

what they are learning. The Club is very

grateul to have the program and sta

look orward to hearing about what the

youth have learned every week.

Pomo Nation

Nice, CA

The Boys & Girls Club o the Pomo

Nation held an Open House or the lo-cal community during National Boys

& Girls Club Week. During the Open

House, community members learned

about Club activities and the services

oered to children. There was also a

book air, spaghetti dinner, and lots o

un amily activities. The Club shared

that the local Sheri s Department

visited with two o their riends

their police dogs! Ocers showed

youth how the police dogs help and

protect them.

Native Hawaiian

Honolulu, HI

This January, over 90 youth rom the

Boys & Girls Clubs o Hawaii Nanakuli

Unit and six other Clubhouses took

part in the 2011 Pro Bowl Recycling

Project during Pro Bowl weekend.

Youth and Club sta arrived bright

and early to Aloha stadium to get ready

or game day. The goal o the project

was to collect recyclables rom ans

that were tailgating. They handed out

plastic bags or recyclable items andpicked them up at the end o the day.

Club members learned about how to

separate the items and worked as a

team to sort thousands o cans and

bottles! Thanks to their partnership

with the NFL, the money earned rom

the recyclables is being donated to all

o the Clubs.

The Boys & Girls Clubs o Hawaii celebrate a

successul Pro Bowl Recycling Project event

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Youth pose or a picture with a local police

ofcer and his police dog

Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina

Pembroke, NC

The Keystone Club o the First Nation

Boys & Girls Club o the Lumbee Tribe

o North Carolina recently reached

Silver status! This March, eight o the

hard-working Club members attended

the 2011 National Keystone Conerence

in Orlando, FL. These youth were

invited because o their dedication to

community service, education, and

career preparation projects. While

at the conerence, they visited Wa

Disney World, toured the Univers

o Central Florida, and gave a mak

over to a local Florida elementary

school. They also saw some o the

avorite perormers in concert su

as J. Cole, Minor Behavior, and Ash

ti! Some o the youth had never b

out o the state beore this trip. T

Club members want everyone to

know that they will never orget

amazing experience. Congratula-

tions to the First Nation Keystone

Keystoners rom the First Nation Boys & G

Club o the Lumbee Tribe o North Caroli

attend the 2011 National Keystone Conere

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News rom the Nations (continued rom page 5)

Boys & Girls Club of the

Eastern Shoshone Tribe

ForT Washakie, WY

The Boys & Girls Club o the East-ern Shoshone Tribe in Wyoming

now has a brand new $1.7 million,

22,000-square-oot Club! The Mari-

lyn Roberts Youth Facility opened

its doors on December 11, 2010.

Today, it serves 300 Club members.

Lon and Nancy Lewis made a $1

million endowment, the largest

donation ever made to a non-pro

organization on the Wind River

Reservation. Eastern Shoshone

Business Council Chie Ivan Poseysays that the new acility is a dream

come true! Now the kids have a

new, sae place to go. The Club has

many dierent areas or the youth

to enjoy. There is a teen center, art

and crats room, game room with

kitchen/ca, media center, large

gymnasium, and locker room!

Tulalip Boys & Girls Club

Tulalip, WA

Club members at the Tulalip Boys

& Girls Club got a treat when a lo-cal Kohls store donated 160 Hooey

stued dolls to the Club. To encour-

age reading, the sta created a

Dr. Seuss reading program where

youth could win a stued animal

just or reading Dr. Seuss books.

Ater completing ve Dr. Seuss

books, they received a Hooey doll.

The Club members liked reading

so much that they began to read

to pre-school age members to help

the younger kids win a Hooey doll.The Dr. Seuss theme continued with

youth completing word searches,

mazes, coloring sheets, and watch-

ing movies. The program ran until

Dr. Seuss birthday on March 2nd. To

celebrate the end o the program,

Club members read the book Green

Eggs and Ham, and ate it or break-

ast too!

The Confederated Tribes of

Warm Springs

Warm Springs, OregoN

To celebrate completing the T.R.A.I.L.

program, youth rom the Warm

Springs Branch o the Boys & Girls

Club o Portland Metropolitan Areaheld Penny Carnival Week. The Club

set up game booths at the carnival

such as a ring toss, mini bowling, a

dice game, veggie race, a small and

large hoop shoot, a duck pond, bean

bag toss, hop scotch, ball toss, and

jump rope (phew!). Youth chipped in

and helped plan, set up, and work all

o the booths. For each game, youth

earned points. Based on the number

o points they earned, they could

choose a prize rom the prize table.At the end o the week, the Club held

a party and a Fun Run or the Club

members, parents, volunteers, and

community members. Everyone

that participated in the Fun Run

received a special t-shirt. It was a

great week!

Fun Run participants show o their t-shirts

Missouri River Youth Put Family andCommunity First

Youth rom the Wagner and Marty Units o the Boys & Girls Club o the Mis

souri River Area are having a great time taking part in the Kimberly-Clark

Corporations Family PLUS (Parents Leading, Uniting, Serving) program. The

program is very popular because the kids enjoy spending quality time with

their parent(s) or mentor. They also eel good about giving back to the com-munity and getting the community involved. Youth honor a relationship

with a parent or adult mentor who has made a dierence in their lie. They

do this by perorming an act o service, kindness, and generosity in their

community. For their community service project, youth rom the Wagner

Unit spent a day cleaning up Wagner Lake. Youth rom the Marty Unit took

time to clean up the housing area and the Club grounds. The Club also held

a Family PLUS Cook O. Three amilies were given a recipe with the same

ingredients. They only had a set amount o time to prepare the recipe. It

was a very close call, but the judges were able to select a winner. The Family

PLUS program has made a huge impact on youth, parents, mentors, and

the community.

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Diabetes Prevention Corner Making Healthy Choices!Diabetes Prevention Corner Making Healthy Choices!

We All Scream for Ice Cream!Club members at the Boys & Girls Club o Dine Nations Crownpoint

Unit in New Mexico are learning lie skills with Kid's Kitchen. Youth

are learning how to cook simple, healthy meals and snacks instead ojunk ood. They are also learning about keeping the cooking area clean,

kitchen saety tips like how to use a knie, and recipes rom dierent

cultures. So ar, participants have learned to make tamales, pizza,

Cuban black beans, ruit salad, lemon pie, blue corn mush, taco salad,

ried rice, ruits kabobs, Waldor salad, apple salad, carrot salad and

veggie kabobs. Every Friday, about 15 Club kids cook with Gloria Yazzie,

the nutrition educator rom the New Mexico State University Exten-

sion Oce as part o the local 4-H project. Participants have even made

the recipes rom Kids Kitchen at home with their parents. The Kids

Kitchen members say taste-testing is their avorite part! Recently they

learned how to make simple vanilla ice cream in a plastic bag using milk,

vanilla and ice. Homemade ice cream is healthier than ice cream you buy

at the grocery store because you can choose the ingredients. Making

your own ice cream is also an easy, un activity. Give it a try!

Try this yummy recipe!HOMEMADE ICE CREAM

Materials:

1 pint-size plastic ood storage bag

1 gallon-size plastic ood storage bag

2 trays o ice cubes

6 tablespoons rock salt

1 tablespoon sugar

cup milk

teaspoon vanilla

Preparation:Fill the big bag hal ull o ice cubes, and add the rock salt. Seal the bag. Putmilk, vanilla, and sugar into the small bag, and seal it . Place the small baginside the large one, and seal it again careully. Shake until the mixture is icecream, about 5 minutes. Wipe o the top o the small bag; open it careully.Enjoy!

Note: You can add 1 tablespoon o unsweetened cocoa powder or chocolateice cream.

Suggested toppings: Fresh or rozen berries, banana slices, jam, walnuts,pecans, peanut butter, or coconut. Use your imagination!

Clubmembersshaketheirbagstomakeicecream

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Painting in the Rain!Who says rainy days have to be boring?

Materials:

Cardstock

2 Washable Markers

Instructions:1. Draw on cardstock with washable markers, and then place the papers

outdoors in the rain until the colors have run.

2. Bring the paintings back inside and put them on a fat surace to dry.

Spring WordScrambleAnswer on page: 2

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