Olivet Boys' and Girls' Club of Reading and Berks County Pa

Olivet boys & girls Club offers a variety of programs that support academic success, encourage healthy lifestyles, provide a robust engagement with the arts, and promote good character and citizenship. Olivet's programs are numerous and wide-ranging, affording Club members unique experiences in an environment of positivity, acceptance, and encouragement. The programs, furthermore, are research- and evidence-based, with many utilizing pre- and post-testing instruments to provide quantitative and qualitative data assessing and tracking program impact. Additionally, club-sites regularly recognize members for their achievements within the Club, such as actively participating, demonstrating leadership, and volunteering, to name only a few. See schedule o for additional program service accomplishments.throughout 2022, Olivet served over 1,600 youth ages 6 18 across 8 club-sites in Reading and Berks county.in a typical year, our clubs are open for afterschool and summer programming. During the school year, clubs are open from 3 pm to 8 pm for afterschool programming, monday through friday. During the summer, clubs are open from 8 am to 5 pm for summer programming, monday through friday. From january through may of 2022, we provided approximately 900 hours of learning support for Club members virtual school at our sites. During the summer of 2022, we provided nearly 450 hours of summer camp programming. From september through december of 2022, we have provided over 200 hours of afterschool programming. Therefore, for 2022, this equates to over 1500 hours of service over the course of a year. We are fortunate to have over 50 community partners that support and impact our programs by providing volunteers, services and/or program support. Centro hispano has served as our primary provider for serving nutritious, culturally sensitive meals to Club members. The following is a list of programs offered at Olivet boys & girls Club sites in 2022, along with the numbers of youth Club members who participated in those programs during that year: academic success and education chess Club: 138 high-yield learning activities (development of critical academic skills): 1,628 number of youth who participated in kidzlit (targeted Reading enrichment for kids ages 6 9): 33 project learn (homework help): 1,628 number of youth who participated in a summer learning opportunity: 511 number of youth who maintained or improved their Reading skills during the summer months (as a result of participating in kidz lit): 22 number of youth who participated in stem programming: 1,174 college access program: 49national youth outcome initiative survey 72 of 82 youth/teens surveyed expect to graduate on time 62 of 81 youth/teens surveyed reported mostly grades of a's and b's, corresponding to being promoted to the next grade level healthy lifestyles, sports, and recreation 100 mile Club (walking program for girls): 18 jr. chef/cooking Club: 37 triple play (nutritional education and physical activity): 1,628 number of youth who received a nutritious meal: 1,628 the arts art/arts and crafts: 411 chorus: 29 drop da beat (digital music-making): 38 drums: 66 gravity studios (studio music production and recording): 8 guitar: 42 dance: 99good character, leadership, and service boy scouts: 195 girl scouts: 89 keystone Club (service and leadership Club for teens): 8