The CLUB: Teen Center
Dream It Today — Do It Tomorrow
The CLUB: Teen Center offers a fun, engaging, and motivational atmosphere designed to unlock teens interest, purpose, and potential. The CLUB empowers teens to find their VOICE and achieve success rooted in what matters to them — choice, access, and passion. At The CLUB, teens have access to sports, the arts, volunteerism, and academic pursuits that expose them to a world of opportunities.
Keystone is the ultimate teen program! This unique program provides leadership development opportunities for youth to participate in activities, both in and out of the Club, in four focus areas: academic success, career preparation, community service and teen outreach. With the guidance of an adult adviser, Keystone Clubs aim to positively impact teens, their Club and local communities.
Bluffton Explorers’ LEAD (Leadership, Excellence, Achievement, Determination) funded by the Berkeley Hall Charitable Foundation is designed to enhance the lives of teens ages 12-18 by exposing them to careers in law enforcement, character-building volunteer work and discipline through routine physical training. The Explorer program has been a platform from which countless young adults have launched successful careers in law enforcement, public safety, military, criminal justice and other fields at local, county, state and federal levels.
A major component of the Explorer program is a strict and regimented two-week summer boot camp that takes place on weekdays from 5 a.m.-5 p.m. This boot camp includes daily physical training, drill and ceremony practice, as well as class time lead by service-oriented volunteers from the Bluffton Police Department. The program concludes with a special graduation ceremony at the Bluffton Police Department for all teens completing the rigorous curriculum.
Dwaine Willett CareerLaunch is a job-readiness and career exploration program. Club members ages 14-18 are encouraged to assess their skills and interests, learn about different careers, make sound educational decisions and prepare to join our nation's workforce.
While Dwaine Willett CareerLaunch helps teens set career goals and improve their employability skills, the program also enables employers to try out talent for future full-time work, free staff from routine tasks, and enhance positive public relations in the community. Dwaine Willett CareerLaunch members host a job fair each year for all teenagers seeking summer employment.
Money Matters promotes financial responsibility and independence. Participants learn how to manage a checking account, create a budget, save and invest, start small businesses and pay for college.
Our Junior Staff program assists Club members in exploring a career in youth or human services, particularly Boys & Girls Club work. Young people prepare for future roles as human services professionals by participating in career development activities, discovering the importance of community service, building customer service skills and completing a Club apprenticeship. The program develops Club members' interpersonal skill, work ethic and sense of community responsibility.
Khan Academy (KA) is a math tutoring program used to teach math and other subjects (math, science, social studies). Members work at their own pace and level, with individualized materials provided within Khan Academy to help each member get to grade level and then meet or exceed all standards. Tutors are to provide additional guidance as needed. This program is ran each academic quarter and supports “Academic Success”, a priority outcome of the BGCA “Formula for Impact.”
V.I.S.A. (Voting - Impact - Student - Awareness) empowers students to understand the electoral process, the importance of voting, the history of gaining the right to vote, understanding electoral terms/vocabulary and the use of social media to influence voting trends. It also provides the opportunity for participants to become personally engaged in the voting process by becoming Poll Managers/workers.
Torch Club is a chartered, leadership and service club. Torch Club is a powerful vehicle that meets the special character development needs of participants at a critical stage in their lives.
For more information about The CLUB: Teen Center and our teen programs, please contact Tony Bruin, Teen Director, at 843.757.2845 or Abraham.Bruin@bgclowcountry.org
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