Boys and Girls Club of Green Country, Inc.

PowerHour: Making Minutes Count provides proven strategies, activities, resources and information to create an engaging homework help and tutoring program that encourages Club members at every age to become self-directed learners. PowerHour is part of Boys and Girls Clubs of Green Country's High Yield Learning Activity (HYLA) group of programs. Even students who do not have homework on a given day are given the chance to earn PowerHour points by taking part in HYLAs geared toward building and expanding learning.

CATCH stands for a Coordinated Approach To Child Health and is an evidence-based, coordinated school health program designed to promotephysical activity, healthy food choices and the prevention of tobacco use in children. The CATCH Programs cover kids from preschool through 8th grade and has been implemented in thousands of schools and after-school organizations across America and Canada.By teaching children that eating healthy and being physically active every day can be FUN, the CATCH Program has proven that establishing healthy habits in childhood can promote behavior changes that can last a lifetime.The CATCH Programs CATCH K-5
The CATCH Program (Coordinated Approach To Child Health) brings schools, families, and communities together to teach children how to be healthy for a lifetime. CATCH is effective because healthy behaviors are reinforced through a coordinated approach-in the Classroom, in the Cafeteria, in Physical Education, at Home, and After School. CATCH is research-based and proven to work. And, most importantly, CATCH makes nutrition learning and physical activity FUN! In the Classroom
The CATCH Go for Health Series is a K-5 classroom health education curriculum that teaches children to identify, practice, and adopt healthy eating and physical activity habits. Hands-on activities encourage changes in behavior that support healthful eating and physical activity patterns-primary risk factors of heart disease, osteoporosis, high blood pressure, and obesity.
In Physical Education
CATCH PE combines high energy, non-elimination activities with teaching strategies that keep kids moving and having fun. CATCH PE significantly increases physical activity levels of students during PE class, and provides for a variety of learning experiences for students of all abilities.
In the Cafeteria
The CATCH Program considers school cafeterias an extension of the classroom. Through the Eat Smart component, breakfast and lunch become opportunities for children to learn, practice, and adopt healthy eating habits. School Food Service personnel prepare healthier meals and help coordinate healthy messages with the rest of the school.
At Home
The CATCH Family component is designed to get students, parents, and extended family members involved in practicing and adopting healthy eating and physical activity behaviors at home. By doing so, the home environment becomes an extension of the CATCH Program at school.
After-School with CATCH Kids Club Implemented in community-based programs across North America, CATCH Kids Club, has been designed for after-school and summer enrichment settings. Developed from the nationally-recognized CATCH Program, healthy messages are reinforced beyond the school day via physical activity and nutrition education sessions.

Junior Staff is a small-group program that is both fun and preparing kids for bright career futures. It assists Club members ages 13 to 18 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 apprenticeshiwork ethic and sense of community responsibility.

Money Matters Make Money Count is Boys and Girls Clubs of Green Country's chief program for teaching financial responsibility to Club youth. In a world with so many financial choices and responsibilities, learning how to manage your money and make it work best for you is a skill that's so important. BGCGC aims to help every Club kid in Mayes County become financially literate and Money Matters is a great program to help area kids do this.Check out the Money Matters website! Click here http://moneymattersmakeitcount.com/Pages/default.aspx(http://moneymattersmakeitcount.com/Pages/default.aspx) From Money Matters(http://moneymattersmakeitcount.com/Pages/default.aspx) : Money Matters provides Club kids with basic financial information and instructions for the small-group activities that are easy to implement. The fun, attractive Teen Personal Finance Guide contains practical tips and activities to help teens learn to balance a checkbook, create a budget and save and invest for college and retirement. The Money Matters website helps teens build their money management skills through interactive activities, games and tools such as a savings and financial aid calculator to help them plan for college.