BOOST Collaborative
1666 Garnet Avenue
PMB 126
San Diego, CA 92109
619-23-BOOST
(619-232-6678)
www.boostcollaborative.org
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Meet The Team
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Who
is BOOST?
Find out who we are on our About Us page!
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BOOST Media
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Affiliate Programs
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Father's Day is right around the corner!
Go to the BOOST Marketplace page and click on either logo.
BOOST Scholarship Fund will receive 4% of the
profits of anything purchased through those links!Click here to see the BOOST Marketplace
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BOOST Collaborative Career Corner
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| Need to fill a position? Looking for a job?
We are pleased to announce the newest addition to the BOOST resources:
The Career Corner.
Come here to post your job listings for free and reach an audience you know is committed to youth.
Click here to see more.
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Planet BOOST
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Did you buy a BOOST T-Shit at the Conference? Take a picture of yourself and enter into the Planet BOOST Contest!!
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Resource Center
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Tell Us What You Want to See
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We are interested in highlighting promising practices and innovative programs.Have something that you wish we would share? Want to highlight your program or staff? E-mail your thoughts to Kate. kate@boostcollaborative.org
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Letter From BOOST
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Dear BOOSTers,
Summer is now upon us. School is winding down and the beautiful weather makes
it a struggle just to stay inside. Fortunately, for some, summer means
vacation! We at BOOST just want to thank all of your for the hard work you put
in over the school year and hope you get to enjoy a little well earned rest.
Should you need anything, BOOST is here for you all summer long. We have just
hired our new summer interns and have big plans for the upcoming school year.
We'll stay in touch and keep you up to date with all of the exciting new
projects to help serve you better. Be
sure to check us out on Facebook and Twitter for easy access to daily updates
on BOOST activities, funding opportunities, resources, and news from around the
country! And, as always, if there is something
you need to enhance the quality of your program and don't see it here, please
email us and let us know!
Happy Summer,
Kate Nadeau
Communications Liaison
BOOST Collaborative
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Kitchen, the Tie-Dye Shirt Shop, RC Car Kits, Go Green Tote Kit,
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BOOST Buzz
| BOOST Endless Summer Training
Team BOOST wanted to end the school year on a high note and get into summer mode so on June 8th the we hosted our first ever Endless Summer- Camp Activities for Kids
training at the Epicenter in San Diego. We had a great group of
out-of-school time professionals who really dove in to learn new, high
energy team building games, experimenting with art projects, and even
putting on fantastic skits! All attendees took home a packet of hands-on, interactive games and activities to implement in their programs.
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BOOST Breakfast Club Featured Blog
| Reach out to the Gifted in Your After School Programs - Provide the Spark for All to Learn
- Roberta Pantle, Education Consultant,
Anaheim Family YMCA: Anaheim Achieves After School Program
Anaheim, CA
"More than a majority of professional
literature and conferences are geared to disadvantaged, underserved,
underperforming, and English learner students. We talk about Closing
the Achievement Gap. This has been the case for more than a decade. Do
we often forget to look at the strengths of students and gear
some of our activities to their strengths? Do we actively seek out
gifted and above-average learners in our after school population and
stretch their thinking? In closing the achievement gap, do we sometimes forget to push able learners to their potential?..." Read more by Roberta Pantle |
| Program Highlight | THINK Together - Prom-a-licious
Attending a High School Prom can be expensive -- the costs
often prohibiting students from participating in this once-in-a-lifetime
experience. During May, the THINK Together staff at both Century and Valley High Schools in Santa Ana organized a formal wear
drive. Students, staff, and community members reached out to colleagues, teachers, family, friends and community groups asking them to donate dresses,
gowns, tuxedos, shoes, and accessories -- things high school students would
need for their Prom. The response and outpouring of quality items was
overwhelming.
The idea began with a conversation
with a student, said Misty Omar-Mendoza, a coordinator of the project. "During
a casual conversation with a student, the student mentioned that she was not
going to Prom because she couldn't afford it. We figured there were a lot of
other students in the same situation, and we knew we could help."
 As Prom season began, each school site set up "Prom-A-Licious" stores
for students who were struggling with expenses generally associated with
attending a Prom. THINK Together staff also partnered with their school's
staff, Collene O'Hara Beauty Academy, and Mary Kay stylists to outfit students
from head to toe with free dresses, tuxes, hair, make-up and manicures.
With the fashion assistance they received from THINK Together and its many
friends, more than 65 fashionably attired seniors from Valley and Century High
Schools attended their respective Proms with confidence, style and grace. Additionally,
the response of donations was so high they have dresses and tuxes remaining
that they plan to offer to students before every dance!
Now that prom season is coming to a
close if you or your students are interested in donating to Prom-A-Licious you
can contact either Century High School or Valley High School through in the
following ways:
Century High School:
Misty Omar-Mendoza at centuryhigh@thinktogether.org or
Jamie Struthers at centuryhigh2@thinktogether.org
Valley High School:
Sergio Barragan at valleyhigh@thinktogether.org or
Gloria Alday at valleyhigh2@thinktogether.org
To see pictures of the event please click here.
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Research
| Why They Run - National Runaway Switchboard
Why They Run: An in-depth look at America's runaway youth,
presented by the National Runaway Switchboard, sheds new light on the
runaway problem in America and begins to fill in the gaps of what is
already known and what can be done based on new research. Why They Run does the following:
- Considers existing data about the issue through a decade's worth of expert studies;
- Weighs
the trend data compiled by the National Runaway Switchboard, which
handles more than 100,000 calls annually - an average of 273 calls per
day with runaway and at-risk youth, family members and other
individuals with questions or concerns about a youth; and
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