- Your business name in the title of the e-mail

- A block of space directly under the welcome letter from BOOST

 - 200 words to use as you wish

- Space for a logo or graphic

- A link of your choice

Vendor Fair Highlight 

To view the Revolution K12 Vendor Fair profile, click here.

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Congratulations to Amigos de UCLA! for subscribing to our YouTube page, one lucky member from the organization will be attending the Healthy Behaviors Conference in San Diego, December 7-9, 2011.

Make sure to subscribe to our YouTube page so you don't miss any BOOST Conference videos.

Did you miss the 2011 BOOST Conference? Check out videos of our keynotes, Taylor Mali and Jonathon Kozol, and student performances on the BOOST Collaborative YouTube page. 

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Letter from BOOST

Dear BOOSTers,

Summertime and the livin's easy! 

The BOOST Team has been busy on the road this summer working with hundreds of programs across many cites and states providing BOOST Boot Camps and other trainings on topics such as homework assistance, improving program quality, classroom management, positive discipline, professionalism, team building, service learning, engaging older youth, STEM activities, parent involvement, youth development and so much more!  We are thrilled for the many opportunities to work with such dedicated out-of-school time professionals around the country and are inspired by you everyday!   Please let us know how we can work with your team and help to inspire and create change in your programs!

Thank you for all of the work you do to support children, youth, families and communities. 

Tia Quinn
Executive Director, BOOST Collaborative

Meet the BOOST Summer Interns

The BOOST Collaborative is lucky to have had FOUR great interns this summer as part of the BOOST Team. With their expertise and enthusiasm, Ben Doctor, Keighty Lautz, Jessica Fulco, and Elizabeth Huato Maldonado have been great assets to our organization. On August 16th they will be showcasing their hard work and what all they have learned during their time at BOOST. If you are interested in attending, please contact Christine McKenna at christine@boostcollaborative.org.  

 Ben Doctor: Ben grew up in San Diego enjoying the ocean and the outdoors with his wonderful family and friends. He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara where he earned a bachelor of science with distinction in Aquatic Biology and was a Worster Research Award recipient.  Ben then moved to Davis, CA to pursue work as a Project Scientist for an environmental consulting firm. It was there that his passion for communicating his love for math, science, and education was reinvigorated. (Read more here) 

Keighty Lautz: Born and raised in San Diego, Keighty attended a variety of after-school programs, ranging from sports teams to music classes. She is now an undergraduate at the University of California-Los Angeles, where she serves as Co-Executive Director of Amigos de UCLA. Amigos de UCLA is a student-run organization that provides one-on-one tutoring and mentoring in two public schools in Los Angeles. Moreover, Keighty serves on UCLA's Community Service Mini-fund Committee, which provides grants to student-run community service organizations. (Read more here) 

Jessica Fulco: Jessica grew up in Santa Barbara, California playing soccer, running track and field and enjoying the beaches before moving to San Diego to attend the University of California, San Diego.  She is entering her senior year and majoring in Management Science with a Computing Arts minor, but plans to study in Seville, Spain for the fall semester at Pablo de Olavide University.  Through involvement in many of the organizations UCSD has to offer, Jessica has gained key leadership skills by participating with the OASIS program and acting as the Director of Recruitment Records in the Greek Community. (Read more here)   

Elizabeth Huato Maldonado: Elizabeth was born in San Diego and raised in Michoacán Mexico. Elizabeth has worked for the Border Art Workshop in Tijuana as an Arts promoter for children and youth during her college years. Later she cofounded BACU Barrios con Arte y Cultura where she oversaw the creation and implementation of art and educational workshops for children and youth in communities affected by drug violence. She graduated from UCSD with a bachelor's degree in Latin American Studies and looks forward to the opportunity with the BOOST Collaborative. Elizabeth enjoys the outdoors and hanging out with her 3 year old son.

Get Connected with the BOOST Career Corner                  

The BOOST Collaborative site offers a great opportunity for you and your colleagues to search jobs in the out-of-school time field. We add jobs throughout the week to keep you updated on the most recent job openings around the nation. 

In the Career Corner, BOOSTers are encouraged to post any relevant job openings. To post a job, go to the BOOST Collaborative's Career Corner, log in, and post your job opening. Then let us know by posting on our Facebook wall to be entered in the contest. This month, one lucky winner will win BOOST Gear!

Winner will be selected at random. Contest ends Wednesday, August 31st at 5pm PST. Winner will receive a BOOST t-shirt and water bottle.

Program Highlight

Dysart Community Center - Summer Camp  

Dysart Community Center is a non-profit organization in the West Valley of Phoenix, AZ. The Center offers after-school and summer programs for youth ages 5-16. The Center just finished a very fun and exciting summer camp which had 130 youth participate who participated in a variety of activities, such as pottery, hip hop lessons, arts/crafts, acting, singing, dancing, tennis, basketball, and a variety of other activities to promote good character, team building, and friendship.

On the last day of the summer camp, in partnership with Yoome Adventures (www.yoomee.org), the camp youth put together the following video to spread the word that "We Are All Children" and promote anti-bullying efforts. You can take a look at the hard work of the youth below. This entire video was choreographed, videotaped, and produced by and for the children. Please feel free to share this video with friends and colleagues.  

Children of El Mirage

Huy Nguyen  

Staff Member

Boys & Girls Club Linda Vista (Roberts)

San Diego, CA

Huy is a summer staff member for the Boys and Girls Club of Greater San Diego in Linda Vista. He attended the club as a kid, earning Youth of the Year honors. He now works during the summer as a lead staff, directing the kids in various activities from song to sports to art. During the school year, Huy is a Site Supervisor for the PrimeTime program at Crown Point Elementary in San Diego.

Huy has been working with youth for many years and has made a very positive impact on everyone he meets. He can take any group, child and/or area and turn it into a wonderland for the kids. He uses positive reinforcement and preventative behavior management with the children and it shows. His groups hardly EVER have behavior issues. Huy is a unique and genuine individual that is rare to find in the after school field.

Submitted by:

Joe Sorenson

Site Supervisor

Boys & Girls Club Linda Vista (Roberts)

San Diego, CA

Have a staff member you would like to recognize in the our monthly newsletter?  Contact us at inspire@boostcollaborative.org

The objective of the Mile-by-Mile Marathon is to have kids engage in healthy behaviors, such as exercising and eating healthy, and to bring those healthy habits into their lives out of school time hours. 

This activity starts by having students walk a mile each day for 26 days.  By the end of the 26 days students will have walked the equivalent of a marathon, or 26.2 miles.  At the end of the activity the students receive a medal and enjoy a "healthy snacks" party for their participation.

There are several extensions of the Mile-by-Mile Marathon incorporated throughout the activity. Math can be included by having students create graphs based on their individual progress and work together to convert miles into feet.  Students can also calculate the total distance walked by all students and use maps to see the possible places they could travel.  Health and wellness is the primary focus of this activity and so healthy lifestyle activities should be included.  Exposing students to healthy eating behaviors, participating in daily physical fitness, and engaging in team building activities are great ways to supplement the Mile-by-Mile Marathon.

Submitted by:
Libby Burrows 

4th grade teacher

Early Childhood University
Galveston, TX

Adult obesity rates increased in 16 states in the past year and did not decline in any state, according to 

F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2011, a report from the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).  Twelve states now have obesity rates above 30 percent. Four years ago, only one state was above 30 percent.  

Click here to read the summary from Trust for America's Health.

Click here to read the press release.

Click here to read the full research report.

September 9th

The Barbara Bush Foundation for family literacy is pleased to announce our 2012 national grant competition. The foundation's grant-making program seeks to develop or expand projects designed to support the development of literacy skills for adult primary care givers and their children. A total of approximately $650,000 will be awarded; no grant request should exceed $65,000.

KaBOOM! Let's Play Spruce Grants

September 15, October 15

With support from Dr Pepper Snapple Group, KaBOOM! will be awarding grants of $750 each to communities this year who wish to make their playgrounds cleaner, safer and more inviting. Communities must demonstrate that they have maintained their play space and they have led an improvement project in the last 60 days. Communities that demonstrate this will receive a $750 gift card to further enhance or improve their play space.

Sodexo Youth Grants

September 16th

YSA will award 25 Sodexo Youth Grants of $500 each to support youth-led service projects in the United States that address the issue of childhood hunger during National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week (November 13-20, 2011). We're looking for projects that engage your peers, friends, families, neighbors, Sodexo employees, and other community members in creative, youth-inspired solutions to ending childhood hunger in your community. 

Parenting Magazine's Mom Congress School Transformation Grant

To see more funding opportunities, click

here

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