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SOCIAL EDUCATION
Integrating Healthy Mind, Body and Soul Choices
Alex Perez age 17, Redwood City
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Alex Perez has been a member of the Mervin G. Morris Clubhouse since he was six years old. He has always been one of the more athletically inclined members, often playing soccer and dabbling in basketball and football in school. He hopes to play soccer for his high school this year and plans to play both football and socer next year once he recovers from his back injury. While Alex's involvement in the Club is deeply rooted in athletics, he makes contributions across the board. He currently serves as the Vice President of the Keystone Club and is an active voice on the Club's Teen Staff. He has also volunteered countless hours in the community as a member of the Keystone Club.
Alex is the third Perez brother to attend the Club, and the third to be chosen as Youth of the Year. He credits his older brothers with setting a good example, and keeping him in check when he was younger and started making bad choices. Alex plans to attend Santa Clara University just like his older brother Edgar, where he will study Mechanical Engineering.
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The goals of the Club's Social Education programs are to enable, empower, and support youth to actively improve their physical, mental, and social well-being. Youth of all ages need accurate and complete information about making healthy choices. As kids mature from child to pre-teen to teenager, they are often confused and even overwhelmed by the rapid changes they are undergoing. Peer and media mis-information often contributes to their confusion, making it difficult for youth to tell good information from bad. The Club provides accurate information about nutrition, exercise, and sexual maturation, through our array of social education programs at all our locations.
BGCP OFFERINGS
Nutrition :
Gardening Club : youth prepare soil, plant, cultivate, and harvest produce and then prepare healthy snacks from their garden
Cooking Classes : youth learn healthy cooking strategies and nutrition information with balanced menus and healthy ingredients to take home to their families
Fitness :
Athletic Leagues : youth participate in organized teams sports and compete against local schools and organizations in sports including football, hockey, basketball, soccer, volleyball, baseball, softball, and futsal
Friday Night Teen Night : every Friday night teens gather at our three Clubhouses for pick-up basketball games, healthy snacks they prepare themselves, and organized games and activities
Social Education:
SMART Moves : Skills Mastery and Resistance Training our developmentally-appropriate series of workshops designed to help youth gain the skills they need to resist gang involvement, drug and alcohol use, and premature sexual activity for youth ages 6-15
Torch Club : our character and leadership development club where youth decide upon, develop, and implement projects while learning teamwork skills
Keystone Club : our leadership and community service club where youth decide upon and implement community service projects within the Club and in the local community
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