Programs & Activities
Fill the Gap
Provide young people with educational support, strong character development opportunities, and positive role modeling for academic and professional success. Fill the Gap will help young people develop life long skills to compete successfully in higher education and in life. Our vision is to be one of the leading resources in preparing young people for their futures. Fill the Gap accomplishes this by providing leadership experiences for existing and emerging community leaders, as well as increasing community reinvestment of local businesses and organizations. We will support academic success by offering homework assistance, tutoring, while teaching respecting self, space, and each other.
SAYC Healthy Living Program
SAYC Healthy Living Program is always trying to encourage healthy habits. We are implementing new programming and snack options to help kids make better decisions when it comes to eating and living healthy. Healthy Living Program includes games, sports, fitness activities field trips, healthy and fun cooking, and educating youth about healthy choices. SAYC is working toward only offering healthy snacks on a regular basis, such as trail mix, fruit strips, organic milk, apples and bananas.
SAYC Job Training
The Situation
Teens often lack the basic employability skills needed to get and keep a job in today's society. Research shows that 85% of people who lose a job do so because they lack good work habits, rather than lack appropriate job skills. Factors most often cited for job loss are tardiness and absenteeism, failure to follow instructions, and inability to get along with supervisors or fellow workers. Basic employability skills that are based in a strong work ethic are needed in all occupations. While the proper technical skills are important, today's employers are looking for employees with the ability to communicate effectively, work on a team, resolve conflicts, confront ethical dilemmas, and manage their time in a effective manner.
Our Response
SAYC will offer a Job Training Program for teens that will cover the following topic from local employers. The following topics were covered in the training: What is a work ethic? The importance of dependability, initiative, and interpersonal skills. What do employers want in an employee? How to make a positive first impression. Tips for mastering the paperwork (applications and resumes). The successful job interview. Skills needed to keep a job once you get it.
Feeding our Youth
Each day the kids come in to a variety of healthy food options for after school snacks. Available daily we have items like; fresh fruit and veggies, cereal, milk, ramen and mac and cheese. Many of these items come from direct donations, or donations of gift cards! A couple of days a week we offer prepared meals such as spaghetti, tacos, or even special dishes from other countries such as Trinidad. If you would like to help we will gladly accept gift card donations to keep the kids fed and healthy. If you would like to make a donation of food here is a list of items that are useful; Cooking oil, spices, napkins, plasticware, paper plates and bowls, pasta, spaghetti sauce, frozen meat(especially ground beef), sliced and shredded cheese, whole milk, lucky charms cereal, cinnamon toast crunch cereal, chips a ’hoy cookies.
Tutoring And Mentoring Program
Tutoring and mentoring program. Our mission is to help children overcome barriers to achievement in school and promote academic success. Each child does homework with his or her tutor and receives any extra help he or she needs in the fundamentals, especially reading or math. We create a supportive community where learning can take place. SAYC goal is to prepare children to perform better in school by providing them with educational assistance, positive role modeling, consistency, and extracurricular activities that broaden their horizons.
Activities
Homework Help
Homework help is offered Monday - Friday from 4:15pm to 5:00pm. Homework help is a time for the participants of the youth center to do their homework, and get help if needed.
How to Earn a Bike
15 hours of community service
Engage with your community and tell us about what you have done . You may do activities that you consider of value to family, friends and neighbors in your community. These may include traditional service such as working in food pantries and community gardens, mentoring / role modeling positive behavior etc. for more information give us a call or email
Art program
Stoughton Youth Center is offering an Art Program on Wednesday’s and Thursday’s from 4:00pm-5;30pm. Anyone is welcome to come in and create anything they want. Whether is painting on a canvas, making jewelry, or drawing. On special occasions we would be doing different art projects for any kind of holiday or event! If anyone has an art project that they would want to try out, they are more than welcome to tell us their ideas and we would try everything we can to get their art project done!
Upstairs Gym
The second floor of the Stoughton Area Youth Center is the active floor of the building. This floor has a basketball hoop and plenty of space for Basketball or Football. This floor also contains games such as pool, Foosball, ping-pong and Carpetball
Video Games
The Stoughton Area Youth Center has an Xbox 360 and a Playstation 4 with age appropriate games and controllers that can be checked out for use. Donations of money, Games rated E to T and controllers are always needed. Also if you have a game system you would like to donate we would me more than happy to take it.
Board Games
The game closet at the Stoughton Area Youth Center has a huge stockpile of board games. These games are available for use and there is plenty of table space for these games to be played.
Lounge
The first floor of the Stoughton Area Youth Center is also used as a lounge area, where participants can relax and hang out with friends. There is a large variety of couches and chairs.