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If you are interested in finding out more about Girl Scouting in your area or registering as a:
· Girl Member (ages 5-17)
· Adult Volunteer (age 18 or older)
Please call 954-739-7660, ext. 215 for Meri Herz, our Membership Registrar. She can answer your questions about getting involved in Girl Scouting in Broward County.
Or for faster, more efficient service in seeking information to register a girl to be a Girl Scout, please supply us with the following information and email it to Meri Herz at mherz@browardgirlscouts.org
· Name of Girl
· Age of Girl
· Girl's School Grade
· Name of School (public) or Nearest Public School
· Name of Adult Contact
· Phone Number for Adult Contact
For questions, contact Meri Herz Membership Registrar at (954) 739-7660, ext. 215.
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July 2007
Out-of-School Time
The afterschool hours can be challenging for many schoolchildren. So what role do youth development and community-building organizations play with respect to children and teens in out-of-school time (OST) hours? And how do participating youth and families benefit from these organizations? Furthermore, how do OST programs assess and improve the quality and impact of their work?
For youth, OST programs offer significant benefits. Among the important outcomes are avoidance of risk behaviors, improved social and emotional skills, and better academic performance. And OST programs are fun.
Parents and guardians benefit from OST programs as well. These programs can help increase parents’ involvement in their children’s lives, increase awareness of community agencies, and help balance family and work life.
As Girl Scouts is part of the OST community, with program activities for girls both during and after school, the OST resources in this newsletter have been useful in shaping our thinking about program design and assessment. We hope you will be able to draw from them, too.
Please keep in touch and let us know what you think of the newsletter. It is a relatively new venture for us and your feedback is valuable. And please remember to forward it to your colleagues as well!
Sincerely,
Michael Conn, Ph.D.
Vice President, Research
Girl Scout Research Institute
Girl Scouts of the USA
visit the website: http://www.girlscouts.org/research/