GLENS FALLS AREA YOUTH CENTER INC
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Mission Statement
The Glens Falls Area Youth Center is a non-profit organization that serves disadvantaged youth (5th through 12th graders) in the greater Glens Falls, New York area through a wide variety of educational, recreational and life-skills programs (including after school snacks and dinner each day), completely free of charge.
About This Cause
All of our services ladder up into one of two over-arching programs: Focusing on the Future: Mind Body and Spirit, or Health and Wellness. Focusing on the Future concentrates on education, while Health and Wellness centers around things like physical and mental health, personal hygiene, and life skills. Many of our members are managing issues that can prevent them from thriving, like anxiety, depression, struggles with anger management, and food insecurity. Through the Health and Wellness Program, we help children learn how to deal with their emotions by utilizing proper coping skills, provide food security, focus on self care (including goal setting, healthy habits, exercise, and personal hygiene), unleash their imaginations through art and instill the importance of empathy and compassion. Focusing on the Future: MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT EDUCATION PROGRAM This program helps children grow and thrive physically, mentally and emotionally. It is based around the philosophy of Springfield College, alma matter of our beloved former Executive Director Matt Congdon, where the goal is to educate the whole person. At the Youth Center we believe that education is the key to future success. Many of our members are the first in their family to graduate from high school or attend college. We have always provided tutoring each day as well as assistance for those that are starting the process of applying to college. We are always working hard to make our educational program more robust and appealing to our members.