Health & Life Skills

Programs in this area develop young people’s capacity to engage in positive behaviors that nurture their own well-being, set personal goals and live successfully as self-sufficient adults.

SMART MOVES: (Skills Mastery and Resistance Training) is a nationally acclaimed comprehensive prevention program helps young people resist alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, as well as premature sexual activity. The program features engaging, interactive small group activities designed to increase participants' peer support, enhance their life skills, build their resiliency and strengthen their leadership skills. The program’s components include: SMART Kids, for children ages 6-9, Start SMART, for youth ages 10-12, Stay SMART, for youth ages 13-15 and SMART Parents, for parents of Club members participating in SMART Moves. The recent updating and revision of SMART Moves was made possible through funding from the DeWitt Wallace – Reader’s Digest Fund.

SMART GIRLS: An outgrowth of the popular SMART Moves program, SMART Girls is a health, fitness, prevention/education and self-esteem enhancement program for girls ages 8-17. The program focuses on issues specific to female Club members and is designed to encourage healthy attitudes and lifestyles that will enable those members to develop to their full potential. From interactive role playing to more tailored mentoring, girls are given the opportunity to explore personal and societal values as they build skills for eating right, staying fit, getting good health care and developing positive relationships. The current version of SMART Girls was funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

TALKING WITH TJ: An exciting educational program to improve teamwork skills of planning, cooperating, and appreciating differences. The program encourages children to work and play together in more caring and cooperative ways, a very important goal in today’s culturally diverse society.

T.R.A.I.L.: Together Raising Awareness for Indian Life, Diabetes Prevention - is an innovative combination of Physical, educational, and nutritional activities that promote healthy lifestyles. T.R.A.I.L. is a 12-week program that provides young people with an age appropriate understanding of healthy lifestyles aimed at helping to prevent diabetes.