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Club MeetingsManual II - 1
• Clubs, through GROUP MENTORING, supports and enhances one-on-one mentoring for every Club kid
• HOW?
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C is for COMMITMENTManual II - 1
• A foster child knows one thing about you when you walk into his or her life:
Soon or later … you will leave
• The commitment between mentor and Club kid is strengthened by Community and Ceremony
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Revolving Doorof Foster Care
Manual II – 1 (Commitment)
Most infants in foster care:
Move every 12-18 months
• Have 3 homes by age 4
• Older children move even more
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Failed Matches Are DangerousManual II – 1 (Commitment)
• Short-term mentoring match can actually harm an at risk child.* “Early terminations decrease feelings of self-worth and academic self-confidence, resulting in lower levels of pro-social activities and school attendance.”
*Rhodes, 2002. “Mentoring: A Promise Intervention for Children of Prisoners.” Shay Bilchik, J. D. Edited by Jean E. Rhodes, Ph.D.
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L is for LEADERSHIPManual II - 1
• Teaching Leadership, Character and Values
• Providing Role Models who take responsibility – Bible Stories, historical heroes and Mentors
• Providing ways for Club Kids to take leadership and responsibility in the group
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U is for UNDERSTANDINGManual II - 1
• Volunteers who ‘get’ where foster kids are coming from – child abuse training and camp experience – and work as a TEAM to create understanding.
• A Mentoring Director who supervises matches and a Club Psychologist
• A Mentoring Cohort that meets regularly to support each other
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B is for BelongingManual II - 1
Club kids often feel like outsiders,even in their own homes
““You’re inYou’re inthe Clubthe Club!”!”““You’re inYou’re inthe Clubthe Club!”!”
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Belonging(s) !Manual II - 1
“You lose your stuff in foster care. I had one box of pictures and things left from growing up that the group home said they would keep for me. But they lost it.”
19 year old emancipated youth
Biblical examples of touchstone objects
• Joseph’s Coat
• Samuel’s annual little priest outfit made by Hannah
• New clothes for festivals
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S is for Safe PlaceManual II - 1
ADULTS –• Keep rules and don’t permit abuse
or bullying
CLUB KIDS – • Foster care
and friendship
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Safety for Adults Teamwork
Manual II - 1
• Supporting each other
• Working as a team
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”
Galatians 6:9
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Safety for Adults Wounded Children
Manual II - 1
• Building a relationship with a Club kid wounded by abuse is dangerous
• Manipulation• Burn out• RFK Clubs believes that group support for
mentors is as important as group support for Club kids.
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Overview & Program PlanningManual II - 2
• Innovative Model
• C-L-U-B-S
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Remembering the photos from Camp!
Camp MemoriesLeadership Manual, II-2
What We Do At ClubManual II-3
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RFK CurriculumOpening Activities
Manual II-3 (continued)
Games
Music
Ice Breakers
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RFK Curriculum
Puppet PlaysManual II-3 (continued)
Two puppets come out onstage and have a discussion about the value of the month.
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RFK CurriculumBible Stories & Props
Manual II-3 (continued)
• Key Verse
• Bible Story– Props– Planning
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RFK CurriculumPre-Club Planning
Manual II-3
RFK Curriculum: • Ice Breaker• Puppet Show• Bible Story (with props)
You Develop• Craft/Activity• Music • Food• Field Trips
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Using Curriculum Worksheets Manual II-4, VI-14
Make copies of the worksheet found in VI. Forms to record
assignments for each month’s meeting
See manual for sample 9-month
Curriculum Overview (Section II-11 & 12).
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Club CeremoniesManual II – 4
• Club time is perfect for CEREMONIES that publicly celebrate making and keeping commitments
1- Cape Ceremony 2- Closing Ceremony
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SYMBOLISM OF THE SEAL – a solemn pledge to be true to one’s word
CovenantManual II-5
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C is for COMMITMENT
Cape Ceremony –
Cape/Seal CeremonyA Promise Made
Manual II 6-8
Leadership Manual, II-6 to II-8, details 1st meeting of the year, Cape Ceremony process.
Logo on
back of cape
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Cape/Seal CeremonyMidland, MI
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Closing CeremonyA Promise Kept
Manual II-9
Each Mentor and Club KidWho Fulfills Their Covenant PromiseReceives the Club Pendant
Leadership Manual, II-9, details final meeting of the year, Closing Ceremony process.
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Club Product Distribution
Who gets what when??
Manual II-10
Staff Circle of Prayer
Gather staff for prayer & peer support before Club kids & Mentors arrive
Allow 15-20 minutes
Read Key Verse for the month
Review the day’s Club Plan
Prayer requests and praise
Everyone stands, holds hands, forming a circle in the Club room, praying for God’s blessing on the children & adults
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Manual II-13