Boys & Girls Club at Andover Elementary

Before you can lead a craft, you have to learn a craft...
Staff had such during Staff Training led by Becca Woods, Andover B&GC Site Director, that it needed its own post!

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Photo evidence of a second fantastic day of Staff Training last week at Lakes Region Community College! Day 2 schedule:
- Video of 2026 Club kids' stories, "[Together] We Can Do It"
- Art Hub training with Becca Woods, Andover B&GC Site Director
- More Than Outside games with Ophelia St John, Senior Program Director at Bradley St B&GC
- Trauma Informed Care from Megg Thompson of Megg Thompson Behavior Consulting
- Keynote: Steve Gross of s The Life is Good Playmaker Project
- Selfcare for Staff and Outdoor Play for ECE from Amy Upton of East Side Learning Center Side y Learning NH Cente
- Lunch from the LRCC Cafe
- DEI: Welcoming Kids to Summer Camp, facilitation by Rebecca Branscombe, Epsom B&GC Site Director and Topher Bishop, Suncook Area Manager
- Pyramid Model Outdoors from Tammy Vittum of NH Pyramid Model

Big congrats again to Staff Development Committee members who organized our professional development: Melanie Smith, Erica Brough, Abbey Gagnon, Jessica Johnson, Missy Long, Tabitha Baker

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A little glimpse of the incredible job our Staff Development Committee did preparing Staff Training last week at Lakes Region Community College!
Thursday's schedule:
- "Ask anything" open, anonymous Q&A with CEO Chris Emond
- Mindfulness with Children from Rick Alleva of Youth Development Company
- Supervision Skills for Managing Successful Employees from Scott Noyes of Empowering Programs
- Water Safety from Lisa Jacobs of Evergreen Sports Center
- lunch from the LRCC Cafe
- Cooperative Games from Scott Noyes of Empowering Programs
- Bubble Wand Engineering from Montshire Museum of Science

THANK YOU Staff Development Committee members: Melanie Smith, Erica Brough, Abbey Gagnon, Jessica Johnson, Missy Long, Tabitha Baker

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📣Reminder: We are Closed

All club locations are closed today Thursday June 11th and tomorrow Friday June 12th for an all staff training day.

There's still time to give in support of your favorite local nonprofits! NH Gives, Granite Staters' 24 hrs of giving, continues until 5pm today. Find us at https://www.nhgives.org/organization/boys-girls-clubs-of-cnnh
NH Gives

Our CEO Chris Emond at yesterday's Kick Off for NH Gives with Governor Ayotte at the State House. NH Gives is an initiative of NH Center for Nonprofits that brings thousands of donors together to support local NH nonprofits. This initiative raises millions of dollars to strengthen communities across the state. It starts tonight, June 9th at 5pm and runs for 24 hours. Visit nhgives.org to donate to your favorite local nonprofit!

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📣Reminder: We are Closed

All club locations will be closed on Thursday June 11th and Friday June 12th for an all staff training day.