Boys and Girls Club of Mason Valley

Other youth support programs-the Club received 16 grants that provide for various program services. Four grants fund the before and after school program activities within the fiveclub sites. The Club has a high demand for these types of servicesthroughout the county since many of the families have to commute to reno orcarson city for work. Additionally, serveral communities within lyon andmineral county have high unemployment and many qualify for below povertylimits. These grants are available to all the children within the serviceareas which are largely under the age of twelve. The cacfp grant and summerfood program grant provides meals to the children in attenance. Eachspecilaized program plays an integral part of the daily lives of manyfamilies and children for lyon and mineral counties which enhances theclub's mission and goals of providing life developmental skills to thechildren served.

Cacfp program/summer food program: this program provides after school meals for the benefit of all the Club's children free of cost. The Club has achieved its goal toprovide meals on and within the grant contraints of this direct grantfunding received for this specific purpose. The overall goal is a communitybased program that allows any child to receive a healthy meal that meetsstate mandated meal requirements for daily nutrition.

21 century program: to provide after school tutoring and assistants forstudents in rural areas. The Club has a 21 century program in yerington,silver springs, hawthorne, and dayton Nevada. All of these are in ruralcommunities and the programs provides qualified teachers to assist studentsduring after school hours to help acheive state and federal standards.