06/26/2026
Day 4 of Boys & Girls Club Week: Skills for Success Day, featuring Sources of Strength 🌈
Emotional Skills are just as important as any other skills when it comes to supporting growth and independence. 🧠 Today, we're highlighting one of the many programs facilitated by our Emotional Wellness Team: Sources of Strength. Sources of Strength is a strength-based, upstream prevention and mental health promotion program. The program prevents negative outcomes while promoting well-being, help-seeking, resilience, healthy coping, and a sense of belonging.
💡Here's a story of how Sources of Strength makes a difference:
As an activity, members made "Support Solar Systems." 🌌 The craft involved creating themselves as the sun, and their support systems are all the planets surrounding them.
One member had a different interpretation of this activity. Instead of her being the sun, she was planet Earth, and every continent was labeled with someone who supports her. She explained that she chose to do it this way because her support system makes up her whole world. 🌎🫶
The activity strengthened her understanding of identifying topics and times when support is needed, the importance of connection and belonging, and reaffirmed that she has a system that includes multiple formal and informal connections... like school, Club, friends, and family. 👥
Rather than focusing solely on risk factors, Sources of Strength strengthens multiple protective factors, ensuring individuals have resources to rely on during difficult times. 💪💙 Sources of Strength fosters health and wellness, empowering members to build communities of belonging and connection.
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