Carter G Woodson Annual Report

The Woodson Boys Club Black Excellence Program

Academic/Career Development:: We stress the importance of education to the future of every boy involved in our Program. We monitor their grades, academic performance, and behavior and find ways to improve them. We expose them to various careers so that they may begin to consider their futures and available options. We take college tours and trips to various companies and businesses to expose them to the many career and educational opportunities that exist. We expose them to politics and social issues so that they truly learn to make informed decisions about life.

pride in one’s ethnicity, culture and heritage while also providing a healthy and appreciative respect for the ethnicity, culture and heritage of others. Mentoring: Our boys need to see men who look like them and who have already experienced the challenges and struggles that they are facing and will face in the future and those men will serve as guides and voices through those challenges and struggles. Therefore, our goal is to provide a mentor for each boy who will guide, mentor, monitor, and inspire each boy to dream of and pursue positive, productive lifestyles. Community Service: For every member of our Organization, ours is a life of service, as we truly believe that our success obligates us to be a blessing to others in need. Therefore, we and man involved is expected to perform 25 hours of community service per year to enable us to give something back to our community while teaching our boys how important it is to reach out and help others. Community service projects are announced on a monthly basis, with men and boys eligible to volunteer as time permits. will share that obligation with the boys that we work with that may become community servants as well. Each boy

Cultural Enrichment, Enhancement and Education: African American history has been systematically removed from our schools and the public arena and those omissions have left our children void of any connection to their past. Therefore, they have no real appreciation for the price that was

paid to enable them to enjoy the freedoms that they now enjoy and they are also at times unaware of the realities of the world today as they know little of the past. For that reason, we educate our children to their history. We provide access to cultural opportunities that will promote

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