Great things are happening at the Yokota Teen Center!

Check out your Yokota Youth & Teen Center to register for this summer’s specialty camps!! Cheer Camp, Basketball Camp, Volleyball, Missoula Children’s’ Theater Camp and LOTS, LOTS, MORE!!

If you are looking for something to do after school or on the weekend, stop by the Teen Center. There is always something happening! The Teen Center offers a lot of programs and events each month! From trips to great locations throughout Japan to tournaments and peer groups right here on base, you will always have something fun to do.

WHATS HAPPENING?

Weekly Happenings:

Friday Night Movie
Fri • 7pm • Teen Center Mini-Theater • Free
Kick back with friends and watch your favorite movies! Enjoy all-u-can-eat popcorn for just $1.50 from the Center’s movie theater-style popcorn machine. All movies are pre-screened by staff prior to viewing and rated PG-13.

Real Talk
Last Thu • 6pm
Teens, express yourself at Real Talk, an open discussion forum about what is on your mind. If you have a topic you’d like to discuss, drop a suggestion in the Real Talk Topic Box at the Teen Center. Open to all interested teens at Yokota. We want to hear from you!

Studio "Live" (Teen Jam) Sessions
Mon-Thur • 5 to 7pm • Teen Center
Teen Jam sessions are held on weekdays for teens that are interested in music or who just want to chill and listen. All genres are welcome. Bring your own instrument or check out one of ours. Volunteers/guest musicians are welcome to share the gift of music at TJ sessions. If you are interested in sharing contact the Teen Center.

Keystone Club
Sat • 5pm • Teen Center
Do you have some great ideas for new and improved programs and events at the Teen Center? Join the Keystone Club, where all of your ideas can be put to good use. We welcome your ideas about everything from dances to trips, to new equipment. Come out and join us and help us to improve your Teen Center!

Passport to Manhood
Sat • 6pm • Teen Center • Young Men Ages 13 to 18
This program meets for 13 sessions, each covering a different topic of discussion designed to help young men adapt to becoming men in today’s society.

Career Launch Training
Thu • 6pm • Ages 13 to 18
This program helps teens explore different career paths. Participants will research jobs on the Internet and through various base channels. This free program is offered once monthly to any interested teens. Contact the Teen Center to sign up and for more details.

Photography Club
Wed • 4pm • Teen Center • Free
This program teaches basic photography skills. Cameras are available for teens do not need to own a camera to participate.

Alternative Work Programs
The Teen Center offers many self improvement programs, mentoring programs and community service programs that teens can utilize during their free time this summer and continue into the school year. Call the Teen Center for more information.

CLUB Service
The CLUBService program is the result of a partnership between Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the Corporation for National Service (AmeriCorps). CLUBService provides education awards to club members ages 17 and 18 and Club alumni ages 9 to 24 who serve their clubs and communities. A part-time award, worth $2,362.50, requires 900 hours of service over a one or two-year period. CLUBService recognizes the service of young people, helps to access higher education opportunities and encourages them to pursue future careers as club professionals.

Junior Staff: Cultivating Tomorrow's Club Professionals Today
Junior Staff is a program that assists club members ages 13 to 18 in exploring a career in youth or human services, particularly Boys & Girls Club work. Young people prepare for future roles as human services professionals by participating in career development activities, discovering the importance of community service, building customer service skills and completing a club apprenticeship.

Y.E.S. Program
Yokota youth in grades 9-12 can volunteer at base organizations to earn
college scholarship dollars. Youth can earn up to $1000 for their college
education! Call or email the Teen Center for a list of available positions
and registration requirements.

Y.E.S. applications for 2009-2010 are still being accepted at the Teen
Center


Teen Membership
Join the Teen Center! $36 per year!

A full-size gymnasium

A 19-seat mini movie theater

Pool table

Xbox 360, Wii and PS3

A professional sound booth

Snack bar

Six computer stations w/ internet access

Video games

Board games

Study aides

And more

Upcoming Events

CONGRESSIONAL AWARDS Program
The Congressional Award is a public partnership created by Congress to promote and recognize achievement, initiative, and service in America's youth. The Congressional Award provides a unique opportunity for young people to set and achieve personally challenging goals that build character and foster community service, personal development, and citizenship. Open to youth ages 14-18, the Congressional Award is about challenge. It is a fun way to get more involved in something you already enjoy or that you would like to try for the first time. To earn the award, you set goals in four areas: Volunteer public service, personal development, physical fitness, and expedition/exploration. Our teen staff will help you set challenging but achievable goals and plan activities to reach those goals to you earn a Congressional Medal! See a Teen Center staff member for details!
premier youth recognition program for teen club members. All members can benefit from participation in this program, which promotes and celebrates service to your club, community and family; academic performance; moral character; life goals; and poise and public speaking ability.



FitFactor

FitFactor is a web-based program that encourages young people to Get Up, Get Out and Get Fit! You'll see that phrase a lot around the base! You can get points for being active in a variety of ways - from team sports to household chores, you can start earning points to achieve the five FitFactor levels. For each level you reach you earn valuable prizes! The FitFactor levels are Energy, Strength, Agility, Adventure and Endurance.

The FitFactor point levels are arranged like this:
Energy 1,000 points
Strength 3,000 points
Agility 8,000 points
Adventure 15,000 points
Endurance 25,000 points
Feel The Power 35,000 points

You can earn up to 100 points per day by eating healthy or being active in a variety of ways. Research shows that sixty minutes of physical activity is important to live a healthy lifestyle - more than sixty minutes of physical activity is even better for you! So we listened to these experts and based our point system on this sixty-minute rule. Some activities are more strenuous so you will get more points for these than some of the other activities. The important thing to remember is that ALL activity is good for a healthy body and attitude!

So get out and get fit and you can earn GREAT INCENTIVES!!

REGISTER FOR FITFACTOR

Are you PCS’ing? MILITARY TEENS ON THE MOVE can help!



Triple Play Daily Challenges
Ultimate Fitness Challenge
Tuesdays • 4pm-5pm
Sign up for the Ultimate Fitness Challenge and participate in 4 weeks of physical strength and endurance challenges! Test your strength, push your endurance to the edge, and learn how to work out without having to go to the gym.


Toshimaen Water Park
Tue • 24 Aug • 8am-5pm
$45, Members $35
Cool off the heat with nice dip in a pool or a giant water slide. All this and much more can be found at Toshimaen, a park that mixes the coolness of water rides and the thrills of an amusement park.

Real Talk
Thu • 26 Aug • 7-8pm
Express yourself! Drop a suggestion in the Real Talk Topic Box at the Teen Center so we can discuss what matters to you.

Movie of the Month
Fri • 27 Aug • 7-9pm
$1 / All-You-Can-Eat Popcorn
Enjoy the most requested movie of the month. Start making requests early to ensure that your movie is the movie of choice.

Back to School Jam
Sat • 28 Aug • 7-10pm
$8, Members $5
This is your last chance to get your party on before it’s time to hit the books again. Let’s make this a night to remember.

Teen Recognition
Sat • 28 Aug • 7-9 pm • Teen Center
Food, fun, and a celebration of your local Yokota teens!

Grandberry Mall Shopping Tour
Sat • 4 Sep • 10am-5pm
$15, Members $10
Grandberry Mall is one of the premier malls in the Kanto area with dozens of clothing stores and a variety of restaurants to suit all tastes.

Saturday Night Dinner
Sat • 11 & 25 Sep • 6-8pm
For only $3, take a break from the fast food and let the Teen Center do the cooking. Stop by or feel free to call for the latest menu.

Atsugi Shopping Trip
Sat •18 Sep • 9am-5pm
$10, Members $8
Let’s head up the road to visit our friends at Atsugi!

Real Talk
Thu • 23 Sep • 7-8pm • Teen Center
Let’s discuss what’s important to you!

Movie of the Month
Fri •24 Sep • 7-9pm
Enjoy the most requested of the month along with all-you-can-eat popcorn for only a dollar! Start making requests now!

Teen Recognition
Sat • 25 Sep • 7-9pm • Teen Center
Celebrate your buds and their accomplishments with food and fun!

BGCA Day for Kids/World Wide Day of Play/Fit Factor Re-launch
Sat • 25 Sep • 12-3pm • Sakura Shell
All Ages • Free
Fun for the entire family! Cultural performances, prizes, refreshments, and MORE!

Grape Picking, Glass Making, and Wine Tasting & Factory Family Tour
Sun • 26 Sep • 8am-5pm
All Ages
Enjoy picking a variety of grapes, eating lunch at a vineyard, and sampling various types of wine. Create paper weights at our traditional glass making factory.

Lend a Hand!
Make the world a better place from your desk! Log onto www.freerice.com and answer questions about art, vocabulary, or geography. For every correct answer, Free Rice donates 10 grains of rice through the UN World Food Program.