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D'Allesandro, Lou; Wool, Michael; McKenzie, Mary Alice – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2012
Boys & Girls Clubs of America count 4,000 community-based clubs serving more than 4 million young people through membership and community outreach. They provide a safe place to spend time during non-school hours and the summer as an alternative to the streets or being home alone--a place to play, have fun and learn. Boys & Girls Clubs…
Descriptors: Females, Males, Latchkey Children, Community Organizations
Copeland, Margaret Leitch; Brunette, Libby; Gimilaro, Susan – Exchange: The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine Since 1978, 2008
Ten years ago when the first group of children aged out of the Applewood Learning Center's (Londonderry, New Hampshire) school-age child care program, parents asked the program to find a way to serve their young teenage children so that they would not be left home alone for the summer. The teens had friendships based on many years together in the…
Descriptors: Child Care, Summer Programs, Latchkey Children, Adolescents