Boy Scouts of America teaches leadership, values, personal fitness, and ethical character. Offers young people responsible fun and adventure.

Scouts BSA for Youth 11-17 years old
For the first time in its 100+ year history, the iconic program of the Boy Scouts of America is open to both young men and young women.

Scouts BSA is a year-round program for boys and girls in fifth grade through high school that provides fun, adventure, learning, challenge, and responsibility to help them become the best version of themselves.

Web pages

• Home - https://beascout.scouting.org/

Child Advocates of Placer County offers programs that support and work with children and youth.

• The Be Bold Youth Program pairs youth with an adult mentor who will become someone they can trust, learn with, and grow alongside. The hope is to provide life tools and skills that can empower youth to make safer and healthier choices.
  

Web pages

• Home - https://casaplacer.org
• Be Bold program - https://casaplacer.org/be-bold

The Friendship Club provides a year-round program in Western Nevada County serving girls at risk in grades 6-12. Girls meet after school during the school year, attend field trips and other activities during school breaks, and participate in summer camps and enrichment activities throughout the summer.

The Friendship Club has helped almost 1,000 girls since starting in 1995. The comprehensive, long-term program is open to youth who are female, identifying as female, and gender non-conforming between the ages of 10 and 18, and provides assistance into their 20s as they transition to adulthood. The Friendship Club serves more than 100 youth every year, providing year-round academic, social, and emotional support in individual and group settings – and ensuring basic needs, such as access to health care and healthy meals, are available.

Girls are grouped into cohorts by grade level and stay with their group until they graduate high school. Participation is free, as are all the activities, f… [read more]

Girl Scouts prepares girls for a lifetime of leadership, success, and adventure in a safe, no-limits place designed for and by girls.

The Girl Scout Leadership Experience is a collection of engaging, challenging, and fun activities that help Girl Scouts prepare for a lifetime of leadership, success, and adventure. Each level of Girl Scouts is unique with a wide variety of activities to try. As a Girl Scout progresses, every level builds upon the last and allows them to explore their interests.

Activities include (but are not limited to):

• Earning badges
• Going on trips
• Selling cookies
• Exploring the outdoors
• Doing community service projects.

Web pages

• Main - https://www.girlscouts.org/

Adventure Risk Challenge offers a year-round literacy and leadership program that integrates outdoor adventure, environmental education, and academic support for high school students.

Services include:

• 30-day summer course combining backpacking, creative writing, and public speaking
• School-year support through mentoring, tutoring, and academic workshops
• Culturally responsive programming for bilingual and bicultural youth
• Emphasis on confidence, storytelling, and self-advocacy through experiential learning
• College access guidance and peer-driven leadership activities

Additional notes:

Bilingual staff and materials available in English and Spanish.

Web pages

• Home - https://adventureriskchallenge.org/

Big Brothers Big Sisters offers one-to-one mentoring relationships for youth ages 8-14, with a focus on children from single-parent households. 

Matches are made based on compatibility, proximity, and personal preferences.

Program details include:

• Mentorship opportunities for youth of varied backgrounds
• Personalized matches with trained adult volunteers
• Long-term friendship and guidance for enrolled youth

Web pages

• Home - https://www.bbbs-sac.org/

Big Brothers Big Sisters makes matches in communities across the country between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”), ages 6 through 18, primarily from single-parent, low-income families . These relationships can have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.bbbsns.org/
• Contact info - https://www.bbbsns.org/about-us/contact-us/

Boys & Girls Club of North Lake Tahoe provides a safe, structured, and supportive environment for youth during out-of-school hours. 

Programs are available before and after school, on holidays, and during summer break.

Program details include:

• Youth development activities in sports, art, computers, robotics, and leadership
• Dedicated programs for teens, including social events and enrichment opportunities
• Low-cost enrollment options

Web pages

• Home - https://www.bgcnlt.org/