REACH Objectives, Goals, and Activity Ideas: Community-based Matches

Recreation & Education & Life Arts & Culture Community Health & Social Skills Engagement Well-being Competency Objectives Experience new Promote educational Increase cultural Encourage volunteerism Encourage physical, activities success, including high awareness and giving back emotional, and spiritual Develop friendships school graduation Foster respect of culture Develop leadership skills wellness Improve social skills Introduce post-secondary and history Foster good citizenship Promote healthy choices Build self-esteem education opportunities Introduce the arts Promote growth in and good nutrition Encourage physical Introduce career Promote growth in identified abilities and Educate about risky activity possibilities identified abilities and interests behaviors Promote growth in Develop life skills interests Promote growth in identified abilities and Promote growth in identified abilities and interests identified abilities and interests interests

Common Improve self-esteem Help with school/specific Try new things Develop leadership skills Be active together Goals Be more confident subjects Experience Asheville together Learn to be accountable Have someone to talk Experience new things Help with college preparation Develop interests/hobbies Form trust with Big to/build relationship together Read together Learn about other cultures Develop new interests Develop healthy habits Increase respect for Learn good study habits and own culture Give back together peers and adults Have fun together Learn about healthy eating Practice/help with sports Develop positive social interaction skills Learn to express themselves in a healthy way Feel comfortable speaking their mind Learn to handle disappointments better

Activity Play a board game Teach your Little about Paint pottery together Volunteer at MANNA Food Plant a vegetable garden Suggestions Make a collage together measurements and fractions Make homemade “thank Bank, Animal Compassion Learn about healthy eating Go to a sporting event while making a recipe you” cards Network, or other non- by reading labels at a local Let your Little teach you Play a board game- (State Visit the Art Museum profits tailgate market or grocery something Capital Sequence, Monopoly, Enjoy hot chocolate and play Take your Little with you to store Work out, swim, walk, Scrabble) a game at a local coffee shop vote Go for walks at different play basketball, or try a Teach your Little about Tour the Center for Diversity Find a place to volunteer parks around Asheville class at a YMCA statistics by following your at UNCA through Hands On Asheville Learn a new sport together Go bowling favorite sports team Visit local artists in the River Walk dogs at local animal Participate in a 5k run/walk Develop a hobby Study for the first 15 minutes Arts District/ galleries shelters Go skating together (Fantasy of your outings downtown Recycle together Visit a farmer’s market and Football, chess, Teach your Little about Call the BBBS office for free Join BBBS at local events to pick out some fruits and scrapbooking) budgeting by having a Flatrock Playhouse tickets pass out information vegetables Go to the library and monthly budget for outings View student art for free at Learn about community Take an exercise class at the check out books Job Shadow someone in a job UNCA leaders together YMCA Learn a sport your Little is interested in Be on the lookout for free Attend a City Council Go swimming at the YMCA Go to a movie and Visit www.CFNC.org with tickets from BBBS for plays, meeting or other meeting to Play disc golf discuss the movie after your Little and learn about musicals, and other events learn about government Go rock climbing Be a spectatator at a time management and other Go to a local festival or Hear a visiting speaker at Cook a new healthy food sports event at UNCA, skills and look up interesting tailgate market UNCA to learn about a topic together Warren Wilson, or Mars info about colleges Attend a play at Asheville Volunteer at Bowl For Kids’ Eat at a healthy restaurant Hill College Choose a great book & read it Community Theatre Sake or other BBBS events Visit the Parkway Education Attend one of your together at a coffee shop Do an art project together- Attend "C" events Center, pick blueberries at Little’s extracurricular Visit local colleges check out the following promoted by BBBS! Graveyard Fields, wade in activities Teach your Little how to websites for ideas: the creek at Bent Creek Go fishing change a tire or check the oil www.marthastewart.com/ph Mountain bike at Bent Creek Work on a science Read a book together and otogallery/kids-accessories Take a yoga class experiment or craft- talk about it- check out the www.crayola.com/crafts Do a family-friendly Zumba check out the following following websites for ideas: familyfun.go.com/crafts/craft class together at the YMCA website for ideas: readkiddoread.com s-by-type/art-projects/ Attend "H" events promoted kids.nationalgeographic.c www.guysread.com Attend "A" events promoted by BBBS! om/kids/activities Play a computer game by BBBS! Attend “R” events together- check out the promoted by BBBS! following websites: funschool.kaboose.com www.learningplanet.com www.edheads.org pbskids.org Attend "E" events promoted by BBBS!