Leaders Club

Leaders Club is one of the YMCA's most intensive and comprehensive teen programs, providing opportunities for leadership training, personal growth, service to others and social development to area youth.

Bringing young people from the Greater Cleveland area together on a weekly basis, teens work with their peers and counselors on engaging skill and character-building activities as well as on planning and organizing club projects.

Program Goal
To promote and enhance the personal growth and social skills of young people in order to develop leaders who will be positive advocates
for the Greater Cleveland community

Objectives

Provide opportunities to develop leadership skills
Develop a commitment to volunteerism and community service
Expose teens to college and career opportunities
Continue to develop spirit, mind and body through activities like developing healthy relationships, setting goals and incorporating fitness into a daily routine
Emphasize the importance of education and secure the resources for academic success

Activities

Life-skills workshops
Service-learning projects
Volunteer opportunities
Academic support
Social activities

How You Can Help
As a nonprofit agency, the YMCA offers many of its programs at minimal cost to youth, making support from the community vital.

There are a number of ways the community can help:

Volunteer to work directly with youth or serve on a program committee
Provide financial support
Host company visits and tours
Be a guest speaker

Leaders Club Locations

The Leaders Club currently operates in the following Cleveland Metropolitan schools:

Success Tech Academy
Collinwood High School
John Adams High School
John F. Kennedy High School