4-H is an non-formal, practical educational program for youth.  It is the youth development program of Florida Cooperative Extension, a part of the University of Florida IFAS.  Florida 4-H is the place where there’s fun in learning and learning in fun!  A 4-H Club usually concentrates on one or more projects such as gardening, woodworking, small animals, food and nutrition, livestock, photography, etc.  4-H members build leadership by electing officers and conducting their own business meetings; work together on community service activities; meet new friends; and most important, have lots of fun.

www.florida4h.org
www.alachua.ifas.ufl.edu/pdfs/4h/Club%20Directory%20%202008.pdf

This group is dedicated to forming a community of parents in the area.  We are about fun, learning and helping and our activities reflect that.  We meet at area parks for playdates and organize free or inexpensive activities around the Alachua County area.  We also have a Mom's Night and Family Night Out that are tons of fun.  If you are looking for lasting friendships for you and your children, please join us.

www.meetup.com/AlachuaCountyMamas

Bowling alley and arcade. Bumpers and guide rails available for kids.  It's a Jungle Out There!  Bring your friends and bowl in the Madagascar Bowling Club at AMF.  You'll get a tee shirt with a Madagascar "Glow" bowling ball OR an exclusive Madagascar bowling pin!

www.amf.com/alleykatzcorner/leagues/AMF_Bowling_Clubs.htm

Our mission is to promote French language and culture and to encourage cross-cultural understanding.

Contact Franck Legrain

af_gainesville@yahoo.com
www.afusa.org/af/gainesville

The Boy Scouts of America is one of the nation's largest and most prominent values-based youth development organizations.  The BSA provides a program for young people that builds character, trains them in the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and develops personal fitness.


www.scouting.org

The Boys & Girls Clubs are a place to go for fun and challenging activities.  Our four Clubs here in Alachua County Florida make a difference in the lives of thousands of young men and women 6-18 years of age.  We offer a variety of after-school programs including:
        -        A Fine Arts Exhibit Program
        -        Torch Clubs
        -        Failure Free Reading
        -        Sports, Fitness, and Recreation
        -        Smart Moves
        -        Project Learn
        -        Youth of the Year Recognition
        -        Fame
        -        Goals for Graduation
        -        Gang Prevention
        -        Club Tech
        -        Teen Supreme Keystone Clubs
        -        Street Smart
        -        Education and Career Development
        -        Join Ready
        -        Career Explorers Club

Ages: 6-18 years old
Hours: After-school to 7:30
Transportation: no


(352) 372-5342
www.myboysandgirlsclub.com

Camp Fire USA is one of the nation's leading not-for-profit youth development organizations.   Camp Fire USA, with national headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., provides all-inclusive, coeducational programs in hundreds of communities across the United States.   Founded in 1910, Camp Fire's outcome-based programs include youth leadership, self-reliance, after school groups, camping and environmental education and child care.   Serving youth from birth to 21, Camp Fire USA helps boys and girls learn - and play - side by side in comfortable, informal settings.   Our coed programs allow parents to consolidate schedules for both their daughters and sons.

There are currently no local chapters in the Gainesville area. Visit the website to learn how to start a group.
www.campfireusa.org/

Earth Scouts encourages boys and girls ages 3 to 13 years to become responsible global citizens empowered with the ability to make a difference in their local communities and throughout the world. Through education, activities, and service our scouts promote The Earth Charter vision of a caring, sustainable and peaceful world. They also have fun by earning badges centered on The Earth Charter's guiding principles: respect for nature, universal human rights, economic fairness and corporate responsibility, participatory democracy as well as a culture of peace and nonviolence.

There are currently no local chapters in the Gainesville area. Visit the website to learn how to start a group.
www.earthscouts.org

For $21 your kids receive: •Official Membership Card •Kids Club T-Shirt •15% discount at the official Gator SportShop •Invites to exclusive Kids Club ONLY events with a chance to meet Florida Gator athletes, Cheerleaders, Dazzlers, and Albert & Alberta! •Exciting contests to win Florida Gator tickets, posters, prizes and much more!

www.gatorzone.com/kidsclub

Led by George Pyne, the Alachua County Scholastic Chess Association (ACSCA) has promoted chess for the children of Gainesville for many years.  Major events for this year include the ACSCA Grand Prix, Westside Park chess on Sunday afternoons and the yearly Chess Challenge.

harris@gainesvillechess.com
www.gainesvillechess.com

Mission: Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place.   Girl Scout activities provide an environment where girls can build the personal skills and social conscience necessary to make the world a better place.   Girl Scouts is one of the few organizations in the U.S. that is girl-focused and girl-driven.

Girl Scouting is available to all girls ages 5-17.   Annual membership is $12.   Financial assistance is available.

Girl Scouts of Gateway Council
For information on joining a troop in your area:
info@girlscouts-gateway.org

www.girlscouts-gateway.org

The Young Marines is a youth education and service program for boys and girls, ages 8 through completion of high school.   The Young Marines promotes the mental, moral, and physical development of its members.   The program focuses on character building, leadership, and promotes a healthy, drug-free lifestyle.   The Young Marines is the focal point for the U.S. Marine Corps' Youth Drug Demand Reduction efforts.


www.miltonlewisyoungmarines.com

A social support group for mothers who either work or stay-at-home with their children.   We meet weekly for playgroups, celebrate MOMS night out, provide service to local charities and so much more.

Contact Deena at  floridahokies@comcast.net

O2B Kids Clubs include Girl Scouts, 4H Club and strategy games

www.O2BKids.com

The Roots & Shoots program is about making positive change happen—for our people, for animals and for the environment.   With tens of thousands of young people in more than 120 countries, the Roots & Shoots network connects youth of all ages who share a desire to create a better world.   Young people identify problems in their communities and take action.   Through service projects, youth-led campaigns and an interactive website, Roots & Shoots members are making a difference across the globe.

There are several local Gainesville area chapters. Visit the website to learn more.
www.rootsandshoots.org

Get a free Saints T-Shirt, an invitation to a pizza party with the teams, an invite to a coach's clinic with Coach Stebbins and free admission to all Saints home games!

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SpiralScouts is based on the idea of children and parents of both genders working together. Our program encourages girls and boys to learn, play, and work together under the direction of leaders of both genders as a way of showing by example that both men and women are capable and cooperative leaders.   Further, we encourage the entire family to be involved in SpiralScouts together.   This helps older children practice their leadership skills with relation to younger members, and provides younger children with the benefit of looking up to individuals who are more like peers, who understand their perspectives in a way that adults may have a hard time doing.   SpiralScouts thrives on child-directed activities based on a globally-oriented philosophy of religious tolerance and interfaith cooperation, personal responsibility, and ecological education and conservation, in order to help our children learn to grow into strong, competent members of society and citizens of the world.   In order to foster these skills, we believe that the children should make as many of the decisions as possible when it comes to the activities they do and how SpiralScouts works for them.   Adult leaders should facilitate this process, not dictate it.

There are currently no local chapters in the Gainesville area. Visit the website to learn how to start a group.
www.spiralscouts.org

The mission of the United States Pony Clubs, Inc., is to provide a program for youth that teaches riding, mounted sports, and care of the horses and ponies, thereby developing responsibility, moral judgment, leadership and self-confidence.

The TPC meets throughout the year, at farms and homes in Alachua County.   Our members range in age from 8 to 21 and own or lease ponies or horses.

At unmounted meetings, members learn to care for their mount, and receive instruction in all aspects of horse management, from picking hooves to the identification of toxic plants.   At mounted meetings, our young riders may school in the classical pursuits of Dressage, Show Jumping and Eventing, or scrimmage in Polocrosse, race in Games, or practice their marksmanship for the Tetrathlon.

Four to five times per year, our club travels within the state of Florida to compete in Rallies with other Pony Clubs.   The focus in our club is on Education, Teamwork and FUN!

www.tuscawilla.ponyclub.org

The mission of the Vegetarian Kids Club is to educate, support and inspire children interested in a vegetarian lifestyle.   More than 1 in every 200 children chooses not to eat meat.   The Vegetarian Kids Club is a place to empower children in their choice to explore vegetarianism.   Members will be part of a vegetarian-kid-friendly community in which they learn, share, eat and have fun together!


info@vegetariankidsclub.org
www.vegetariankidsclub.org

Contact: Mardy Freeman
We are involved in many activities around the community.  Some events sponsored by GFWC Williston Junior Woman's Club include:
        -        Williston School of Dance
        -        "Wranglers and Rhinestones" Casino Night fundraiser
        -        Miss Williston Pageant
        -        Light Up Williston Festivities
        -        Daddy's Sweetheart Dance
        -        Mother-Son Luau
        -        Co-sponsor Arts & Crafts Festival
        -        Participate in the "Trail of Treaters"
Our club meets every month on the first Thursday, at 6:30 pm, at the clubhouse.  During the meeting, we conduct club business, hold informative programs, and promote camarderie and friendship among our members and visitors

info@willistonjuiniors.com
www.willistonjuniors.org