Once-a-Month Club
This program incorporates monthly after-school activities for students in grades K-5, with support from middle and high school mentors. Activities include both community service and educational programs such as:
- Preparing and delivering Meals on Wheels at Thanksgiving
- Baking Christmas cookies and caroling throughout the Gallatin Gateway neighborhood
- Identifying and pulling noxious weeds
- Picking up trash around the Gallatin Gateway Community Center and recycling area
- Maintenance of the Gallatin Gateway trail tunnel system and area
- Constructing and decorating bluebird houses
- Presentations regarding martial arts, service dogs, Bricks for Kids and birds of prey, to name a few
Trash to Treasure Fashion Show
On average, 4-6 students in grades 1-12 have participated in this annual event supporting Montana State University’s Engineers Without Borders (EWB) water well building projects in Africa. Students are paired with mentors to design and create a fashionable piece of clothing that is modeled during EWB’s annual fundraiser.
Summer Camps
We offer two different camps each summer. One is for students in grades 1-5 with middle school mentors. The second camp is for students in grades 6-8. In the latter, there is a strong focus on leadership with GYG students involved in the planning and organization.
Summer Camp Scholarship Program
This program provides scholarships to students in grades K-12 to attend a camp of their choice, including those developed and hosted by GYG. Students must submit an application, a certified declaration of community service hours completed and artwork or a letter (depending on their age) explaining the benefit of their chosen camp. The art and essays express the student’s perspective on how important the camp is to them and why they should receive funds to participate.
Community Recycling
This program encourages the use of recycling bins for the community and provides educational information regarding recycling in the school and at home.
Student Leadership Development
Students in grades 6-8 collaborate and facilitate programs for all community youth and serve as mentors for other GYG programs including:
- Halloween Middle School Dance
- Environmental Youth Summit
- Summer Camps
- Trash to Treasure Fashion Show
- Breakfast with Santa
Environmental Youth Summit
This program is a county-wide, one-day event each year where 80-100 middle school students gather on the historic Flying D Ranch to learn about and discuss sustainability and environmental issues such as:
- Water issues
- Soils
- Noxious weed management
- Sustainable grazing systems and more
Summer Camp 2019
Students participating in our summer camp programs have amazing experiences!
Once-a-Month Club
One of many activities at our Once-a-Month Club has been building bluebird houses.
Want to Volunteer?
We always need extra hands to help out with our programs. If you’d like to volunteer or need more information, please contact us at info@gatewayyouthgroup.org.