Serving Our Students After School across

Oregon & Southern Idaho

“Our family has been fortunate to find The Salvation Army School’s Out program for our boys. They love the program. The staff is caring and friendly. The facility is always organizing field trips and activities to keep our boys active. We love it!!”

Bringing

fun and engagment to our kids who need it most

The Nampa Corps’ School’s Out Club is an after-school program that reopened in 2021 after temporary closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It currently serves kids from Kindergarten to 8th grade (ages from five to 14), Monday through Friday.

“We’re open from the time school busses drop children off at our facility (roughly 3 p.m.) until 6:30 p.m. each day,” noted Sarah Buck, School’s Out Club Director. “We also pick up at two nearby schools that do not offer transportation to our facility.”

The Nampa School’s Out Club remains open when the schools have holidaysincluding Spring, Christmas, and Thanksgiving breaks.

The after school program focuses on social snd emotional learning through scheduled gym activities and tabletop games led by staff each day. Our students are required to read 20 minutes, Monday – Thursday. Each child receives an afternoon snack.

The local Nampa Public Library comes once a month to do a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) project with all the kids. Additionally, most of our after-school children participate in our Troops program- similar to boy and girl scouts- as well once a week.

Stepping Up for Our Kid’s Extracurricular Needs

The Coos Bay Corps After School Program began in the early 1980s after the original gym was built. Mostly, it was an open-gym concept. Kids from the neighborhood would come and shoot hoops and hang out in a safe and supervised place.

Over the years, it has transitioned from an open-gym program to a Funky Friday Night, to a free-style After School Program. For the past nine years, the After School Program has become structured to run four days a week. While it focused on children grades K-6th, opportunities for older children to engage as helpers are also available.

The After School Program is open Monday-Thursday from 2:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m. The program provides a nutritious snack, homework help, organized gym games, daily crafts and various electives. Programming includes days dedicated to music, gymnastics/cheer, and mixed martial arts.

With 56 children enrolled, this program is making a big difference in the lives of the children, teen helpers, families, and the staff involved. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the After School Program had limited enrollment but was able to remain open to help serve the families of front-line workers.

“Our After School Program is extremely beneficial to this community. We believe it is our duty and honor to help shape and mold these children one life at a time. Many of the children that have attended our after school program in the past 40 years, are now productive citizens in their own communities.”

Roseburg, OR volunteers prepare frozen donations to be temporarily moved to the local Umpqua freezers while their food bank freezer is repaired. A small freezer was left on site and restocked daily to allow distribution of food while the freezer was repaired.

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Idaho Falls, ID Social Services Assistant Johnnie Chacon and Captain John Birks sort donations to restock the Self Choice Food Pantry.

Camp Kuratli staff prepare to welcome over 1,500 campers from around the State of Oregon to enjoy the beauty of the wilderness in Boring, OR.

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Captain Peter Pemberton leads prayer at Veterans & Family Center Groundbreaking Ceremony on Sept. 12. Dignitaries included Beaverton Mayor Lacey Beaty and Beaverton Interim Chief of Police Stacy Jepson.