Clubhouse

Teen Center Clubhouse:

The Yonkers Family YMCA’s Youth Clubhouse mission is to provide support, education, structure, and stability for youth and young adults within a clean safe haven environment. We offer various life enhancement programs and other services for our members. All by giving them a safe place to come and interact with other youth & young adults experiencing similar challenges.
The psycho-educational and support group models used by the Clubhouse staff are intended to assist participating youth and young adults to master the daily living advantages of being clean and sober.

Hours of Operation:

Monday – Friday: (All Ages)
Kids Café – 2:30pm – 3:00pm
Member Cohort I: (Age 12-17)
3:00pm – 7:30pm (Thursday, 3pm – 8:30pm)
Member Cohort II: (Age 18-21)
2:30pm – 7:30pm (Wednesday, 3pm – 8:30pm)
Saturday & Sunday: Closed

Enrollment Requirements:

Age Requirement: 12-21
A desire to participate in educational didactics, recreational activities and other services necessary to remain clean, sober and implement healthy alternative measures to enhance social and emotional wellness and promote healthy living.

Sessions Offered:

Prevention & Recovery – This dynamic session will analyze and address substance use risk factors in the environmental, physical, psychological areas of prevention and recovery.
Healthy-Living – This session will explore the risk factor areas associated with substance abuse and relapse. Sessions will target evidenced–based behavioral practices associated with developing clean and sober lifestyles.
Vocational/Educational – This session will address individual and collective vocational and educational needs of the participant(s).
Life-Skills – Participants that attend these sessions will engage in psycho-educational curriculum surrounding development of appropriate cognitive behavioral alternatives.
Peer-To-Peer – Peer-to-Peer recovery support services consist of participants sharing their experiences and challenges with others as they work toward establishing short-term, long-term and on-going recovery. All this done in a supportive and nurturing environment.
Media Arts – Participants will learn the basics of audio management, digital photography and video production.
Computer Lab – Participants will be taught basic computer skills necessary to engage in internet and research explorations.
Recreation – (Swim, Basketball, Open Gym, Fitness). Appropriate alternative activities to substance use are vital to the overall long-term healthy lifestyle success of a person in recovery.
EMPOWERING YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS TO BREAK THROUGH THE BARRIERS WITHIN A SOBER SAFE-HAVEN ENVIRONMENT TO BECOME THE LEADERS OF TOMMOROW!
For more information, contact:
Dante Butler at [email protected] | 914-963-1083 ext. 34 or 
Michael Patterson at [email protected] | 914-963-0183 ext. 31
CLUBHOUSE REGISTRATION