Boise Sunrise is a proud sponsor of the Everyday Youth Leadership Program (EYLP) in six Boise schools: to see more information about EYLP, please reference Boise Sunrises’ webpage: https://portal.clubrunner.ca/3864/stories. Recently the kids at Koelsch elementary school completed a community service project. They organized and ran a bake sale to raise money for the Idaho Humane Society.

 

These projects give the kids an opportunity to use the skills they have learned in leadership and team building; and, they learn that helping others can be fun!

 

As a part of the EYLP, all schools complete at least two community service projects.

Everyday Leadership is a collaborative effort created to provide Treasure Valley low-income 5^th and 6^th grade youth with the skills and self-confidence they need to graduate from high school and attain post-high school educations.   

 

Students who fail to graduate from high school or achieve post-high school training become a breeding ground for the social and economic issues in Treasure Valley communities  

 

High school graduation rates are about 80%.  Only 42% of Idaho’s workforce has obtained post-high school training . 

 

Fifth and sixth grade students with low self-esteem and poor academics are nineteen times more likely to drop out. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“All those who joined Everyday Leadership have grown, and the benefit of this program cannot be overstated”.  Joan Bigelow, Principal.

 

Through guest speakers, volunteerism, and classroom learning experiences, this program allows our students to not only be leaders at school but leaders in life as well”.    Jason Hutchison, Principal.

 

Everyday Leadership is a vital part in empowering marginalized children”.  Joshua D. Brandt, Case Manager.

On July 4th Boise Sunrise Rotary in partnership with the Nampa Rotary Club and the non-profit Because International delivered 294 pairs of "The Shoe That Grows" to a Girls' Education Club outside of Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.  Each Club seeks to keep girls in school to complete a primary level education and provides the opportunity for a select few to obtain a secondary education, an all too rare occurrence in much of Mozambique.  Gorongosa National Park supports approximately 35 Girls' Clubs with a goal of expanding to 50 clubs by the end of the year.  For several of the girls, this is the first pair of shoes they have owned.  For the rest of the club these expandable shoes replace poorly made 'flip flops', providing not only a shoe that provides better protection but one which will last for up to five years as the owner’s foot continues to grow.  This successful event is another example of a lengthy list of Idaho-Gorongosa cooperative efforts … the Girls’ Education Program is managed by Larissa Sousa (red coat), big sister of Boise State sophomore Michel Sousa.