Guiding Our Youth

The San Fernando Valley Refugee Children Center, established in 2015, is dedicated to providing support and resources for refugee children and their families who have arrived in the United States seeking asylum. With a mission focused on offering hope, comfort, and dignity, the Center assists these vulnerable children as they navigate the challenges of displacement and resettlement. Led by Executive Director Mayra Medina-N ez and a passionate team, the Center's programs include immigration legal services and food assistance, ensuring that families experiencing insecurity have access to basic needs and community support. The organization exemplifies a commitment to nurturing safe, hopeful, and loving environments where each child can thrive and find solace. Generated from the website

Boys & Girls Clubs of Burbank is a nonprofit organization consisting of several clubhouses and after school enrichment sites. The club, based in Burbank, Calif., offers a range of after school programs to more than 600 children and disadvantaged youth, ages 6 through 18. It provides five-core program initiatives, including arts, sports and fitness, social skills, character and leadership development, and education and career development. The children receive tutoring, computer training, sports education, homework help and mentoring services. B&GC of Burbank also provides prevention programs for youth, including gang, alcohol, drug, tobacco, teen sex and unplanned pregnancies. Its programs and clubs include keystone and torch club, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and peace builders, power hour, club tech, junior achievement, money matters, and image-makers photography club. The club s sporting and recreational activities include Nike swoosh club, basketball, soccer leagues, tennis clinics, chess club, triple play and jump rope challenges.