The Friendship Club
Founded in 1995, The Friendship Club engages, educates and empowers youth at-risk. The Friendship Club provides two comprehensive, year-round programs aimed at developing the whole person. Not just the academic, social, responsible, or creative part of the person, but all of those. The Friendship Club program serves 100 girls in 6th-12th grades annually. It is a long-term prevention program designed to meet the needs of growing teenage girls, and our comprehensive approach is not only unparalleled in Nevada County, it is unique enough to be considered a model for rural communities across the country. In 2019, the new SAFE program was developed and implemented for transition-age youth experiencing homelessness (all genders) and is designed to help participating youth transition to self-sufficiency using The Friendship Club's core values and impact areas.
