Saturdays at Bluford
High Aspirations meets from 10 a.m. to Noon on the first four Saturdays of each month at the Lucile Bluford Branch of the Kansas City Missouri Public Library, 31st & Prospect.
Here, young men and their adult mentors have the opportunity to speak honestly and openly about their personal challenges, learn from each other, and develop individual plans for personal, academic and spiritual fulfillment.
Our focus is on teamwork, unity, community and responsibility.
Each Saturday also includes its own featured program:
1st Saturday – Chess Club
Young men learn the basic strategies of chess and how to apply analytical thinking in their studies and daily lives.
2nd Saturday – Leadership Training
Guest speakers from the community talk to our young men about the challenges they personally have faced and overcome in their transition to adulthood, their careers, and their roles and responsibilities as husbands, fathers and members of the community.
3rd Saturday – Pre-Collegiate Program (School Year) / Legally Informed (Summer)
During the school year, High Aspirations partners with local post secondary schools to prepare our young men for an academic career after high school. In the summer, our attention turns to how our young men to not only avoid unpleasant encounters with law enforcement officers, but also to understand their rights and responsibility in all legal matters including purchasing a home and entering into business contracts.
4th Saturday – Volunteer/Community Service or Construction Trade
On the fourth Saturday of each month, our young men either volunteer in the community or participate in construction trade program developed by J.E. Dunn Construction Co.
