2024-25 Upcoming Programs

NIGHT L.I.F.E. Douglas Co. (June 14, 2025)
NIGHT LIFE is an out-of-school time and weekend night program that empowers youth to develop vital skills such as communication, citizenship, and self-efficacy that will prepare them to be well-rounded leaders within their communities. Across all program activities, team members expose mentees to Banister’s Twelve Pillars of Leadership (e.g., respect, fairness, and responsibility), which provide a foundation for how to be an effective leader. Our caring and dedicated team provides youth with hot meals at programming and engages them in fun and educational games, discussions, and activities that further their understanding and incorporation of the Pillars.

Youth 2 Movement (Y2M) Douglas Co. (June 17-20, 2025)
Y2M is an experiential learning program providing employment opportunities and personal and leadership development for youth and young adults. Participants in Y2M join in activities designed to build leadership, increase job skills, and foster teamwork skills while earning a weekly stipend. Y2M is created on the evidence-based model: Bring Your “A” Game, an engaging curriculum for building the seven foundational workplace skills of Work Ethic. Banister’s leaders assist participants in building work skills and finding outside employment.

Family Navigator (Summer) Douglas Co. (June 20, 2025)
Family Navigator:
This program works with families of court-involved and high-risk youth to help them navigate the juvenile justice system and engage their children in positive environments. This program provides alternatives to detainment and probation. The Banister’s team facilitates discussions and activities to help foster the youths’ prosocial skills and sense of community. Family Navigator participants work through the evidence-based Change Company Journals, which have been shown to promote positive changes in thinking and behavior, improved emotion regulation, and increased self-efficacy.

NIGHT L.I.F.E. Douglas Co. (June 21, 2025)
NIGHT LIFE is an out-of-school time and weekend night program that empowers youth to develop vital skills such as communication, citizenship, and self-efficacy that will prepare them to be well-rounded leaders within their communities. Across all program activities, team members expose mentees to Banister’s Twelve Pillars of Leadership (e.g., respect, fairness, and responsibility), which provide a foundation for how to be an effective leader. Our caring and dedicated team provides youth with hot meals at programming and engages them in fun and educational games, discussions, and activities that further their understanding and incorporation of the Pillars.

Youth 2 Movement (Y2M) Douglas Co. (June 24-27, 2025)
Y2M is an experiential learning program providing employment opportunities and personal and leadership development for youth and young adults. Participants in Y2M join in activities designed to build leadership, increase job skills, and foster teamwork skills while earning a weekly stipend. Y2M is created on the evidence-based model: Bring Your “A” Game, an engaging curriculum for building the seven foundational workplace skills of Work Ethic. Banister’s leaders assist participants in building work skills and finding outside employment.

NIGHT L.I.F.E. Douglas Co. (June 28, 2025)
NIGHT LIFE is an out-of-school time and weekend night program that empowers youth to develop vital skills such as communication, citizenship, and self-efficacy that will prepare them to be well-rounded leaders within their communities. Across all program activities, team members expose mentees to Banister’s Twelve Pillars of Leadership (e.g., respect, fairness, and responsibility), which provide a foundation for how to be an effective leader. Our caring and dedicated team provides youth with hot meals at programming and engages them in fun and educational games, discussions, and activities that further their understanding and incorporation of the Pillars.

Youth 2 Movement (Y2M) Douglas Co. (July 1-3, 2025)
Y2M is an experiential learning program providing employment opportunities and personal and leadership development for youth and young adults. Participants in Y2M join in activities designed to build leadership, increase job skills, and foster teamwork skills while earning a weekly stipend. Y2M is created on the evidence-based model: Bring Your “A” Game, an engaging curriculum for building the seven foundational workplace skills of Work Ethic. Banister’s leaders assist participants in building work skills and finding outside employment.

Youth 2 Movement (Y2M) Douglas Co. (July 8-11, 2025)
Y2M is an experiential learning program providing employment opportunities and personal and leadership development for youth and young adults. Participants in Y2M join in activities designed to build leadership, increase job skills, and foster teamwork skills while earning a weekly stipend. Y2M is created on the evidence-based model: Bring Your “A” Game, an engaging curriculum for building the seven foundational workplace skills of Work Ethic. Banister’s leaders assist participants in building work skills and finding outside employment.

NIGHT L.I.F.E. Douglas Co. (July 12, 2025)
NIGHT LIFE is an out-of-school time and weekend night program that empowers youth to develop vital skills such as communication, citizenship, and self-efficacy that will prepare them to be well-rounded leaders within their communities. Across all program activities, team members expose mentees to Banister’s Twelve Pillars of Leadership (e.g., respect, fairness, and responsibility), which provide a foundation for how to be an effective leader. Our caring and dedicated team provides youth with hot meals at programming and engages them in fun and educational games, discussions, and activities that further their understanding and incorporation of the Pillars.

Youth 2 Movement (Y2M) Douglas Co. (July 15-18, 2025)
Y2M is an experiential learning program providing employment opportunities and personal and leadership development for youth and young adults. Participants in Y2M join in activities designed to build leadership, increase job skills, and foster teamwork skills while earning a weekly stipend. Y2M is created on the evidence-based model: Bring Your “A” Game, an engaging curriculum for building the seven foundational workplace skills of Work Ethic. Banister’s leaders assist participants in building work skills and finding outside employment.

Family Navigator (Summer) Douglas Co. (July 18, 2025)
Family Navigator:
This program works with families of court-involved and high-risk youth to help them navigate the juvenile justice system and engage their children in positive environments. This program provides alternatives to detainment and probation. The Banister’s team facilitates discussions and activities to help foster the youths’ prosocial skills and sense of community. Family Navigator participants work through the evidence-based Change Company Journals, which have been shown to promote positive changes in thinking and behavior, improved emotion regulation, and increased self-efficacy.

NIGHT L.I.F.E. Douglas Co. (July 19, 2025)
NIGHT LIFE is an out-of-school time and weekend night program that empowers youth to develop vital skills such as communication, citizenship, and self-efficacy that will prepare them to be well-rounded leaders within their communities. Across all program activities, team members expose mentees to Banister’s Twelve Pillars of Leadership (e.g., respect, fairness, and responsibility), which provide a foundation for how to be an effective leader. Our caring and dedicated team provides youth with hot meals at programming and engages them in fun and educational games, discussions, and activities that further their understanding and incorporation of the Pillars.

Youth 2 Movement (Y2M) Douglas Co. (July 22-25, 2025)
Y2M is an experiential learning program providing employment opportunities and personal and leadership development for youth and young adults. Participants in Y2M join in activities designed to build leadership, increase job skills, and foster teamwork skills while earning a weekly stipend. Y2M is created on the evidence-based model: Bring Your “A” Game, an engaging curriculum for building the seven foundational workplace skills of Work Ethic. Banister’s leaders assist participants in building work skills and finding outside employment.

NIGHT L.I.F.E. Douglas Co. (July 26, 2025)
NIGHT LIFE is an out-of-school time and weekend night program that empowers youth to develop vital skills such as communication, citizenship, and self-efficacy that will prepare them to be well-rounded leaders within their communities. Across all program activities, team members expose mentees to Banister’s Twelve Pillars of Leadership (e.g., respect, fairness, and responsibility), which provide a foundation for how to be an effective leader. Our caring and dedicated team provides youth with hot meals at programming and engages them in fun and educational games, discussions, and activities that further their understanding and incorporation of the Pillars.

Youth 2 Movement (Y2M) Douglas Co. (June 10-13, 2025)
Y2M is an experiential learning program providing employment opportunities and personal and leadership development for youth and young adults. Participants in Y2M join in activities designed to build leadership, increase job skills, and foster teamwork skills while earning a weekly stipend. Y2M is created on the evidence-based model: Bring Your “A” Game, an engaging curriculum for building the seven foundational workplace skills of Work Ethic. Banister’s leaders assist participants in building work skills and finding outside employment.

NIGHT L.I.F.E. Douglas Co. (June 7, 2025)
NIGHT LIFE is an out-of-school time and weekend night program that empowers youth to develop vital skills such as communication, citizenship, and self-efficacy that will prepare them to be well-rounded leaders within their communities. Across all program activities, team members expose mentees to Banister’s Twelve Pillars of Leadership (e.g., respect, fairness, and responsibility), which provide a foundation for how to be an effective leader. Our caring and dedicated team provides youth with hot meals at programming and engages them in fun and educational games, discussions, and activities that further their understanding and incorporation of the Pillars.

Family Navigator (Summer) Douglas Co. (June 6, 2025)
Family Navigator:
This program works with families of court-involved and high-risk youth to help them navigate the juvenile justice system and engage their children in positive environments. This program provides alternatives to detainment and probation. The Banister’s team facilitates discussions and activities to help foster the youths’ prosocial skills and sense of community. Family Navigator participants work through the evidence-based Change Company Journals, which have been shown to promote positive changes in thinking and behavior, improved emotion regulation, and increased self-efficacy.

Youth 2 Movement (Y2M) Douglas Co. (June 3-6, 2025)
Y2M is an experiential learning program providing employment opportunities and personal and leadership development for youth and young adults. Participants in Y2M join in activities designed to build leadership, increase job skills, and foster teamwork skills while earning a weekly stipend. Y2M is created on the evidence-based model: Bring Your “A” Game, an engaging curriculum for building the seven foundational workplace skills of Work Ethic. Banister’s leaders assist participants in building work skills and finding outside employment.

NIGHT L.I.F.E. Douglas Co. (May 24, 2025)
NIGHT LIFE is an out-of-school time and weekend night program that empowers youth to develop vital skills such as communication, citizenship, and self-efficacy that will prepare them to be well-rounded leaders within their communities. Across all program activities, team members expose mentees to Banister’s Twelve Pillars of Leadership (e.g., respect, fairness, and responsibility), which provide a foundation for how to be an effective leader. Our caring and dedicated team provides youth with hot meals at programming and engages them in fun and educational games, discussions, and activities that further their understanding and incorporation of the Pillars.

Youth 2 Movement (Y2M) Douglas Co. (May 24, 2025)
Y2M is an experiential learning program providing employment opportunities and personal and leadership development for youth and young adults. Participants in Y2M join in activities designed to build leadership, increase job skills, and foster teamwork skills while earning a weekly stipend. Y2M is created on the evidence-based model: Bring Your “A” Game, an engaging curriculum for building the seven foundational workplace skills of Work Ethic. Banister’s leaders assist participants in building work skills and finding outside employment.

NIGHT L.I.F.E. Douglas Co. (May 17, 2025)
NIGHT LIFE is an out-of-school time and weekend night program that empowers youth to develop vital skills such as communication, citizenship, and self-efficacy that will prepare them to be well-rounded leaders within their communities. Across all program activities, team members expose mentees to Banister’s Twelve Pillars of Leadership (e.g., respect, fairness, and responsibility), which provide a foundation for how to be an effective leader. Our caring and dedicated team provides youth with hot meals at programming and engages them in fun and educational games, discussions, and activities that further their understanding and incorporation of the Pillars.

Youth 2 Movement (Y2M) Douglas Co. (May 17, 2025)
Y2M is an experiential learning program providing employment opportunities and personal and leadership development for youth and young adults. Participants in Y2M join in activities designed to build leadership, increase job skills, and foster teamwork skills while earning a weekly stipend. Y2M is created on the evidence-based model: Bring Your “A” Game, an engaging curriculum for building the seven foundational workplace skills of Work Ethic. Banister’s leaders assist participants in building work skills and finding outside employment.

Youth 2 Movement (Y2M) Douglas Co. (May 10, 2025)
Y2M is an experiential learning program providing employment opportunities and personal and leadership development for youth and young adults. Participants in Y2M join in activities designed to build leadership, increase job skills, and foster teamwork skills while earning a weekly stipend. Y2M is created on the evidence-based model: Bring Your “A” Game, an engaging curriculum for building the seven foundational workplace skills of Work Ethic. Banister’s leaders assist participants in building work skills and finding outside employment.

NIGHT L.I.F.E. Douglas Co. (May 10, 2025)
NIGHT LIFE is an out-of-school time and weekend night program that empowers youth to develop vital skills such as communication, citizenship, and self-efficacy that will prepare them to be well-rounded leaders within their communities. Across all program activities, team members expose mentees to Banister’s Twelve Pillars of Leadership (e.g., respect, fairness, and responsibility), which provide a foundation for how to be an effective leader. Our caring and dedicated team provides youth with hot meals at programming and engages them in fun and educational games, discussions, and activities that further their understanding and incorporation of the Pillars.

NIGHT L.I.F.E. Douglas Co. (May 3, 2025)
NIGHT LIFE is an out-of-school time and weekend night program that empowers youth to develop vital skills such as communication, citizenship, and self-efficacy that will prepare them to be well-rounded leaders within their communities. Across all program activities, team members expose mentees to Banister’s Twelve Pillars of Leadership (e.g., respect, fairness, and responsibility), which provide a foundation for how to be an effective leader. Our caring and dedicated team provides youth with hot meals at programming and engages them in fun and educational games, discussions, and activities that further their understanding and incorporation of the Pillars.

Youth 2 Movement (Y2M) Douglas Co. (May 3, 2025)
Y2M is an experiential learning program providing employment opportunities and personal and leadership development for youth and young adults. Participants in Y2M join in activities designed to build leadership, increase job skills, and foster teamwork skills while earning a weekly stipend. Y2M is created on the evidence-based model: Bring Your “A” Game, an engaging curriculum for building the seven foundational workplace skills of Work Ethic. Banister’s leaders assist participants in building work skills and finding outside employment.

NIGHT L.I.F.E. Douglas Co. (Apr. 26, 2025)
NIGHT LIFE is an out-of-school time and weekend night program that empowers youth to develop vital skills such as communication, citizenship, and self-efficacy that will prepare them to be well-rounded leaders within their communities. Across all program activities, team members expose mentees to Banister’s Twelve Pillars of Leadership (e.g., respect, fairness, and responsibility), which provide a foundation for how to be an effective leader. Our caring and dedicated team provides youth with hot meals at programming and engages them in fun and educational games, discussions, and activities that further their understanding and incorporation of the Pillars.

Youth 2 Movement (Y2M) Douglas Co. (Apr. 26, 2025)
Y2M is an experiential learning program providing employment opportunities and personal and leadership development for youth and young adults. Participants in Y2M join in activities designed to build leadership, increase job skills, and foster teamwork skills while earning a weekly stipend. Y2M is created on the evidence-based model: Bring Your “A” Game, an engaging curriculum for building the seven foundational workplace skills of Work Ethic. Banister’s leaders assist participants in building work skills and finding outside employment.

NIGHT L.I.F.E. Douglas Co. (Apr. 19, 2025)
NIGHT LIFE is an out-of-school time and weekend night program that empowers youth to develop vital skills such as communication, citizenship, and self-efficacy that will prepare them to be well-rounded leaders within their communities. Across all program activities, team members expose mentees to Banister’s Twelve Pillars of Leadership (e.g., respect, fairness, and responsibility), which provide a foundation for how to be an effective leader. Our caring and dedicated team provides youth with hot meals at programming and engages them in fun and educational games, discussions, and activities that further their understanding and incorporation of the Pillars.

Youth 2 Movement (Y2M) Douglas Co. (Apr. 19, 2025)
Y2M is an experiential learning program providing employment opportunities and personal and leadership development for youth and young adults. Participants in Y2M join in activities designed to build leadership, increase job skills, and foster teamwork skills while earning a weekly stipend. Y2M is created on the evidence-based model: Bring Your “A” Game, an engaging curriculum for building the seven foundational workplace skills of Work Ethic. Banister’s leaders assist participants in building work skills and finding outside employment.

Youth 2 Movement (Y2M) Douglas Co. (Apr. 12, 2025)
Y2M is an experiential learning program providing employment opportunities and personal and leadership development for youth and young adults. Participants in Y2M join in activities designed to build leadership, increase job skills, and foster teamwork skills while earning a weekly stipend. Y2M is created on the evidence-based model: Bring Your “A” Game, an engaging curriculum for building the seven foundational workplace skills of Work Ethic. Banister’s leaders assist participants in building work skills and finding outside employment.

NIGHT L.I.F.E. Douglas Co. (Apr. 12, 2025)
NIGHT LIFE is an out-of-school time and weekend night program that empowers youth to develop vital skills such as communication, citizenship, and self-efficacy that will prepare them to be well-rounded leaders within their communities. Across all program activities, team members expose mentees to Banister’s Twelve Pillars of Leadership (e.g., respect, fairness, and responsibility), which provide a foundation for how to be an effective leader. Our caring and dedicated team provides youth with hot meals at programming and engages them in fun and educational games, discussions, and activities that further their understanding and incorporation of the Pillars.

Youth 2 Movement (Y2M) Douglas Co. (Apr. 5, 2025)
Y2M is an experiential learning program providing employment opportunities and personal and leadership development for youth and young adults. Participants in Y2M join in activities designed to build leadership, increase job skills, and foster teamwork skills while earning a weekly stipend. Y2M is created on the evidence-based model: Bring Your “A” Game, an engaging curriculum for building the seven foundational workplace skills of Work Ethic. Banister’s leaders assist participants in building work skills and finding outside employment.

NIGHT L.I.F.E. Douglas Co. (Apr. 5, 2025)
NIGHT LIFE is an out-of-school time and weekend night program that empowers youth to develop vital skills such as communication, citizenship, and self-efficacy that will prepare them to be well-rounded leaders within their communities. Across all program activities, team members expose mentees to Banister’s Twelve Pillars of Leadership (e.g., respect, fairness, and responsibility), which provide a foundation for how to be an effective leader. Our caring and dedicated team provides youth with hot meals at programming and engages them in fun and educational games, discussions, and activities that further their understanding and incorporation of the Pillars.

Youth 2 Movement (Y2M) Douglas Co. (Mar 29, 2025)
Y2M is an experiential learning program providing employment opportunities and personal and leadership development for youth and young adults. Participants in Y2M join in activities designed to build leadership, increase job skills, and foster teamwork skills while earning a weekly stipend. Y2M is created on the evidence-based model: Bring Your “A” Game, an engaging curriculum for building the seven foundational workplace skills of Work Ethic. Banister’s leaders assist participants in building work skills and finding outside employment.

NIGHT L.I.F.E. Douglas Co. (Mar. 29, 2025)
NIGHT LIFE is an out-of-school time and weekend night program that empowers youth to develop vital skills such as communication, citizenship, and self-efficacy that will prepare them to be well-rounded leaders within their communities. Across all program activities, team members expose mentees to Banister’s Twelve Pillars of Leadership (e.g., respect, fairness, and responsibility), which provide a foundation for how to be an effective leader. Our caring and dedicated team provides youth with hot meals at programming and engages them in fun and educational games, discussions, and activities that further their understanding and incorporation of the Pillars.

Youth 2 Movement (Y2M) Douglas Co. (Mar 22, 2025)
Y2M is an experiential learning program providing employment opportunities and personal and leadership development for youth and young adults. Participants in Y2M join in activities designed to build leadership, increase job skills, and foster teamwork skills while earning a weekly stipend. Y2M is created on the evidence-based model: Bring Your “A” Game, an engaging curriculum for building the seven foundational workplace skills of Work Ethic. Banister’s leaders assist participants in building work skills and finding outside employment.

NIGHT L.I.F.E. Douglas Co. (Mar 22, 2025)
NIGHT LIFE is an out-of-school time and weekend night program that empowers youth to develop vital skills such as communication, citizenship, and self-efficacy that will prepare them to be well-rounded leaders within their communities. Across all program activities, team members expose mentees to Banister’s Twelve Pillars of Leadership (e.g., respect, fairness, and responsibility), which provide a foundation for how to be an effective leader. Our caring and dedicated team provides youth with hot meals at programming and engages them in fun and educational games, discussions, and activities that further their understanding and incorporation of the Pillars.

NIGHT L.I.F.E. Douglas Co. (Mar 15, 2025)
NIGHT LIFE is an out-of-school time and weekend night program that empowers youth to develop vital skills such as communication, citizenship, and self-efficacy that will prepare them to be well-rounded leaders within their communities. Across all program activities, team members expose mentees to Banister’s Twelve Pillars of Leadership (e.g., respect, fairness, and responsibility), which provide a foundation for how to be an effective leader. Our caring and dedicated team provides youth with hot meals at programming and engages them in fun and educational games, discussions, and activities that further their understanding and incorporation of the Pillars.

Youth 2 Movement (Y2M) Douglas Co. (Mar 15, 2025)
Y2M is an experiential learning program providing employment opportunities and personal and leadership development for youth and young adults. Participants in Y2M join in activities designed to build leadership, increase job skills, and foster teamwork skills while earning a weekly stipend. Y2M is created on the evidence-based model: Bring Your “A” Game, an engaging curriculum for building the seven foundational workplace skills of Work Ethic. Banister’s leaders assist participants in building work skills and finding outside employment.

NIGHT L.I.F.E. Douglas Co. (Mar 8, 2025)
NIGHT LIFE is an out-of-school time and weekend night program that empowers youth to develop vital skills such as communication, citizenship, and self-efficacy that will prepare them to be well-rounded leaders within their communities. Across all program activities, team members expose mentees to Banister’s Twelve Pillars of Leadership (e.g., respect, fairness, and responsibility), which provide a foundation for how to be an effective leader. Our caring and dedicated team provides youth with hot meals at programming and engages them in fun and educational games, discussions, and activities that further their understanding and incorporation of the Pillars.

Youth 2 Movement (Y2M) Douglas Co. (Mar 8, 2025)
Y2M is an experiential learning program providing employment opportunities and personal and leadership development for youth and young adults. Participants in Y2M join in activities designed to build leadership, increase job skills, and foster teamwork skills while earning a weekly stipend. Y2M is created on the evidence-based model: Bring Your “A” Game, an engaging curriculum for building the seven foundational workplace skills of Work Ethic. Banister’s leaders assist participants in building work skills and finding outside employment.

Youth 2 Movement (Y2M) Douglas Co. (Mar 1, 2025)
Y2M is an experiential learning program providing employment opportunities and personal and leadership development for youth and young adults. Participants in Y2M join in activities designed to build leadership, increase job skills, and foster teamwork skills while earning a weekly stipend. Y2M is created on the evidence-based model: Bring Your “A” Game, an engaging curriculum for building the seven foundational workplace skills of Work Ethic. Banister’s leaders assist participants in building work skills and finding outside employment.

NIGHT L.I.F.E. Douglas Co. (Mar 1, 2025)
NIGHT LIFE is an out-of-school time and weekend night program that empowers youth to develop vital skills such as communication, citizenship, and self-efficacy that will prepare them to be well-rounded leaders within their communities. Across all program activities, team members expose mentees to Banister’s Twelve Pillars of Leadership (e.g., respect, fairness, and responsibility), which provide a foundation for how to be an effective leader. Our caring and dedicated team provides youth with hot meals at programming and engages them in fun and educational games, discussions, and activities that further their understanding and incorporation of the Pillars.