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WORLD EXPLORERS 

ACROSS 

1. UPS competitor
5. "The One I Love" band 
8. Prior to, pref.
11. Gin flavor 
12. ____wig or ____winkle
13. Command to Fido 
15. ____ Grey of tea fame
16. Policemen's surprise
17. Brunch offering
18. *Explorer Amerigo's last name
20. Rock opera version of "La Boheme"
21. Gossipmonger, in Yiddish
22. Ballet step
23. *Henry the Navigator's title
26. Chicken pox pimples
30. Poetic "even" 
31. Demosthenes or Cicero 
34. "The ____ on the Floss" 
35. Stories "from the Crypt"
37. Rank above maj.
38. Sore spot
39. "Happily ____ after"
40. Familiar routine 
42. "Wow!" 
43. Retina, pl.
45. *Explorer Shackleton's first name
47. New on the block? 
48. Barbara Eden's TV character 
50. Rumple
52. *First one to circumnavigate globe, almost
55. *Lewis' or Clark's vessel 
56. Fictional giant
57. Plaintiff 
59. Shrovetide dish 
60. Zig or zag
61. Dunking cookie
62. "____ and the City"
63. "C'____ la vie!" 
64. Backgammon predecessorDOWN 
1. Take drugs
2. Bohemian, e.g.
3. Skin opening
4. Short for self-synchronous
5. Don't just stand there!
6. "Fear of Flying" author Jong
7. Skirt length
8. Part of a hammer 
9. Wholly engrossed
10. Obtain, but just barely
12. Gardening tool
13. Junk yard stuff
14. *"Dr. Livingstone, I ____?"
19. Fictional cowboy Bill
22. One better than bogey
23. J.M. Barrie's Pan 
24. Plunder 
25. *Geographical feature named for Ponce deLeon 
26. *Inspiration for hide-and-seek game
27. City in Belgium
28. North Pole workers 
29. Winter driving hazard
32. Homesteader's purchase, sing.
33. Likewise 
36. *Possibly America's first European Leif ____
38. Jeopardy
40. Horse poker
41. Tooth cover 
44. One born to Japanese immigrants
46. Willie of country music fame
48. Dashboard windows 
49. Type of heron
50. Gender checkbox 
51. Windows alternative 
52. Change address
53. Mystique
54. Not ever, poetically
55. TV network 
58. "Maggie May" singer 
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB PROGRAM 
PROVEN TO REDUCE YOUTH RISK 
FACTORS FOR VIOLENCE RAND 
STUDY VALIDATES CLUB’S CASE 
MANAGEMENT APPROACH 

Pasadena, CA – A re


cent study conducted by

RAND Corporation has 

found that a Boys & Girls 

Club of Pasadena preven


tion program is making a 

positive impact on youth 

mental health and other 
indicators. Over the past three years, BGCP participated in a 
violence prevention grant from the California Board of State 
and Community Corrections, along with eight other LA-area 
Boys & Girls Club organizations. The project paired Boys &
Girls Clubs’ traditional youth development programs with a 
new strategy: individual case management for youth with the 
highest needs. RAND Corporation, the project’s independent 
evaluator, released its official program evaluation in December 
2025 and found that youth participants who received intensive 
case management through the Boys & Girls Club program had 
decreased risk factors for involvement with violence. 

Nearly 1,400 Los Angeles-area youth participated in the three-
year program. After youth received intensive case management, 
according to the RAND report, “…there was a statistically significant 
reduction in total risk factors ... Improvements were 
seen in the categories of social-emotional connection, impulsive 
risk-taking, truancy and justice involvement, and mental 
health indicators. Youth who participated in more case management 
sessions experienced a greater reduction in risk.” 

Additional findings from the study were: 

• the most common risk factor for violence amongyouth assessed was not criminal behavior—it was socialdisconnection; 
• intensive, relationship-based support works for youth athighest risk for violence; 
• safe, trusted adults are the program’s most powerfulintervention, as youth consistently reported that the mostvaluable part of the program was having a stable adult wholistened, followed through, and showed up; 
• violence prevention can take the form of education andworkforce readiness, as case management sessions focusedheavily on school success, goal-setting, and future planning; 
and 
• the program filled gaps that schools and clinical systems 
cannot, as youth reported that they would not access formal 
therapy, but would engage through Clubs. 
Since the grant has expired, BGCP has secured interim fundingfrom private sources to continue the program’s work. Still, Club 
leaders hope that the grant is renewed. According to the Club’s 
Board Chair Melina Montoya, “We were privileged to participate 
in this grant and bring this violence prevention strategy to 
Pasadena-area youth. We are hopeful that this grant is renewed 
and we can continue making a positive impact.” 

Since 1937, the Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena has enriched the 
lives of young people in our community, enabling them to reach 
their full potential as productive, caring, healthy, and responsible 
citizens. Serving more than 1,500 youth, ages 5 – 18 annually, 
BGCP focuses on Academic Success, Healthy Lifestyle, 
Life and Workforce Readiness, and Good Character and Leadership. 
The Club experience fills the gap between school and 
home – year-round – providing a welcoming, safe and positive 
environment in which kids and teens have fun, participate in 
life-changing programs, make friends and find encouragement 
with caring adults. 

The Club operates five locations in the Pasadena area: Slavik 
Branch on E. Del Mar Blvd., Mackenzie-Scott Branch on N. Fair 
Oaks Avenue, the Dena Teen Center at the Mackenzie-Scott 
Branch, Odyssey Charter School – North, and a new site in the 
Kings Villages housing community on North Fair Oaks Avenue. 


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