Samantha is 11 years old and has been a Club member for 6 years.  She has an older brother who is 15 and an older sister who is 13.  Her dad was killed in a car wreck when she was very young, and she lives with her mom who doesn't have a job and has been in and out of jail many times. When her mother goes to jail, Samantha lives with her Grandma and Grandpa until she gets out.  Samantha has told me that she wishes she could have a different mom because she is never there for her and doesn't take good care of her.  She told me that her mom smokes pot every day and so do her older brother and sister.  Samantha says that her brother and his friends will try to get her to smoke pot with them.  When she says no, they just keep asking her and don't take no for an answer.  Her brother will cook meals for everybody in the house except her because she won't smoke with them, so most of the time she eats cereal or sandwiches.  Samantha loves coming to the Boys and Girls Club because she knows it's a safe place for her to be where she won't have to be surrounded by the bad things that are going on at home.  She knows that there are people at the Club who care about her and will help her when she needs it.  We started a new program at the Club called Go On.  It is a program to help kids 11 and older start learning about college.  The program demonstrates to her that she can go to college if she wants to.  It shows her there are all sorts of resources out there to help her.  Samantha attended the program's first session and afterwards talked to me about how she is so excited about the Go On Program because she wants to go to college and get an education and have a good job.  She said she doesn't want to end up like her mom, brother and sister.  Samantha is a great kid and will do great things with the help of the Boys and Girls Club.