NOTICE TO PARENTS OF MEMBERS
SURVEY AT CLUB:
MARCH 9th- April 10th, 2020
Our Club is taking part in an annual Survey that will be used to track the wellbeing of members in Boys & Girls Clubs nationally.
Our Club is one of a group of Clubs across the country participating in this survey that asks how members feel about the
activities and time they spend at the Club, education plans, and involvement in community service and work.
Additionally, the survey asks about the attitudes and health behaviors of Club members, including questions about nutrition and
physical activity. Teen members aged 13 and older are asked additional questions around alcohol, tobacco and other drug use,
fighting, arrests, and sexual activity. However, members are not required to respond to any question that makes them
uncomfortable to participate in the survey.
Members will be asked to fill out one survey in the spring of 2020 during regular Club hours. The survey takes 20 - 40 minutes to
complete, and will be administered either online. Participation in this survey poses very minimal risk to your child. There is the
potential that some teen members might find certain questions to be sensitive. Additionally, while there is a minimal and unlikely
risk of violation of privacy, the survey has been designed to protect your child’s privacy. Members will not put their names on the
survey, and no member will ever be mentioned by name in a report of the results. All information from the survey is being used to
assess the wellbeing of Boys & Girls Clubs members and will be kept completely confidential. Only the Boys & Girls Clubs of
America national organization that is conducting the survey will have access to the data. Others will see only reports of the
information combined for groups of youth in the study or all youth at a Club. No reports will be shared that show your child’s
answers on the survey.
Your child will get no benefit right away from taking part in the survey. The results of this survey will help your child and other
members of Boys & Girls Clubs in the future by assisting all national Boys & Girls Clubs to develop programming that best meets
members’ needs. We would like all members at our Club to take part in the survey, but the survey is voluntary. No action will be
taken against the Club, you, or your child if he/she does not take part. Additionally, survey participants can skip any questions
they do not wish to answer and may stop participating in the survey at any point without penalty. If you would like to see the
survey, a copy is available at the front desk of each Club site. You may review the survey at the Club during regular Club hours
between February 28th and April 10th.
If you do not want your child to participate please fill out and sign an Opt Out form available at the front desk of each Club site.
The Opt Out form needs to be turned in by March 6th for your child to not participate. If you do not return this form by March 6th
then Boys and Girls Club of South Logan County assumes that you have granted permission for your child to participate.
If you have any questions about the survey, please call Amanda Webb at 479-675-2764 . For questions or concerns about your
child’s rights as a research participant, contact the 3C Institutional Review Board at IRB_Chair@3cisd.com. For questions
regarding the NYOI metrics, validity, and sampling, please contact measurement@BGCA.org.
Our Club is one of a group of Clubs across the country participating in this survey that asks how members feel about the
activities and time they spend at the Club, education plans, and involvement in community service and work.
Additionally, the survey asks about the attitudes and health behaviors of Club members, including questions about nutrition and
physical activity. Teen members aged 13 and older are asked additional questions around alcohol, tobacco and other drug use,
fighting, arrests, and sexual activity. However, members are not required to respond to any question that makes them
uncomfortable to participate in the survey.
Members will be asked to fill out one survey in the spring of 2020 during regular Club hours. The survey takes 20 - 40 minutes to
complete, and will be administered either online. Participation in this survey poses very minimal risk to your child. There is the
potential that some teen members might find certain questions to be sensitive. Additionally, while there is a minimal and unlikely
risk of violation of privacy, the survey has been designed to protect your child’s privacy. Members will not put their names on the
survey, and no member will ever be mentioned by name in a report of the results. All information from the survey is being used to
assess the wellbeing of Boys & Girls Clubs members and will be kept completely confidential. Only the Boys & Girls Clubs of
America national organization that is conducting the survey will have access to the data. Others will see only reports of the
information combined for groups of youth in the study or all youth at a Club. No reports will be shared that show your child’s
answers on the survey.
Your child will get no benefit right away from taking part in the survey. The results of this survey will help your child and other
members of Boys & Girls Clubs in the future by assisting all national Boys & Girls Clubs to develop programming that best meets
members’ needs. We would like all members at our Club to take part in the survey, but the survey is voluntary. No action will be
taken against the Club, you, or your child if he/she does not take part. Additionally, survey participants can skip any questions
they do not wish to answer and may stop participating in the survey at any point without penalty. If you would like to see the
survey, a copy is available at the front desk of each Club site. You may review the survey at the Club during regular Club hours
between February 28th and April 10th.
If you do not want your child to participate please fill out and sign an Opt Out form available at the front desk of each Club site.
The Opt Out form needs to be turned in by March 6th for your child to not participate. If you do not return this form by March 6th
then Boys and Girls Club of South Logan County assumes that you have granted permission for your child to participate.
If you have any questions about the survey, please call Amanda Webb at 479-675-2764 . For questions or concerns about your
child’s rights as a research participant, contact the 3C Institutional Review Board at IRB_Chair@3cisd.com. For questions
regarding the NYOI metrics, validity, and sampling, please contact measurement@BGCA.org.
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