Transforming the Lives of Young People Across Greater Sacramento

For over 25 years, Campus Life Connection has walked alongside children, teens and families — building character, confidence, responsibility and faith through programs that meet young people right where they are.

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A Safe Place to Belong After School

The Collings Teen Center gives teenagers a free, welcoming space with games, mentoring and caring adult role models who invest in their lives every single day.

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Reaching At-Risk Youth in Their Own Neighborhoods

Through City Life and the Sayonara Community Center, we offer homework help, healthy snacks and recreation — raising up local leaders who carry lasting change.

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Where the Game Builds Character

Crossover Basketball pairs the sport with life-skills training and consistent, healthy mentors, reaching hundreds of young people across the region each year.

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25+

Years of Service

Counties Reached

375+

Students Weekly

Core Programs

Young people gathered at a Campus Life Connection center

Who We Are

A trusted presence for youth and families since 1999

Campus Life Connection has served the greater Sacramento area for over 25 years, offering programs for children, teens and their families across a five-county region. Each year we reach thousands of young people — one relationship at a time.

Our Vision

To engage young people and their families in order to transform lives, provide hope, and effect positive change for individuals and neighborhoods.

Our Mission

To develop character, confidence, responsibility and faith in the lives of young people and their families through educational, social, physical and spiritual programs.

Character Confidence Responsibility Faith

What We Do

Programs That Reach Every Young Person

From campus gatherings to after-school centers, each program is built around caring, consistent adult role models who invest in young lives.

Campus Life

A relational program meeting weekly with over 250 high school students on campuses across the region.

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Campus Life M

The middle school edition — meeting weekly with 125+ students and training young Christian leaders to run their own campus meetings.

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Crossover Basketball

Spring leagues, AAU travel teams and after-school life-skills programs reaching hundreds of at-risk youth each year.

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Point Break

A school program building honest communication through high-energy games, small-group discussion and personal reflection.

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City Life

After-school centers and inner-city outreach giving children a safe place for homework help, healthy snacks and recreation.

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Juvenile Justice Ministry

Engaging young people in detention centers, group homes and shelters — and walking with them as they re-enter their communities.

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Be Part of the Change

It takes a community of caring adults to reach a young person. Here’s how you can join the work.

Give & Sustain

Your gift puts mentors on campuses and keeps center doors open for kids who need a safe place.

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Volunteer

Become a consistent, healthy adult role model — coaching, mentoring or supporting a center near you.

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Partner With Us

Schools, churches and businesses help us reach further. Let’s explore how we can work together.

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Where We Serve

Community Centers & Initiatives

Safe, welcoming spaces where young people can grow, connect and find encouragement after school.

Collings Teen Center

Embrace. Engage. Empower. A free, fun and safe after-school space in West Sacramento with games, computers and caring mentors.

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Sayonara Community Center

An inner-city outreach in Citrus Heights helping at-risk children with homework, healthy snacks and recreation through City Life.

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Crossover Basketball

A multi-faceted basketball program pairing the game with life skills and healthy adult role models for hundreds of youth.

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Our Impact

One Young Person at a Time

Real change happens through steady relationships and presence in the places young people already are.

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Having a caring adult who showed up every week gave me a place to belong — and the confidence to believe my future could look different.

CL Campus Life Student High school participant, Sacramento County

Mental, physical, spiritual & social growth

Our Juvenile Justice Ministry develops the whole young person, bringing hope into their hardest moments.

Indigenous leaders raised up

City Life invests in neighborhoods to develop local leaders who carry long-term change forward.

Students leading students

Through Campus Life M, middle schoolers are trained and trusted to run meetings on their own campuses.

A five-county footprint

Sacramento, Placer, Yolo, El Dorado and Nevada — thousands of youth and families reached every year.

Programs & Affiliates

Working Together for Sacramento’s Youth

Our work spans connected programs and centers across the region.

Collings Teen Center Sayonara Community Center Crossover Basketball Point Break City Life Centers Juvenile Justice Ministry

News & Updates

What’s Happening at CLC

Stay connected with stories, events and ways to engage throughout the year.

Programs This School Year

Campus Life Returns to Local Schools

Weekly gatherings are underway across regional campuses — connecting hundreds of students with mentors who show up consistently.

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Volunteer & Mentor Opportunities

Our centers and programs are always looking for caring adults to invest a few hours each week in a young person’s life.

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Centers Open Now

After-School Centers Welcoming Students

The Collings Teen Center and Sayonara Community Center offer safe, free spaces for youth every school-day afternoon.

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Help Us Reach the Next Young Person

Every gift, every volunteer hour and every partnership helps build character, confidence, responsibility and faith in a child’s life.

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