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Single parents club picks male president
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Boise State’s Single Parenthood club held their first annual get together with their first-ever male president last Sunday.
Jake Levinski is the first male officer in the club’s one-year history. There are officially 12 to 15 members who attend events and meeting on a regular basis.
Levinski is one of the few men in the club, but the members consider themselves open-minded to everyone. Levinski is the father of a 4-year-old son named Alexander. Levinski said his son has taught him a lot and provided experience he can apply to his studies.
“Alexander has taught me innocence, and patience,” Levinski said.
“He helps me with my studies; being an education major I can look in my child development books and make sense of some of the regular childhood chaos.”
Levinski said the club provides a network for support, which can be invaluable for a single parent.
“There’s someone who knows what your going through, finding this support was like finding a light at the end of the tunnel,” Levinski said.
The kids, who are welcome to all the clubs events, can interact with other children and find friends. Levinski said it helped his son come out of his shell.
Last year, the club organized a Burger King night. Every Tuesday night, the club would go out to the restaurant for conversation and playtime for the kids.
The organization has also arranged a library night for members and their children.
Levinski said he’s proud to be the first male president and hopes to bring diversity to a club that was once only for single mothers.
“The club’s absolutely interested in other people of either sex joining,” Levinski said.
Men and women are equal in the Single Parenthood club, where they all can establish open lines of “communication” with each other, Levinski said.
Melissa Hancock, The Arbiter