Program
The Getting It Together Saturday Youth Institute is an educational enrichment and personal development program, created by Dr. M. Jeanne Cotton to form positive family support units; to develop personal responsibility and self-determination; promote excellence, and to challenge youth and families to strive for excellence.

It is a profound positive approach in aiding students to become emotionally mature to deal not only with the pressure of school, but with life itself. The design is intended to provide students with a keen sense of self-confidence and the interpersonal skills necessary to cope with their personal, academic, career, and lifetime needs.

Concepts
1. Individuals must be in tune with themselves before they can give of themselves, whether it is to their families, schools, communities, or the Universe.

2. Once individuals know who they really are, how they are actively a part of everything they do, and realize that what they do is really an expression of themselves, then they will produce from a realm of self-respect, love, and pride in achieving.

Program Goals
1. Promote a sense of self-worth. Promote a sense of commitment to: Being the Best and Giving Your Best, as opposed to Just Getting By.

2. Increase and promote honesty, loyalty, and pride in oneself.

3. Create positive experiences.

4. Develop interpersonal and intrapersonal skills.

Design
The program is designed to increase participants’ thinking, interpersonal and informational skills and personal qualities.

Activities:

Personal Growth and Social Development:

- Learn how to improve interpersonal relationships, family and community.

- Explore life-styles and problem solving.

- Explore attitudes.

- Understand the influence of attitude in everyday living.

Person In Community

- Learn the responsibility of living in a community; what constitutes a community; and your responsibility to give back to community.

- Learn about taking ownership and responsibility of one’s community.

Etiquette

- Learn about the codes governing society’s norms. Why it is important to have norms

that guide general behavior about social graces.

Academic Workshops

- Becoming the best that you can be.

- Explore the importance of math, reading & writing.

Cultural Excursions

- Stretching boundaries.

Who can participate?
Youth 10 – 16 years of age (or to be determined by sponsoring organization or agency).

To schedule program for your organization, community or church: Call (847) 263-9630 or complete registration form and mail to: Trinity Universal Center, Inc., 709 N. Genesee Street, Waukegan, Illinois 60085

Contact us for more information on the Saturday Youth Institute