Good News - April 2019

OUT AND ABOUT 30 APRIL 2019 Good News • South Florida Edition The UN-CAMP Dr. Jeff Hazim When deciding on summer plans for your teen, be it youth groupcamp, sleep-awaycampor day camp, how do you distin- guish? When I was growing up, the experience was pretty much the same except for what I slept on and how many people were sharing the oxygen in the room. I also remember when 7UP came on the scene. If you grew up watchingTV in the80s, youwould remember the commercials with the baritone voice of the island man saying, “It’s the Uncola, aaaaaah!” or “It’s Marvelous, ab- solutelymarvelous.”Wewatched himdrink the “cool and refreshing 7UP,” which was “never too sweet.” The “UN-COLA” ads dis- tinguished 7UP from popular caramel-colored colas. When it comes to summer choices for teens, iDENTIFY IM- PACT’s leadership experience is seen by parents, students and mentors alike as “the UN- CAMP.” Words like impact and transformation are used to de- scribe the difference. Dr. Maritza Paz-Fernandez, parent of iDENTIFY alumni Sophia Paz, shared, “Sophia re- sponds differently now. When she's in a group, she takes own- ership of her responses. I see her choosing to be responsible for who she is while taking steps toward who she can become. I just can't recommend iDENTIFY enough! Teens go in as children and walk out leaders.” Training “Tomorrow’s Lead- ers Today” is the main focus of iDENTIFY IMPACT. Founder Dr. Andrea Hazim, who affection- ately calls her young leaders “TLT,” carefully created the iDENTIFY program from a deep desire to see young adults dis- cover their identity and live with purpose at a young age. She shared, “Training and mentor- ship like this inmy teens and 20s would have been life-changing!” Statistics taken from 2018’s participant survey re- sults reflected the dramatic im- pact on both teen students and college-age mentors: Increased feelings of: Pur- pose 85%, Identity 78%, Faith 67%, Self-confidence 67%, Self-worth 55% Increased ability to: be Vul- nerable and Authentic 83%, De- velopDeepFriendships68%,Act as a Serving Leader 35% Decreased feelingsof: Lone- liness 58%, Depression 55%, Anger 55%, Anxiety 53%, Unfor- giveness 50%, Resistance 41% Each day, of the seven- day/six-night leadership experi- ence builds upon the next. Interactive workshops, para- digm-shifting sessions and expe- riential activities go into a carefully-designed curriculum fo- cused on equipping students in a variety of areas such as discov- ering their identity and purpose, learning critical life skills, commu- nication techniques, team build- ing, conflict resolution and goal achievement. The iDENTIFY safe zone allows for massive paradigmshifts to take place in a short period of time. Facilitators, support staff and mentors lov- ingly provoke students to “Do HardThings” and take an honest SELF-assessment at the way they show up in life. iDENTIFY guest trainer Kelly Merbler, of the John Maxwell leadership team, com- mented on the quick response of TLT, “I don’t see these types of responses in the high-level cor- porate training world.” Often, second and third year students co-teach sessions such asDISC personality types, Five Love Languages, time management and others. It is impressive to see young leaders having sum- mer fun engaging in personal development and participating in serving leadership projects. One such project is The Wisdom Keepers’ Series, which partici- pants launched during iDEN- TIFY 2018. This special project centers onTLTgleaningwisdom during quality time face-to-face interviews with senior citizens, writing about their lives and pub- lishing a compilation book enti- tled “Grey is the Original Google.” This year, students can par- ticipate in the Elev8Life funding assistance program to help cover tuition. To learn more about enroll- ment and funding assistance, visit www.iDENTIFYimpact.com Promo code available in this issue of the Good News. Wha Doin ! AP MAC W e Y s glory covenant students to excel by using their gifts and talents for God’ ed, biblically-based college pr my is a Christ-center eparatory school dedicated . t Ar our Kids g This Summer? an activities-based camp open to children turning September 1, 2019 through those going into sixth a range of ding on the ore information or visit t W Y C A SUMMER D AMP a estminster Academy Camp WA is two before are open for ages depen sport. For m call Westminster Acade to equipping