COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Program APPLICATION PROJECT RE-GENERATION HUMAN RESOURCES EMAIL ADDRESS NAME: LAST FOR H.R. DEPARTMENT USE DATE OF BIRTH AGE FIRST Rejected D at e D at e Educ. Incomplete Late Availability Accepted 677 Lafayette Ave OTHER NAMES USED: CURRENT NEIGHBORHOOD (E.G. BED-STUY): Brooklyn, NY 11233 718.684.1014 MAILING ADDRESS: # STREET APARTMENT # CITY: STATE: ZIP CODE: HOME PHONE: Sex Male Other Comments: ALTERNATE PHONE: PLEASE CHECK ALL THE CONDITIONS YOU’RE UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE Female How did you hear about PR-G? After-school _____________________________________________________________________ Part-Time _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ What careers are you interested in? _____________________________________________________________________ FAMILY DOCTOR: ________ DR. PHONE: Temporary Weekends ROP FAMILY HEALTH PLAN: EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION: POLICY NUMBER: If “YES” complete the following: Mother’s Full Name: MEDICAL CONDITIONS: Emergency Contact Person & #: Relationship: PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS: Are you a high school graduate? YES NO If yes, are you in college? YES NO Can you obtain the following? Most Recent Report Card High school Name: Name of School(s) Attended Address: City, State: Current High School Transcript Yes Yes No No If no why? Bed Stuy’s Project Re-Generation, Inc. Rites Of Passage (ROP) ROP Program Overview Program purpose: To assist the educational system by providing basic knowledge and experience, which will prepare urban youth for adulthood. Activities: 42 hours - Financial literacy, health, life prep, relationship, & urban community Workshops 84 hours - Conduct all aspects of a community project & PR-G's Newsletter 36 hours - Volunteer/Work Opportunities 21 hours - Exercise/self defense The ROP program will focus on PR-G’s three values: I. Hard Work Youth Always Committed To Outstanding Restoration (YACTOR): Our aim is to give young adults a sense of pride in their community by beautifying it. Participants will be responsible for cleaning the sidewalks, gutters and yards of the community. Internships & Volunteer Experience: Participants will gain practical experience within one or two diverse professional environments, aimed at developing various skills (see below). Focus Points: A) B) C) D) E) F) Discipline: punctuality, assignment completion, and quality of work. Commitment: attendance, and assignment/task completion Teamwork: work with peers, goal-setting, respect, fairness, patience, and tolerance Responsibility: completion of time card, and time management Goal Setting: identify, strategize, outline and measure Skills: practical office experience including: MS Office, proper operations of phones, copiers, printers and fax machines. II. Community Care Youth will be responsible for brainstorming, creating an action plan, implementing and evaluating one community service project. III. Personal Development – workshops topics include but are not limited to the following: Health & Nutrition: Nutrition: – Reiki and Jinshinjitsu. Healthy Relationships: Sex Education & Disease – symptoms, signs, alternative protection, & options; Sugar blues & fast foods, Cleansing, healing, fasting, juicing, raw foods; energy work Police confrontation, Relationships in the black community, Love of self, friends & Family, and Romantic or Dating Relationships Life Preparation: Campus visits, research majors; the commitment, responsibility, and social life Urban Community: The Concept of Man/Woman hood, African Culture Financial literacy: Goal Setting, Basics on Banking, Checking & Savings accounts, Importance of Credit, and Investments. February begins Phase I of ROP 2004. Sessions will be held on Tuesdays from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. and Saturdays 12:00-5:00 p.m. (subject to change). Participants are responsible for completing their required volunteer and YACTOR hours. Availability: Can you commit to PR-G’s ROP program, knowing that it will require nearly all of your Wednesdays from 4:30p.m. through 7:00p.m. and Saturdays from 11:30p.m. to 5:00p.m. for a five month period. Please Circle Yes ___________________________________ No if no, state why? state why? Can you commute from school or your home to Manhattan and Bed Stuy? Please Circle Yes ___________________________________ No if no, Would you be willing to perform community service by cleaning up selected areas in Bed Stuy? Please Circle Yes No if no, state why? state why? ____________________________________________ Are you willing to exercise at least once a week throughout the program? Please Circle Yes ____________________________________________ No if no, Please complete the entire application, N/A where not applicable. If you need more space, attach another sheet. 1. What do you think is one of the main problems that affect youth and/or adults in your community? Please, describe the problem and its causes. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ _______ 2. How could this problem be solved? How could you be involved in addressing this issue? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ _______ 3. Why are you interested in community service? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ _______ 4. Have you ever participated in an after-school program and if so which one(s)? ______________________________________________________ _______ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ 5. What are some of the skills, insights, and/or experiences you have gained by participating in these programs? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ _______ Mail you applications to: Bed Stuy’s Project Re-Generation, Inc. The Magnolia Tree Earth Center 677 Lafayette Ave Brooklyn, NY 11216