Options & Opportunities: The Choice Program (OOCP)
A nonprofit organization focused on providing life skills and mentoring programs for middle school to high school young adults. OOCP is separated into two primary age groups: the Junior Group (7 - 11 years old) and the Senior Group (12 - 18 years old). The program will form partnerships within the community through local school districts, communities, churches, private organizations, Rotary clubs, business organizations, the Boys and Girls clubs, the juvenile court system and the military organizations (such as ROTC). OOCP’s primary goal is to foster a commitment to young people, promoting self-esteem and goal setting while building self-confidence, strong interpersonal skills through discipline training and teamwork.
Through personal relationships, mentorship, and guidance programs, a sense of individual responsibility will be established and maintained. This connection will allow today’s youth the options and opportunities to gather an understanding of what it takes to form a solid personal work ethic, assist in time management skills, and help the youth establish personal life goals to excel in their adulthood success.
OCCP is committed to creating a safe environment to foster our youths’ opportunities for open communication in order to share their ideas among other youths, counselors, mentors, and much more. This will be taught using JC Cooley’s 4 C’s concept (CREATE, COLLABORATE, COMMIT, with CONFIDENCE); all of which lead to the Big “C”, CHARACTER.