Greater Joliet Area YMCA Teen Achievers

This Week's Topics: After School: Expectations, Criticism, and Feedback Evening Session: Game Night + Dinner! Join us for a little friendly competition and to take a break from your routine.

This Week's Topics: After School: Identities, Respect, and Love Evening Session: L-O-V-E Languages

Flapjack Fundraiser #1 for the Spring Break trip for our @JTHS_204 and @MCHSDistrict101 students was a huge success! Hundreds of dollars were raised and these students put in work!

This Week's Topics: After School - Let's Duel: Exploring Conflict Resolution Evening Session - Water Cooler Talk: Professional Communication *Senior Meeting This Week!* Remember our @DominicanU local college visit is a week away (Monday, February 17th)! Spots limited.

HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH! Teen Achievers February Theme: REALationships This Week's Topics: After School: Asking for Permission: Exploring Consent Evening Session: Where I End and You Begin: Talking about Boundaries Reminder: Healthy Relationships Workshop on SUNDAY!

These fabulous Teen Achievers from @MCHSDistrict101 completed resumes this week! #AdultingAndStuff

Yesterday our program received an incredible gift from @WeAreMidlandSB and our Achievers at Joliet West H.S. were able to be a part of the presentation. Gifts like this allow us to continue being a part of our students' incredible stories. Thank you, Midland States Bank!

Teen Achievers Topics This Week: After School: Make Your Resume Bae Evening Session: OG Teen Achievers will be coming to speak to you! Can't come to sessions this week? Use Upkey.com to start creating your Resume!

Teen Achievers Topics This Week: After School: Vision Boards + Presentations Evening Session: Resume Work! Remember: Turn in signed parent letter AND some amount toward your registration fee to get your t-shirt and 10-punch pass Y card!

“Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.” - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Happy MLK Day from PSHS BSA! 🖤 #unity

Our Career Workshop on Sunday was fantastic! Thank you to all of the local professionals who shared part of their weekend with us. Huge shout out to the students in attendance - you continue to make us so proud.

Career Workshop SUNDAY! We are very excited about this one, y'all. Open to folks 14-24 years old.

Happy New Year, Achievers! Our next monthly workshop is going to be on JANUARY 12th from 2-4 @ Galo. Come meet, interview, and network with professionals from the medical field, education, arts, entertainment, business, public safety/law, IT, and more!

Reminder: The Galowich YMCA is looking for TAs to help with ToysForTots this week! Wednesday: Starting at 11am Thursday and Friday: Starting at 1pm We will sign off on all volunteer hours. Sending positive vibes to all students who are taking finals this week!

This Week's Topic: -The Science of Happiness: Discovering Your Gratitude Power *Challenge: Post or send us messages (via Twitter or Remind) with something(s) you are grateful for each day from now until Holiday Break!*

"Look at people as icebergs. 90% of who they are lies below the 'water line' - building relationships will lower that water line." Amazing Implicit Bias workshop yesterday! Thank you @TroyCicero for your wonderful facilitation on this immensely important topic.

The Achievers (in partnership w/the Linus Project), w/some help from the Y's Kid Zone kids, helped repair 100+ blankets to be donated to surrounding counties this holiday season! S/O to our TA Community Service Lead, Gabbi, and fellow Achiever Alexys for organizing this event!

This is still a thing! We have more gift cards to give away - Bring your buddies and siblings!

December is here! Are you registered for TAs yet?! Dec/Jan Theme: *Discovering Yourself & Realizing Your Dreams* This week's topics: -Comfort, Growth, Panic: Discovering Your Zones -You're so LUCKY: Discovering Power, Privilege, & Barriers

Join other TAs to give back to your community on Wednesday, November 27th! We will be partnering with the Linus Project to make/fix blankets to donate to kids in need. Project is happening at the Galowich Y from 10-12:30pm. Food, music, and good feels provided.