SAVE IT! Youth Development

Life is full of choices. No matter how small many of them seem, each choice helps determine whether or not you're going to have the life you want or the life you dread.

Elizabeth’s New Life Center's SAVE IT! Youth Development Program is here to help you develop a positive character by making healthy decisions. Sometimes it seems hard to make healthy decisions, especially if peer pressure, a troubled neighborhood, or an ever-present media makes unhealthy choices look popular, or even glamorous.

It might be hard sometimes, but, like the old saying goes, "Nothing worth doing is ever easy." Is is easy to become a professional athlete? How about a successful singer or rapper? Or a best-selling author? They all take work, discipline, and drive. They all take character developed by healthy choices.

Why risk getting pregnant or an STD? Why damage your reputation or self-esteem with unhealthy choices about alcohol or drugs?

True, it might feel like fun when you engage in risky behaviors, but every decision has a price. You, your life, and your dreams are not worth risking because some people want you to have 'fun' with them. You are a special and unique person, and nothing can change that.