Dr. Jeffrey Dormu with Motivate Me For Life

Join me for my conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Dormu, President of Motivate Me For Life and Vascular Surgeon. The Mission of Motivate Me For Life is to change and save children's lives. Resiliency in children is enhanced through the values and philosophies taught through life skills training. Specific goals of the program are to encourage children to resolve the conflicts of life productively, avoid participating in gangs, choose drug-free lifestyles, remain in high school and usher them to their next level of education. We will help youth determine what their dreams and goals are and develop plans to achieve them. Life skills & self esteem training serves as the vehicle to instill the values and skills necessary to combat the peer pressures of society (i.e. drugs, gangs, etc.) through counseling tutorials, physical activities and recreation. The philosophy of "motivate me for life" stresses the vital importance of a healthy mind and body which is necessary to lead a productive life. Motivate me for life's! desire is to replace many missing elements of our students lives including offering role models and authority figures, assisting them in setting and reaching goals, physical and mental conditioning and most importantly a feeling of hope for the future and gelief in themselves. Studies have shown that drug and gang related peer pressure is the worst on the sixth grade level. We are confident that this program will provide the necessary tools for these youth .