Summer Teen Empowerment Program (STEP)
2026 Summer Teen Empowerment Program
The Laurel Civic Summer Teen Empowerment Program (STEP) is a proactive prevention program designed to reach and engage our teens. We are dedicated to programs that help teens become lifelong learners, leaders, community role models, productive workers, and self-sufficient citizens. Teen empowerment helps support personal growth through character development.
Summer Camp Empowerment Education and Strategies
Financial Literacy
Banking - checking and savings accounts, and money management
Credit - building good credit, credit cards, and the stock market
Planning - retirement, 401k, and other accounts for future financial stability
Career Exploration
Entrepreneurship education through designing and running their own real-time company
Job seeking skills and work readiness training
Actual job interviews with real Publix Super Market managers
Real-life customer service experience and evaluation
Educational and experiential Field Trips
Life Skills for a Lifetime
Toastmasters training/public speaking skills
Etiquette training: business, telephone, office, social, theater, and formal dining with Fins restaurant at Sharky’s on the Pier
Motivational and personal empowerment
Leadership and team building training
Access to the arts
Public Services & Safety
Florida Department of Corrections
Rightful Policing (County Sheriff Dept)
Criminal Justice Academy, Sarasota County Technical Institute
Keiser University, Criminal Justice/Crime Scene Investigation
Child Protection Center
Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center (Sparcc)
Health & Wellness
Outdoor activities with the Conservation Foundation
Team participation and building activities
Nutrition, health and hygiene education
Pregnancy prevention and abstinence education
STD/HIV awareness education
Send a Teen to Summer Camp
For more information, please call 941-483-3338
