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EXECUTIVE SUMARY Recreation is an important component that has been shown to have significance in the social development of everybody, from youths to senior citizen's lives. Many educators consider recreation to be an indispensable element of the core curriculum of schools and as a vital component to the education of all children. Studies have shown recreation courses to be helpful in creating a better understanding of living skills with high levels of tolerance between children of different backgrounds. Recreation can heighten children's self-esteem on an individual basis. The elevated concept of self, through the study of cultural diversities, particularly using the vehicle of recreation, was shown to be conducive to a better learning and living environment in the inner city. The children within the program, especially of low-income families, need quality recreational activities in their lives in order to promote social acceptable skills. The Gents Junior Management Program offers the participants challenging, educational and fun activities, which are rewarding to the youth and to society in general. To address the need for recreation in the lives of disadvantaged children and adults Joe Rodriguez, President approached the Gents to initiate such a project. Recreation programs have been designed to emphasize many educational and independent living skills as objectives. The overriding, themes facilitate and encourage children and adults to live and learn together through recreational activities. As individual activities are enhanced, children will also develop better independent living skills. Important parts of The Gents' program are lectures, field trips, and recreational demonstrations. It is conceivable that some of the youth will become recreational professional experts on aspects of the recreational experience or simply citizens who are in need of recreational activity participation through the Gents' project. The project is designed to encompass recreational instruction by skilled adults and mentors as well as related field trips to special sites of cultural significance. Children take part in approximately 60 hours per week without grown-ups even knowing about their participation. Through this program, skilled adults will supervise the activities. The recreational program model has been in existence for over a century in the United States. It is safer to state that this project can