AJM’s Be Your Best Self (BYBS) program is a nationwide outreach aimed primarily at encouraging self-esteem in young people. AJM adopted the program as its platform in 1987, as a way for Junior Misses to share a positive, personal approach to young people and help them lead successful and productive lives.

About BYBS

The program is designed to promote literacy, all-around excellence, and self-esteem in young people.  It allows Junior Misses to reach out to young people and encourage them to make a commitment to being their best selves in areas including academics, physical fitness, morality, character, and  social and civic participation.  It also includes encouraging young people as they face the challenges of negative peer pressure.  Drawing on their own personal experiences, Junior Misses deliver helpful messages emphasizing the importance of setting goals and striving to reach them. 

The Be Your Best Self Promise

• Be Healthy - Be physically fit and drug free
• Be Involved - Serve my community
• Be Studious - Stay in school
• Be Ambitious - Set and achieve goals
• Be Responsible - Live by moral and ethical principles

National Be Your Best Self Week

AJM will celebrate National Be Your Best Self Week on May 4-8, 2009. During National Be Your Best Self Week, Junior Misses all across the nation will visit Boys & Girls Clubs in their areas to share the Be Your Best Self Program with the young people.

For more information about National Be Your Best Self Week, contact your state chairman or AJM Field Director, Nicole Noto, at 251.438.3621.