Wilkes youths attend Youth Leadership Summit
 | | Troy Colvard (l-r) Melacia Cullars, Tiffany Bowling, and Akeimos Coleman attended a Youth Leadership Summit at Rock Eagle 4-H Center. |
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Tiffany Bowling, Akeimos Coleman, Troy Colvard, and Melacia Cullars, members of the Wilkes Youth Leadership program, attended a Youth Leadership Summit at Rock Eagle 4-H Center. They were accompanied by Dorothy Jordan, Youth Development coordinator for the Wilkes County Community Partnership.
The conference was hosted by Governor Sonny Perdue. Saturday was an orientation day for those attending. At the end of the day the students were divided into clusters where they met the members of their cluster. The day concluded with a scavenger hunt which taught valuable lessons including team work and how to effectively communicate despite possible barriers.
The students met again in clusters on Sunday to discuss various topics such as the similarities between the various problems the different counties of Georgia face. They discussed their upcoming projects which they would be presenting the next day.
Students enjoyed a dance that evening and each county group met to discuss the next day's presentations.
 | | James Cade (left), 12th grade honor student; Akeimos Coleman (center), ninth grade honor student and ninth grade class president; and Ashley Kearney, 11th grade honor student and president of the 11th grade class. |
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The presentations were given on Monday with Wilkes County beginning with an introduction by Troy Colvard. The other members of the Wilkes County team followed with their presentations. They concluded with a statement, their own words, "We will be the change we want to see in Wilkes County!"
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