42 Students Graduate from Eastern Shore Chamber’s Youth Leadership Program
SPANISH FORT, Ala. (February 25, 2019) – Forty-two local sophomores, juniors & seniors are graduating from the Eastern Shore Chamber’s Youth Leadership Program, an intensive seven-month program designed to develop and expand leadership skills by empowering students through seminars, workshops, hands-on activities, team building, community engagement and introductions to community leaders.
Students received their graduation certificates Monday, February 17, 2020 at the 5 Rivers Delta Resource Center.
Throughout the program, students explore topics including law and government, business smarts, health and human services and the environment. Other activities include retreats and community service hours.
Students work as teams to develop small group projects that address key issues, they identify in the community which they presented during graduation. Just a few of the project included creating a voters guide for new voters on how the process works and highlight the candidates running for office, creating a community-wide calendar app that includes all public events throughout Baldwin County, and implementing an easy to understand color code system to sort recyclables.
Students in the program select one individual student who stands out by showcasing the qualities of a leader throughout the program. The 2020 winner of the Spirit of Youth Leadership Award goes to Spanish Fort High School Junior Jack Steudle. He won a $500 scholarship for being recognized with the Spirit of Youth Leadership Award.
The Eastern ShoreChamber of Commerce would like to congratulate the 2020 class for their achievements:
Sophie Barkan
Kate Bezeredi Riley Chapman Katherine Clemons Alex Cook Annalyn Duke Brooke Duplantier Lexi Floyd Trey Hawkins David Head Sara Beth Hill Ellis Hope Audrey Hudson Sophie Jernigan |
Steadman Jones Sophia Larez Haley McClusky Pete McGriff Galey McKelvain Henry McMurphy Rollins McPherson Siyona Mistry Martha Grace Mixson Nolan Myers Margaret Nobles John O’Hara Rafael Olivier Heli Parekh |
Ty Pridgen Crystal Reynolds Jordan Sampson Brinda Shukla Ollie Sinclair Luke Sotelo Jack Steudle Hannah Vincent Harper Walker Walker Watson Lauren West Ty Williams Ellis Witherington Alexa Espinosa - Yanez |
The Eastern Shore Chamber would like to thank the Chamber Foundation’s Workforce Sponsor, Daphne Utilities, Graduation Sponsor Riviera Utilities, and Program Sponsors Bayside Academy, Baldwin County Board of Education and Hot Wheel’s Skate Center.
We also appreciate the committee members who make this program possible: Chairman Diane Anderson – Avizo, Taylor Strunk – Baldwin EMC, Samantha Coppels – Daphne Utilities, Lisa Hastings – Bryant Bank, Loni Jarman – Member at Large, Terri Kinsey – Member at Large, Steve Day – Daphne United Methodist Church and Chase Schmidt – Community Bank.
Applications for the 2020/2021 Youth Leadership Program are now available to download at http://bit.ly/2020YLApplication.
Rising sophomores, juniors and seniors who live or go to school in Baldwin County are welcome to apply by returning the application to the Eastern Shore Chamber of Commerce at 327 Fairhope Avenue, Fairhope, AL 36532 by March 20, 2020.


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