The
final Youth Council session of the academic year has come. During this Youth
Council we Geo-cashed to the different destinations that the students had to go
to. We first geo-cached to the library where the students had their leadership
lesson/recap of how they are working in their individual school groups in
developing their ‘Come Together Clarion’ projects and community service. We also asked who the
leader in the geo-caching groups was and who the followers were. The word
‘follower’ sometimes has a negative connotation but we also stressed to the
students that everyone cannot be a leader; too many leaders in a group can
create an inevitable conflict.
We
also had a speaker by the name of Shelly Wilson from the University to talk to
the students about finances. Finances are extremely important, having good
credit, “rainy day funds”, having job consistency, paying your bills on time
etc. She was extremely informative and the students appreciated her coming.
Lastly,
we wrapped up by discussing what the students were doing in their communities
and what they planned on doing for ‘Come Together Clarion.’ We also discussed
any issues or problems they were having and how to solve those problems. Some
of the schools felt as if their group was too small and they wanted to
collaborate with all the schools.
