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YMCAs Gear up for Youth & Government Program
The YMCAs of New Hampshire held their annual New Hampshire Youth & Government Program on Friday/Saturday April 7 & 8. The program involved 27 schools*, 350 high school students and 50 school advisors and YMCA volunteers. Two major phases of the program are held in March or April each year. The Pre-Legislative Training Session was held on Saturday, March 18, and the two-day Model Legislature was held at the state capitol building in Concord.
At the Pre-Legislative Session held on March 18, students elected state officers for the 2006 Youth and Government Program. Officers included: Youth Governor, Eoghan Kelley, Gorham; Senate President, Jean Kim, Nashua; Speaker of the House, Amanda Pelletier, Nashua; and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Sonja Rivera, Newport.
Executive Councilor, Raymond Burton, and Henry Veilleux of Sheehan & Phinney Capitol Group serve as Co-Chairs of New Hampshire’s Youth & Government program. Corporate sponsors for the 2006 program are KeySpan Energy, FPL Energy Seabrook Station, and Waste Management, Inc.
The YMCA Youth & Government Program gives high school students the opportunity to learn first-hand about state government by actively participating in a two-day mock legislative session. The program begins each year with 12 District Caucuses organized by YMCA staff throughout the state. District caucuses represent the organizational start of the program by registering delegates, reviewing the Youth & Government handbook, electing regional officers and discussing potential legislation.
For further information on YMCA Youth & Government please contact Debi Clark Valentine, Director, at the Greater Manchester Family YMCA, (603) 623-3558 ext. 291 or email dvalentine@gmfymca.org .
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For more information contact Dianne Rappa, NCYMCA Executive Director:
Phone: 603-747-3508
Director@NorthCountryYMCA.org
Fax: 603-747-2408 PO Box 123
Bath, NH 03740
Make checks payable to NCYMCA.
