By Marjorie Alexander | Outreach Manager
It has been an amazing summer! Our 2014/2015 president Samantha Cano has left Tree Musketeers in the very capable hands of our new president Talia Gerard.
You may be familiar with the last name as her brother Adam Gerard was president during 2013/2014 and went to South Korea to speak at a youth empowerment conference in 2012. Talia has been on the YMT for eight years, has given spoken and given presentations at many events hosted by Tree Musketeers and other groups and currently has a medical internship at the University of Southern California.
As for the our incoming youth leaders, we had a huge class for our LEAD courses in July & August! In LEAD students learn personal, people & management skills that help prepare them for the real world. Students mostly enjoyed the eating for success course, learning all about proper table ettiquette while still have a tasty meal. They also learned about budgeting, how to behave while meeting new people and tips & tricks for business interviews and speaking engagements! We can't wait for them to go out into the real world and have successes with all they learned.
During our speech contest, LEAD's culminating event, we had some outstanding orators. Komal Joshi won first place and Youth Manager Fernando Aguilar recieved second place. From that course we recieved three new recruits, Lucas Glastetter and Ashley & David Lawson, for the Youth Management Team and have spent the last month getting to know them. We feel they hold great promise for all the work they will accomplish in the years to come.
What are our YMT up to next? We are gearing up for our 3rd Annual Make a Difference Day Celebration. We will be performing litter and invasive species removal at our Trees to the Sea. Over a hundred volunteers are expected including teams from Chevron, Rotary, Key Club and Xceed Financial Credit Union.
The entire community is invited to come out and take part on our teams, lead by our Youth Leaders and Adult Partners, on Saturday, Octobrer 24th.
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