American Legion announces its girls state team
Among the delegates are: Rebecca Boyd, Cynthia Huber and Megan Miller of Warren County High School and Amber Hodge of Boyd Christian School. Alternates are Ashley Anderson, Stacy Parkhurst and Sheena Glenn of WCHS and Anna Tittsworth of Boyd.
The 2002 Volunteer Girls State program will be at MTSU June 1-8. Through the auxiliary’s sponsorship, the program is designed as a non-partisan, non-political attempt to teach and instill in young women a love for God and country.
For one week each summer, Volunteer Girls State provides girls who are rising seniors the opportunity to form and run a mock government by meeting, living and working with other young female leaders from across the state.
Delegates spend the week setting up city, county and state governments, which provides experience in the electoral process, both as voters and as candidates. As small communities, the 12 cities formed the first day of the week compete against each other in activities designed to continue citizenship training. Daily assemblies expose delegates to distinguished speakers, other presentations and evening vespers.