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Adopt 14 resolutions recognizing the outstanding young men and women who attended the 2019 American Legion Boys State and American Legion Auxiliary Girls State summer leadership programs
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
Chair Vasquez requests that the Board adopt 14 resolutions recognizing the outstanding young men and women who attended the 2019 American Legion Boys State and American Legion Auxiliary Girls State summer leadership programs.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Each year, outstanding high school juniors are selected by the Rago Christopher American Legion Post 165, of Vacaville, and the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 165 and Dixon American Legion Post 208 to attend Boys State and Girls State summer leadership programs. For more than 75 years, the program has offered hard-working students the opportunity to learn about the rights, privileges and responsibilities of our citizens. The training objectives focus on city, county and state government structure and places attendees in the position of being elected to various offices and holding mock legislative sessions, court proceedings, assemblies and more.
The 2019 Boys State and Girls State attendees include: Vacaville High School students Reid Digman, Austin Morgan and Avery Bernard; Vanden High School students Anthony Mendoza, Harkeerat Singh, Sarah Bergendahl and Hao Tran; Vacaville Christian High School students William Rivers and Lilya Gardner; Buckingham Charter Magnet High School students Mason Hall, Patrick Khoury and Cecilia Ochoa; Will C. Wood High School students Khanh Nguyen and Emily Torres.
The Rago Christopher American Legion Post 165, Dixon American Legion Post 208 and American Legion Auxiliary Unit 165 will honor these outstanding students during their annual Youth Recognition Night, to be held Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, at the Vacaville Veterans Memorial Hall.
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