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Regional Youth Summit
Blanding, Utah
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| The Eastern Regional Youth Summit was held in Blanding on May 7-8. The theme was SLASH, Serve Like a Super Hero, and over 90 youth were in attendance, many from the Navajo nation. | ||||||||||
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| Participants were welcomed by an energetic John Paul Murphy, then had the opportunity to get to know each other better at a Hawaiian themed dance. On Saturday morning the youth rotated through three workshops presented by Heidi LeBlanc, Lamar Spotted Elk, and Kristi Tanner. | ||||||||||
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Tauna Larson and the S.A.V.Y. team illustrated the importance of "Who I Am Makes a Difference", and then the youth headed out to participate in one of the following service projects: Letters to the troops--Kids wrote letters to the troops, stationary was provided and they wrote two or three letters each. These have been sent overseas. Trail of the Ancients--Kids helped build trails leading to the different exhibits (hauling gravel, spreading it out and then lining the trails with rocks). Bike Trial--The College of Eastern Utah is making a bike trail in the canyon west of the college, and the kids helped clean up the area so the trails could be put in. Dance with the Senior Citizens--Corsages and boutonnieres were made and presented to the residents of the nursing home and the kids had a fun time dancing and socializing. One boy said "this activity was so neat because the lady I was visiting with said, "You made me smile."
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