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Orientation set for 'Distinguished Young
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December 30, 2011 |
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Madison
Denise Leonard, Hayden Lake, was
astounded that a small-town girl from
North Idaho could ever be selected the
very first "America's Distinguished
Young Woman," in 2010. She is now
studiying fine arts at Pepperdine
University, Malibu, California. |
The Bonners Ferry Distinguished Young Women's
Scholarship program is currently accepting
applications from high school girls in Boundary
County who will graduate high school in 2013.
This year's program takes place March 24 in the
Becker Auditorium at Bonners Ferry High School,
and an orientation meeting will be held
Thursday, January 5, in the high school library.
Young women interested should visit
http://www.distinguishedyw.org/ and click
"participate." There is no entry fee, and all
ladies who are currently high school juniors,
set to graduate in 2013, who are legal citizens
of the United States, and who've never been
married or pregnant are encouraged to apply.
Known for many years as "Junior Miss," the list
of program alumni of the Bonners Ferry
Distinguished Young Women program is a veritable
who's who of the best and brightest, women
who've gone on to become community leaders here
at home or to shine in their chosen career field
and in the places life has taken them. Many of
those who've benefited in the past will be
side-by-side with this year's participants,
mentoring, sharing what the program gave them,
helping the girls "Be Their Best Self."
During the competition, participants will have
the opportunity to learn about and shine in
fitness, public speaking, personal interview,
scholastics, on-stage talent and more, and will
gain much more than the opportunity for
scholarships to further their education ... the
skills each girl will gain will serve her well
for life, regardless of what her future holds.
The Bonners Ferry winner will advance to the
Idaho State Distinguished Young Women
competition, where she'll have the chance to
earn even more scholarships, and the winner
there will travel to Mobile, Alabama, where
she'll participate in personal development
activities and community service projects prior
to competing to become Distinguished Young Woman
of America, 2012, and a share of more than
$125,000 in cash scholarships.
In 2010, Idaho's Madison Denise Leonard, Hayden
Lake, and now attending Pepperdine University
after have earned more than $50,000 in
scholarships and prizes, became America's very
first national Distinguished Young Woman in the
first year after the Junior Miss program,
established in 1958 and the oldest and largest
scholarship program for high school girls in the
United States, was renamed.
While the chance to win is never forgotten,
perhaps the greatest thing to be said about the
Distinguished Young Women program is that no
young woman who's ever participated has ever
lost.
To find out more, contact Summer MacDonald at
(208) 267-3624 or by email at
rs.macdona@gmail.com, or visit the
Distinguished Young Women website,
http://www.distinguishedyw.org. |
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