Daisha Price’s Gift – Mar 2009

Daisha Price, a student at High Mount Elementary School in Swansea, IL was selected to represent Illinois at the Junior National Young Leaders Conference held in Washington D.C.  

The Junior National Young Leaders Conference or JrNYLC is a program for students entering 6th and 7th grade that takes place in the summer and fall in Wahington D.C.  It is a conference in which young scholars from all over the United States learn about leadership through the lens of American History. Students stay in either hotels or conference centers for six days and visit museums throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area as well as many historical sites including the Vietnam Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial.  The students are divided up among different groups; each named after one of the six leadership traits they study during the conference (goal-setting, teamwork, respect, communication, problem-solving, and character).  The Junior National Young Leaders Conference is part of the Congressional Youth Leadership Council (CYLC), which also holds conferences for scholars in high school both in the United States and abroad.

On March 3, 2009 the SWIL Chapter presented Daisha with a gift of $500 during Mr. Wilkerson’s art class.  It was Mr. Wilkerson who nominated her to attend the conference.  The donation was made to help offset the cost of the trip.  Her parents, Calene and Vinson really appreciated the assistance that we provided.