RYE Y LEADERS CLUB AT A 3-DAY LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
“Conference” is most definitely the wrong way to describe the adventure that the Rye Y Teen Leaders Club went on in November. It’s a 3-day Leaders Rally filled with activities, values workshops, climbing towers, dances and a ton of energy. Elizabeth Lugones, a Rye High School Junior, was named as an “Emerging Leader” at the rally, one of thirteen named out of the 250 Leaders from New York to Maine. Elizabeth has also been involved with Rye Y Camp as a Role Model for the past 3 years.
Leaders Club is a self-governed group of high school students that meet at the Y weekly with their advisors (Scott Umbel, Lou Caratelli and Danielle Ybarra). They are united under a common goal of building themselves and each other through teamwork and challenging work. The Leaders work both in the Y and outside the walls within our community in various service projects and leadership roles. They volunteer as mentors with the Ys afterschool program, a workforce at the Hunger Task Force and assist in a number of roles throughout the community. In addition to service hours, the Leaders build through weekly “values” workshops that focus primarily on themselves; growing as a leader and young adults.
Leaders club is one of the oldest and longest running teen programs within the Y movement stemming from the early 1900’s and continuing through today. For more information or to join the Rye YMCA Leader’s Club please contact the teen department at the Rye Y for more information, 914-967-6363. The club is open to any high school students and meets Wednesday at 5:30pm at the Y.
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