Throwback Thursday!

THROWBACK THURSDAY: LEADERSHIP CONNECTION 2013

(In order from left to Right: Jan R., Dylan B., Jesenia V., Claudia J., Desean T. Janet O., Sarah M. & Tim T.)

Hello All! I just wanted to share this picture is from our Leadership Connection for 2013. I am very thankful for being able to be apart of this. On the day this photo was taken we were given the privilege to visit the Barstow's local Fire and Police department. However, when we showed up to the Fire Department the Fire crew was out on call so we decided to take a little impromptu tour of the Mojave River Valley Museum, which is where this photo was taken. At the museum we learned a lot of new things about our hometown and the surrounding areas. This picture is honestly my favorite of them all because that day was truly memorable because we all had fun and truly felt like a little family after it was all over. If you look at this picture very closely the two boys on the left Jan and Dylan are leaning/hovering on/over a cactus... yes, cactus! The rest of us honestly didn't notice until we all looked at all the pictures that were taken at the end of the day. Now, does the young man on the right look familiar? Yes, that's our other Student Ambassador for the Barstow area Tim Togafau! I really hope you guys enjoy this photo as much as I do! 

Leadership Connection is Right Around the Corner..

The Thursdays of the month of April were slated to be our Leadership Connection Planning Meetings. Dezi and I, along with our Career Mentor,Cheryl, had been meeting with the Big Bear Chamber of Commerce to discuss and plan out our May Leadership Connection. We had been figuring out who our speakers will be, where we will be touring, and what aspects of small town careers we want to focus on. At our last meeting, with Teresa attending, we had finally come up with a complete schedule! Our Leadership Connection this year will start off with a Boat Tour and Lunch on the Lake! We will get a tour of the lake and some good food to go with it! Then, off to the Fire Department we go for our next Leadership Connection meet-up, where we get to see the inner workings of the Department and what working with them is like. Our third stop will be the Radio Station, where we will learn all about what it takes to sell, promote, and work with music. Last but not least, we will be having our tour at the Big Bear Hospital and hosting our Completion Dinner. I am so excited to see the final result of all of our planning! I believe that our WIA Students this year are going to have a blast! I cannot thank the local businesses and Big Bearians enough for their kindness and willingness to help us help our youth! I look forward to seeing the local leaders inspire the future ones! More posts about this coming soon! 

-Sarah Avignone and Dezi Guillen