South Shore Foundation Grants Funds for Girls & Boys State Delegates
June 2003

Delegates to Girls State, Boys State, and their sponsors are receiving additional financial support this year from the South Shore Foundation. Up to $750 has been set aside through a grant to assist traditional sponsors in sending six delegates to Girls State, one from each South Shore area high school, and six delegates to Boys State on the same basis.

Girls State and Boys State are programs held on an Arkansas college campus for a week each summer. The delegates attending are high school juniors, who will put into practice the principles of democracy by operating mock governments, including campaigning and elections.

The South Shore Foundation decided earlier this year to donate funds to both Girls State and Boys State programs. Approached first by the American Legion on behalf of Boys State, the Foundation then offered to equally fund Girls State delegates.

Girls chosen as delegates this year from South Shore Schools include Flippin: Jennifer Carleton and Lynlee Davis; Bergman: Marlena Ford and Mandy Wallace; Omaha: Crystal Cheek, Kristen Blevins, and Amber Christy.

Boys chosen as delegates this year from South Shore Schools include Bruno-Pyatt: Raymond Michael Harris; Flippin: Carl Wayne McBee; and Omaha: Joel Travis Tindall and Tony James Periman

Those needing further information about attending Girls State or Boys State may contact their school counselors or the South Shore Foundation at 800-775-6682.

South Shore Foundation is the charitable foundation of NATCO. The foundation provides grants to nonprofit groups and agencies for projects of educational advancement, environmental preservation, economic development and community betterment. For more information, contact South Shore Foundation at 800-775-6682.