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INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger, is pleased to announce that Mr. Todd Rokita, Indiana Secretary of State, will be the keynote speaker at the graduation ceremony for the fourth class of the Hoosier Youth ChalleNGe Academy, a division of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program.
This graduation ceremony will be conducted Saturday, June 13, the gymnasium of the Franklin Community High School, 2600 Cumberland Drive, Franklin, Ind., at 10 a.m.
The National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program, a voluntary, preventive program designed to give at-risk youth a second chance, began in 1993. This class of 73 cadets is the fourth class to graduate from the residential phase of the Indiana program, which began in 2007.
"This program has continued to grow and expand to meet the needs of our Hoosier youth. The 73 young people graduating in this fourth class of the Academy make us so very proud," said Maj. Gen. Umbarger. "This is the kind of success the academy had hoped for, and I think we are just beginning to understand the potential."
The 17.5 month volunteer program is at no cost for at-risk teens and has three phases with the first two phases being in residence in a "quasi-military" environment at the academy.
The 5.5-month residential phase provides training for the cadets in the program's eight core components: academic excellence (with the objective of obtaining a GED), life coping skills, job skills, service to community, physical fitness, health and hygiene, leadership and followership, and responsible citizenship.
"These cadets have gained self respect," said retired Col. Wayne Hill, director of the Hoosier Youth ChalleNGe Academy. "They have learned to live by standards which will assist them in their everyday lives as they move back into their homes and communities. On June 13, I will be very proud to present this graduating class to the State of Indiana."
| Date Taken: | 06.10.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 06.10.2009 13:44 |
| Story ID: | 34832 |
| Location: | INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, US |
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