It is an annual tradition that the Youth
Leadership Council Members assist with decorating the community for Christmas.
The YLC members feel this is an important activity that they enjoy being a part
of each year. They are able to complete the decorating in a couple of different
ways.
One way they help decorate the community
is by lighting the tree in the Keosauqua
City Park.
For the last 3 years middle school YLC members volunteer their time to help the
Keosauqua Light and Power put the lights on the tree in the park. This can be
challenging sometimes as the tree is rather large and there are a lot of lights
that need to be detangled and put on the tree. This year the following 8th
grade YLC members helped with this project: Conner Fuller, Thayne Runyon, Myla
Zimmer, MeKenzie Rodibaugh, Lauren Cochenour, Brooke Dunkin and Daisy Cole.
YLC members are also involved in decorating
a tree for the Festival of Trees each year. This is an exciting project because
the members know that the proceeds from their tree go toward a local charity to
help those in need in our community. The students collect decorations
throughout the year to complete the look of their tree. This year they had a
gold and red theme that adorned their tree, they hope that their tree will
bring quite a bit of money to help out the Christmas for Kids Project. The YLC members who assisted with the
festival of trees project this year were: Cheyenne Schmitter, Morgan Schmitter,
Brooke Metcalf, Hannah Sprouse, Grace Thomas and Aimee Simons.
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