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Youth of the Year / Jr. Youth of the Year – ApplicationComponentsFormsCandidate NominationCandidate QualificationsEssaysClub ExperiencePersonal BrandVision for America’s YouthThree Recommendations (YOY Only)Leadership, Character & ServiceAcademic SuccessHealthy LifestyleSupporting Materials TranscriptCandidate PhotoFORM A: CANDIDATE NOMINATIONNominee’s Full Name (First MI Last):________________________________________________DOB (MM-DD-YYYY):________________________________Gender:______________________School Name:_____________________________________School Grade:_____________________________________Tentative College Choice (YOY Only):____________________________Anticipated Career Choice:____________________________Years spent as a Club Member:________________________Years spent as a Club Staff:___________________________Volunteer hours in the last 12 months:_____________What Club do you attend:___________________________What are three words that best define your character: Personal Quote – This should be your own words, not an existing quote:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________FORM B: CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONSAnswer the following Questions (limit each response to 250 characters)Provide the Top 3 Reasons you should be chosen as a Youth of the Year 1.2.3.Provide three examples of your academic excellence, including advanced courses taken, extracurricular academic activities and awards.1.2.3.Provide three examples of your service, including community service projects, service learning projects, volunteerism and activism1.2.3.Provide three examples of your commitment to healthy lifestyles, including sports, fitness, nutrition and attitude toward drugs and alcohol1.2.3.ESSAY INSTRUCTIONSPlease respond to each of the following questions with as much thought and clarity as possible. Essays must be typedon a separate document. Each essay has a character limit of 5,000, including spaces. (This is roughly the equivalent of a two-page document typed in 11-point Times New Roman with 1.5 line spacing.) Please note that essays will be judged based on content, writing style, clarity and grammar. You are encouraged to work with staff members at your Club to develop well-written, compelling essays. Candidates and Club professionals can utilize the Youth of the Year Leadership Curriculum as a resource for developing essays.Essay 1: My Club Experience Describe why you participate in the Youth Center and how the Youth Center has impacted your life. Please share how the Youth Center has helped or challenged you to be the best person you can be. Also include how the Youth Center has helped you become a leader in your Youth Center and community. Provide some specific examples. Essay 2: My Vision for America’s Youth As Youth of the Year, you will be a voice for America’s Youth. Taking that into consideration, describe your vision for America’s youth, including one challenge facing youth today for which you would like to raise awareness. How you would you address it? Essay 3: My Personal Brand A personal brand is accepting yourself for who you really are, helping others remember what is important to you, and your reputation in the mind of others. The first step in creating a personal brand is to get to know yourself and what is important to you. Describe your personal brand using the following guidelines: 1) words that describe you, 2) values that are important to you, 3) unique skills or strengths you possess and 4) passions that you care about.RECOMMENDATION INSTRUCTIONS (YOY Only)The National Youth of the Year is primarily selected on the basis of the candidate’s leadership experiences and potential, character, commitment to community service, standards of academic achievement, and commitment to leading a long-term healthy lifestyle. The purpose of these letters of recommendation is to clarify how the candidate exemplifies the qualities of a National Youth of the Year in each of the categories. Caring adults who can directly comment on the candidate’s experiences and abilities in each area should be asked to write recommendations. Please include contact information for each letter writer. Letters should be scanned and submitted through the online portal as attachments.Leadership, Character and Service RecommendationThis letter should be written by a Club professional. Please ask letter writer to place letter on Club/ Organization letterhead, and please include signature, title and e-mail address. Please discuss the candidate’s suitability to hold the title of National Youth of the Year, with a particular emphasis on his/her commitment to leadership, character and community service. Address the candidate’s values, interests, goals, ambitions and experiences as a leader and team member within the Club community. You are encouraged to include Club, family, school, service and other leadership experiences as examples to highlight the candidate’s potential for future leadership success.Academic Excellence RecommendationThis letter should be written by a teacher or school administrator. Please ask the letter writer to place on official letterhead, as appropriate, and to please include signature, title, e-mail address and physical school address. Please discuss the candidate’s suitability to hold the title of National Youth of the Year, with a particular emphasis on the candidate’s academic performance, intellectual capabilities and prospects for future academic success. Discuss the candidate’s academic achievement levels, analytical skills and ability to overcome academic challenges, as well as related obstacles that may have impacted his/her overall academic achievement. It is appropriate to discuss the candidate’s academic goals and the levels of grit and resilience that they apply in pursuit of strong academic performance. Please include specific examples of how they have worked to overcome academic obstacles and pursue a high level of academic excellence.Healthy Lifestyles RecommendationThis letter should be written by a non-family-member adult who can speak to the candidate’s commitment to living and promoting healthy lifestyles. Please ask the letter writer to include their relationship to the candidate and to include signature, title as well as an e-mail address. As National YOYs are selected for their potential over a lifetime, one important criterion is their ability to meet the physical fitness demands required by an active lifestyle. Satisfying this standard does not require evidence of achievement in organized sports, but the applicant should be able to demonstrate that they lead a healthy lifestyle that will enable them to make an effective contribution to the world around them and serve as an ambassador who promotes this priority outcome to other youth. Please discuss the candidate’s suitability to hold the title of National Youth of the Year, with a particular emphasis on their commitment to physical fitness, nutrition and living a healthy lifestyle. This may include participation in sports, fitness and nutrition-related experiences, as well as avoidance of alcohol and drug consumption, abstinence, peer education in these areas, or other characteristics associated with building lifelong healthy habits.SUPPORTING MATERIALSTranscriptYou will need to request from you school a copy of the most up to date transcript to demonstrate your academic standing and success for consideration to be YOY and JYOY.Candidate PhotoYou will need to submit a headshot (print or digital) ................
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