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Smith and McColly Selected To Be Hinsdale's 2022 Girls' State Delegates

The 74th Montana's American Legion Auxiliary Girls State 2022 Program will be held on the campus of Carroll College from June 12 through June 18.

Mattea McColly, daughter of Mike and Heidi McColly, and Ashton Smith, daughter of Kent and Sheena Hubbard, have been selected to be Hinsdale's 2022 Girls' State Delegates. Both girls are juniors at Hinsdale High School.

The American Legion Auxiliary Girls State 2022 Program is a hands-on learning experience about local, county and state government. The delegates may participate in a Mock Trial and debate delegate-written legislation and they elect city and state officials along with two young women to attend Girls Nation in Washington, D.C. the end of July. Delegates to ALA Girls State are selected from girls who have completed their junior year of high school, have an interest in government and current events, show strong leadership abilities, and have high moral character. Local American Legion Auxiliary units sponsor the girls.

Forty nine states support the ALA Girls State program with about 20,000 young women participating in the week-long program of a nonpartisan curriculum. The girls are split into six fictional cities named after gem stones in Montana. Additional activities include a talent show, field trips, journalism, debate and public speaking.

Montana American Legion Auxiliary Girls State Program held their first session in 1938 and it is one of most respected experiential learning programs in the United States. Guided by the principle, "For God and Country" the program epitomizes the Auxiliary's mission to honor those who have brought us our freedom by continuing to train young women to be leaders grounded in patriotism and Americanism.

 

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