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 Each
year The Optimist Club of Rolla Missouri sponsors one male student to
attend The American Legion Missouri Boys State
Boys State Isis an eight-day hands
on experience in the operation and fundamentals of government. Missouri Boys State
draws together the best and brightest high school juniors to help lead them
down the path of individual success and leadership through
"doing," not just learning.
One idea
paramount above any other at Missouri
Boys State:
That the individual is the one with the power to change the world. Whether
athlete or politician, journalist or scientist, each and every one of us
has the power to make a difference in the world.
 Using our democratic
system as a basis, we equip the participants, or citizens, each year to
construct their own state, utilizing the core values that hold true in our
everyday lives. We teach the need for competition, the value of public
service, the strength of the individual voice and vote. By reinforcing
these basic American ideals, we help to shape the future of our society.
This is what the American Legion Boys State of Missouri program is all
about.
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