Sparta Students Plan To Get Involved After The Pass It Along Youth Conference

Written by: Chloe Maher

The Pass It Along Youth Conference occurred on Wednesday, October 3rd, at Sussex County Technical School. It was a day-long event and students who attended had loads of fun and unique experiences throughout the day!

To start off the day, there were numerous community service activities set up for participants, like packaging soap to send to impoverished families. Students also wrote cards with positive messages written on them intended to be sent to teens who really needed them.

Next, to get students in a good mood and ready to start the planned ventures and bonding activities, the organizers held a joke competition to see who could tell the best joke. It sent students into fits of laughter and certainly woke everyone up!

After this, students ventured off with their groups, made up of students from various schools, where they learned more about one another in a team bonding activity- having the option to answer either a deep, personal or a light-hearted question.

There were many highlights throughout the Pass It Along Youth Conference. One of which was a hypnotist! In my opinion, this was one of the best, not to mention, unexpected parts of the day. She requested that students make themselves comfortable and for her to do her job. After the hypnotist, many walked away in a happy daze. Sophomore Alex Gerb said she’d never thought about meditation and would definitely try it again based on her experience!

During the Youth Conference, the Pass It Along club leaders had students vote on which service projects they’d like Sparta to do this year. Sparta decided upon Tilly’s Kids as their main project, same as the previous year.

The Pass It Along Youth Conference this year was a great experience and I’ll absolutely participate next year. Sophomore Becca Nigro agrees. She says that she’ll be making an effort to get involved this year and thought the youth conference was "fun.” If you’re looking to get involved with Pass It Along but don’t have much time, know that you can do as many or as few events as you like over the course of the year- but they’ll unquestionably be worth your while!

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