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its goal was to encourage young adults around the world to embrace self-improvement. over the years, millions of young adults from more than 140 countries have participated in the program. and that brings us back to prince edward. he travels the world, personally attending the award ceremonies. that s why he s here at the governor s residence in nashville, tennessee. it is an hor have you here today and to welcome his royal highness the prince edward, the earl of wessex. and congratulations to all the award winners, as well. the award winners included students, scouts, members from boys & girls clubs, as well as teens from miss america. six years ago, we started this program. i ve been involved for three years, and in that time, we ve grown from one program in california, our pilot, to 30 states and the district of columbia over 7,000 young people taking part this year. this afternoon, we celebrate 85 recipients from tennessee nashville and the greater area who ha
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