Jul 27, 2021
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2020 Rogers Scholar and Barbourville City High School student Emily Brooks and Knox County Judge-Executive Mike Mitchell stand in front of the newly renovated Bennett Park. Brooks organized phase one of a beautification project to revitalize the park for her Rogers Scholars community service project. “This project was very personal to me,” she said. “I grew up playing and riding my bike in this park, which was very close to my home. For the last several years, I have seen it deteriorate to an unsafe and unattractive level. It saddened me to drive by and see the shape it had become. I feel proud to say kids will have a safe, new area to play and families will have a clean area to picnic.” The beautification project was truly a community event – from the first-grade students at Jesse D. Lay Elementary School who helped plant seeds in flower pots to the volunteers who painted, mowed, and removed old equipment left behind in the park. Each
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May 25, 2021
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2020 Rogers Scholar and Corbin High School student Spencer Hays, right, and Ashton Noyes practice martial arts. | Photo contributed
CORBIN â 2020 Rogers Scholar and Corbin High School student Spencer Hays partnered with Jeremy Patton of United Martial Arts to develop a social media anti-bullying campaign for males and females, ages 5-18, in Laurel, Knox, and Whitley counties. The goal was to demonstrate ways to combat bullying while teaching morals to children and teens.
During the course of the nine-month project, Hays was able to reach 1,700 people with nearly 25 social media anti-bullying posts.
âThis project means a lot to me because I was once an uncoordinated, chubby kid. I was shy and bullied into doing things I didnât want to do,â he said. âUnited Marital Arts gave me a place to be myself, and once I learned self-defense, that confidence bled over into other places, such as school. Bullying is awful and by camp
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2019 Rogers Explorers Henry Gillum, Taylor McCarty, and Benjamin Dalton learn how to perform CPR through the nursing major at Morehead State University. Support The Center for Rural Development s Rogers Scholars, Rogers Explorers, and Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute (ELI) on May 11th Kentucky Gives Day by making an online donation to these youth leadership programs. Visit www.centeryouthprograms.com to donate.
Have you ever wondered, What can I do to make a difference in the lives of young people in my community?
Well, you can. On May 11th Kentucky Gives Day, you will have an opportunity to make a positive impact on the youth in your county and throughout the region by supporting The Center for Rural Development s Rogers Scholars, Rogers Explorers, and Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute (ELI).
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