National Healthy Living conference

The National Healthy Living Conference:

Located at the National 4H conference center in Chevy Chase Maryland, students from all over the country came to learn about different areas of health and wellness.

Sessions included Health Rocks! a curriculum about tobacco and drug prevention, Bully Busters: and organization that focuses on bully prevention and help, teen distracted driving sessions and nutrition. Youth engaged in lessons and activities and over all learned about how they can impact their communities with the information.

Andrea Barceló: I was able to attend a trip to Maryland for a 4-H youth ambassador conference. This was a really great experience that allowed me to meet new people, learn more about nutrition, and also take something from this to take it back to my community. Several different states attended, which we were able to share our ideas on how we believe we can make a difference not only to youth, but to adults. This was a great way to be able to communicate with other people because there weren’t just teenagers, many adults attended in whom we were able to hear an opinion from. Many schools in other states enhance their education in wellness in various ways . We took several classes such as bullying, texting and driving, and of course nutrition. From these classes we were able to bring it back to our family members, our friends, and our school. This was a great experience to be able to meet new people, learn more while being able to go somewhere I’ve never been to.

Agenda

National Youth Summit on Healthy Living

Thursday, January 9, 2014

• 11:00 AM - Registration & Check-in, National 4-H Youth Conference Center
• 12:00 PM - Healthy Lunch, Clover Cafe
• 1:00 PM - Welcome and Teambuilding Ice-breaker
• 2:00 PM - Healthy Living Workshops A | B | C | D
• 3:30 PM - Break
• 3:45 PM - Healthy Living Workshops  A | B | C | D
• 5:15 PM - Group Exercise Break
• 6:00 PM - Healthy Dinner, Clover Cafe
• 7:30 PM - Healthy Living Showcase

Friday, January 10, 2014

• 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM – Breakfast in Clover Café
• 8:45 AM – Healthy living Workshops E | F | G | H
• 10:15 AM – Break
• 10:30 AM – Healthy living Workshops E | F | G | H
• 12:00 PM – Healthy Lunch, Clover Café
• 1:30 PM – Visit Healthy Living Advocacy Agencies in Washington, DC
• 5:30 PM – Healthy Dinner, Clover Café
• 7:30 PM – Reflect on Agency Visits

Saturday, January 11, 2014

• 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM – Breakfast, Clover Café
• 8:45 AM – Training on Solving Today's Biggest Issues
• 10:15 AM – Break
• 10:30 AM – Training on Solving Today's Biggest Issues
• 12:00 PM – Healthy Lunch, Clover Café
• 1:30 PM – Share Action Plans for Solving Today's Biggest Issues
• 5:30 PM – Healthy Dinner, Clover Café
• 7:30 PM – Evening Tour of Washington, DC

Sunday, January 12, 2014

• 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM – Breakfast, Clover Café
• 8:45 AM – Recap What You Learned
• 11:45 AM – Farewell & Departure*

During the conference we took part in a scavenger hunt around the conference center, we had to use all our resources, and even had to sing a song!

Photo bombed!!

At the end of the conference we had to present a plan for what we would be doing at home with the wonderful information we had learned.

Our Trip included a night time tour of the national monuments with information and facts from a fabulous tour guide.

The Lincoln Memorial, the Korean War Memorial, Martin Luther King Memorial, and the WW2 Memorial.

http://www.nationalyouthsummit.org/healthy-living-conference/agenda/