Youth Section

2020 SPJST Youth Program and to 2021. What a wonderful group of DYCs we have leading the program! Please know, we are planning for a normal year in 2021; however, there is also going to be a “Plan B” in place in the event that COVID-19 continues to keep us separated. 2021 Camp Sessions Leaders-In-Training (LIT)/Teen Camp Wednesday, June 23 to Sunday, June 27 Junior Camp Session One Wednesday, July 7 to Sunday, July 11 Junior Camp Session Two Wednesday, July 14 to Sunday, July 18 State Youth Achievement Day

State Youth Achievement Day will be Saturday, July 31 in Temple. The DYCs are once again planning to host District Youth Achievement Days (YADs) in the districts. Look to the October newsletter for those dates. an excellent opportunity for you to im

year commenced on June 1. The 2021 The deadline for all V ě stník items is 5 p.m. on the first and third Mondays of each month. Send your news and photos directly to: SPJST Youth Program handbooks will be updated this fall and be available for distribution as early as December. With regards to attending the Youth Leaders Workshop, participants will have two SPJST V ě stník Editor options: (1) Attend the workshop in perMelanie Zavodny son at the SPJST Home Office on the P.O. Box 100 morning of Saturday, January 16; or (2) Temple, Texas 76503 Participate in the workshop via GoFax: 254-773-8087 ToWebinar. Youth leaders and assistant Email: vestnik @ spjst.org youth leaders are expected to participate in this meeting. Questions? The youth have an important role to Call 800-727-7578 play in the development of our Society. For that reason, we are also encouraging

This section is dedicated to the youth of SPJST. As part of its membership bene fi ts, lodges that do not have youth clubs to

SPJST o ff ers a statewide youth program. If you or someone you know is interested designate someone to participate in the in learning about opportunities o ff ered to young members of SPJST, please con workshop either in person or online. We tact your local lodge, District Youth Counselor (listed on page 2), or State Fraternal Director at 800-727-7578, or visit www.spjst.org. want to spread the word far and wide of all the SPJST Youth Program has to State Fraternal Youth Leaders Workshop are also encouraged to join in and learn Director shares The 2021 Youth Leaders Workshop will be held at the SPJST Home Office more about the SPJST Youth Program and the important role it can play in the September updates on Saturday, January 16. This training is life of a young SPJST member. District Youth Counselors’ prove your skills as an SPJST youth booster helping youth on their SPJST Youth Development Workshops: New and Improved for 2021 Summer Meeting journey. This 2021 event is earlier in the We are in the construction phase of

Greetings all! Even though COVIDyear than past workshops. The reason the 2021 Youth Development Workshop 19 is still around, District Youth Counfor the change is that our SPJST youth scheduled for Saturday, January 30, selors and I met on Saturday, August 15, year now begins on January 1. In the 2021. Whose invited: Youth leaders, 2020, at Camp Kubena to review our past, you will recall, the youth calendar youth, and parents. To cut down on make adjustments to the program for District youth counselors meet at camp

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District Youth Counselors (DYCs) met at Camp Kubena in Ledbetter, Texas, on Saturday, August 15, 2020. Pictured are, front, left to right, State Fraternal Director Frank Horak, District Four Youth Counselor Laura Pospichal, Acting District Two Youth Counselor Amber Bartek, District One Youth Counselor Hannah Kovar, District Seven Youth Counselor April Haag-Howard, and Camp Kubena Executive Director Rob Clift. BACK: SPJST President Brian Vanicek, Assistant Camp Director Brandon Johnson, Fraternal Services Specialist Tammy Martinez, District Three Youth Counselor Mary Steinman, District Six Youth Counselor Lisa Bubela, and District Five Youth Counselor Melissa Victorick-Brown. travel time, there will be be two workshops — one in the northern part of the state and one in the southern part of the state. Watch for details in the October newsletter.

Camp Chaperone Training

Camp chaperone training for 2021 will be conducted online via GoToMeeting. Chaperones will be able to select from one of two scheduled sessions. Times and dates will be announced at a later date. Please know that it will be necessary for you to join by computer, tablet or smart phone. You will not be able to dial in with a flip phone or landline.

2020 State and District Youth Showcase

Thank you to the many youth who participated in the 2020 SPJST Youth Showcase. Congratulations to all the district winners who were listed in the August 10 Vestnik and the state winners who are listed in this August 24 Vestnik. District Youth Counselors will be working with the youth leaders and district directors to coordinate award presentations. So many wonderful projects! If you haven’t had the chance to see them all, please make a point to visit the www.spjst.org website and go to the “2020 SPJST Youth Showcase.”

2020-2021 State Royalty

Congratulations to our 2020-2021 SPJST State Royalty - King Koby Stone and Duke Everhett Bartek, both of Lodge 47, Seaton in District Two, and Queen Holly Jones and Duchess Mckenzie Burcie, both of Lodge 154, Fort Worth in District Three! I am so proud of you and all your accomplishments this year. This was certainly not how we thought the royalty competition would have been conducted in 2020. It was a learning experience for all of us. I hope our royalty families were surprised when Director of Communication Melanie Zavodny, Fraternal Services Specialist Tammy Martinez, and I showed up to surprise them and present them with their awards. I am hoping the State Royalty will have some events that they can attend at the end of 2020 and into 2021. To see the live, surprise presentations, visit the www.spjst.org website and go to the “2020 SPJST Youth Showcase.”

Vestnik Projects

The October Vestnik Project will be facts about Václav Havel, the first president of the Czech Republic. Youth