Today, more than 450 second and third grade students from Luverne, Brantley, and Highland Home filled the Luverne High School Auditorium. After finishing 10 weeks in the Super Citizen Program, they are gathered to celebrate their accomplishments and honor local heroes from the stage.

“It’s important to get kids involved and recognize the value of giving back to the community,” says Stephen Wilson who was honored today for his work as Acting Director for the Office of Emergency Medical Services for the Health Department.

These students have learned their important roles in America’s future thanks to an immersive experience in civics, character, financial literacy and social studies. And in the closing piece of the program, Torch Teams (or “Helping Hands” for the younger students), students are applying those crucial lessons in the real world. They chose heroes who embodied the traits of amazing citizens and read essays from stage before presenting them with Authentic Liberty Replicas & Liberty Pins. They learned that “when you honor a hero, you become a hero!”

See the Torch Teams & Helping Hands Heroes honored today in the photo gallery below!

Today’s event and the donation of Super Citizen teaching kits was made possible by the Crenshaw County Community Alliance and passionate community sponsors. With their help, we are teaching, inspiring and empowering our Next Great Americans.

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Were you at the event? See the photo gallery below to find yourself, to revisit the magic or watch it unfold for the first time >