Today, 250 students filled the Mulkey Elementary 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.
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 Geneva County Community Alliance. With their help, we are teaching, inspiring and empowering our Next Great Americans.
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 >
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- Graham & Baylor lead their classmates in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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- Myles tells us all why he chose his mom Amber Aplin as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Geneva County Commissioner Bart Wilks is honored as a Helping Hands hero by Myles.
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- Bella honors her dad Shane Davis as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Corbitt honored his granddaddy William Bird as a Helping Hands Hero and his mom Nikki accepted on his behalf.
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- Sergeant Perez Bruner is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Treyson
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- Kolten tell us all why he chose Senator Donnie Chesteen as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Jamele Daniels is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Lindsy
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- Sadie tells us all why she chose her Aunt Cindy Lamb as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- LeeAnn Fink is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by her son Trooper.
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- Reagan honors Sirena Fleming as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Mayor David Hayes is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Madilynn
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- Sheriff Tony Helms is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Arial.
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- Nico honors Officer Michael Hornsby as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Cathryn Jones is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Harper Kate.
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- David King is honored by his grandson Tucker as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Gunter honors his dad Correction Officer John Lindsey as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Staff Sergeant Christopher Mark McDuffie is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by his daughter Mary Kate
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- Parker tells us why she chose her Uncle Lieutenant Colonel Brant Mims as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Roger Miller is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by his granddaughter Layla.
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- Hadley honors Lisa Mixon as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Chief Pepper Mock is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Annsley Grace.
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- Lilly honors her mom Samantha Morris as a Helping Hands Hero
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- Steven Rodriguez is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by his son Maddox.
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- Principal Jami Seay is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Alexa
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- Carolyn & Ricky are honored as Helping Hands Heroes by their granddaughter Lia
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- Dean honors his mom and dad Chelsie & Clay Smith as Helping Hands Heroes.
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- Ryan Tidwell is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by his son Harrison.
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- Tyce honors his mom Katie Warren as a Helping Hands Hero.
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- Superintendent Ron Snell is honored as a Helping Hands Hero by Myles
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- Cooper and his friend Myles honor his mom Mary Grace Caldwell as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Stephen Crews is honored as a Torch Team Hero by his daughter Blakely and her friend Halen.
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- Bryant & his friend Leyton honor his mom Kellie Fulford as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Amber Mock is honored as a Torch Team Hero by her daughter Kyla and her friend Lily
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- Brother Steve Skidmore is honored as a Torch Team Hero by Claire & Kinly
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- Addy and her friend Emma honor her dad Andrew Armstrong as a Torch Team Hero.
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- Erica Wright is honored as a Torch Team Hero by her son Braxton and his friend Collin.
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- Charlee & her friend Marlee honor her mom Haley Hayes as a Torch Team Hero
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- Mulkey Elementary School Helping Hands & Torch Team Heroes!