Today, more than 200 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!”

Mark McDuffie was honored by his daughter and her class.

Veteran Mark McDuffie was honored as a Helping Hands hero by his daughter’s class. “We hear so many negative things about our future,” he said. “But this makes me know we’re going to be OK. We just have to teach them and reiterate what a great country we live in. It means a lot to me that there are programs and organizations out here that make sure this isn’t forgotten about.”

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 and passionate community sponsors. With their help, we are teaching, inspiring and empowering our Next Great Americans.

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