Hunger relief organizations like Loaves and Fishes in Clarksville are used to giving tours to leadership groups. But they aren’t used to giving a tour when the group looks as young as this.
“I definitely didn’t know there was stuff like this here,” said Camden Garlick, a Kirkland High School senior.
Garlick is among a special group of Clarksville 10th, 11th and 12th graders that once a month get to learn about their community outside of the classroom.
“It’s nice to get out of school, but there’s a good reason to get out of school,” said Garlick.
The program is called Youth Leadership Clarksville. Each month, students selected for the program get to learn about a new sector of their community.
“It’s just deepening your information about this community and how it started and how it’s now evolving into something better,” said Janyla Love, a sophomore at Northwest High School.
Just Tuesday, they heard from a panel of faith leaders, toured two nonprofits and visited 5 Star Media Group, a collection of local radio stations. Yolanda Williams runs the parent organization Leadership Clarksville, which also does a similar class for adults.