

MGSF Annual Grocery Cart Race
The Youth Leadership Highlands of the Mason G. Smoak Foundation’s annual Grocery Cart Race was a fantastic experience. We were given...
Landon Smoak


Waking up at 4:45 AM
Waking up at 4:45 to drive an hour to be with my best friends is something I’ll never forget. I was tired and grumpy - no doubt. But...
Jacey Pella


Grocery Experience
The grocery race was a great experience because it taught us how to work together as a team to get things done. It was great seeing...
Cash Smoak


Grocery Race
This Sunday, myself and the other YLH members had the opportunity to participate in a grocery race.Prior to the race, we all had to find...
Cali Zimmerman


Government and Education Day 2019
The government and education day was a lot of fun! We started the day off at the courthouse, listening to various speakers who had a lot...
Nicole Blount


Jail Food... What A Day!
Government day really stood out to me out of all of our outings. Over the course of this day, I saw our county’s government at a...
Mariana Chams


Stay Out of Trouble!
Government and Education day definitely gave us all a reason first hand to stay out of trouble. We started the day off at the Sebring...
Kinsloe Barben


Valuable Lessons In Highlands County
During Social Services Day, our second day out, in the Youth Leadership Highlands of the Mason G. Smoak Foundation I learned some very...
Sam Morgan


Help Is Needed
On Social Services Day I learned that there are so many people that need our help in our community. Some of them need people to talk to,...
Brooklyn Hargrove


Highlands County Provides Hope
For Social Services Day we went to Nu Hope Elder Care, Samaritan’s Touch, New Testament Mission, Hope Haven Transitional Housing and New...
Lainey Bynum