

Highlands County Cares
Social Services day was filled with a bunch of hidden treasures that I have drove past many times. I never once realized what any of the...
Joshua Farless


Connected To The Whole World
On Wednesday, February 20th, our YLH class went on our Ag Day Out. To start the day off, we visited Happiness Farms in Lake Placid. We...
Mara Elder


Why We Do What We Do
Today was our AG Day. Our first stop was at Happiness Farms owned by the Phypers. We learned about the process that Caladium bulbs go...
Chance Smoak


Keeping Our Roots Planted
Our Agriculture and Conservation day was very interesting and educational. At the beginning of our day we walked around the town of Lake...
Brianna Pratts


Tight Knit Highlands County Yet Huge!
On Thursday, January 24, 2019, the Youth Leadership Highlands of the Mason G. Smoak Foundation set out to learn about the variety of...
Sophia Sigrist


Beautiful Highlands County
On January 24, 2019 the YLH class VIII had our Tourism day on the North side of Highlands County. Our first stop was the Sebring...
Rachael Peitz


Small Town Discoveries
Today’s “adventure” was a special one! I was able to witness amazing things that my county is blessed with that not many other people can...
Malakiah Ray


Tourism Day Out
On our tourism day out, I go to learn a lot about different places in our community. For example, I didn’tknow that there was a museum at...
John Allen Rogers


Opportunities for Success
My November trip with YLH taught me a lot about business in Highlands County. I learned that just because we aren’t a huge city with...
Walker Dressel


My Horizons Have Been Broadened
Youth Leadership Highlands Class VIII went to Florida Hospital, CitraPac, the Sebring Soda Shop, and Agero on our Business and Health...
Hannah Loomis