

Business & Healthcare Both Thriving In The Heartland
On the first “day out”, for 2018-2019 class of Youth Leadership Highlands with the Mason G. Smoak Foundation, we visited Florida...
Grant Karlson


Highlands County is More Than “Farm Country”
On our last day out, I had the opportunity to see parts of our community that I had never seen before. For example, we went to CitraPac...
Ceyarah Veasey


What a Gem!
When my son brought home the application for the Mason G Smoak Youth Leadership Highlands I was unaware of the organization and what it...
Deborah P Wolf.


Eyes Unveiled
My son has participated in the Mason G. Smoak Youth Leadership Highlands for the past two years. The first year, the program provided...
Stacia Deen


Lifetime of Success
My daughter, Aubrey has been a part of the Mason G. Smoak Youth Leadership Highlands Program for the past two years. This opportunity has...
Kerry Lanier


Cow and Citrus
For Agriculture and Environment Day, we got the opportunity to visit the Journal Plaza, the dike, and the Smoak Ranch. Our first stop was...
Sinthia Gomez


Ag & Environment Day
We first visited the Journal plaza. We were told a story about the man who built the plaza against high odds. I learned that through...
Rohin Patel


Tourism & Ag Day “Business & Responsibility"
On our third day out, I was able to get an insight on many historic spots throughout our county. We began at the Sebring Race Track. We...
Lyss Pagani


Why Highlands County?
Last week was Tourism Day for Youth Leadership Highlands. We started the day by arriving at the Chamber of Commerce building in Sebring...
Hannah Girdley


Fun, Informative and Insightful!
My third adventure with the Mason G Smoak Foundation was fun, informative, insightful, (like always). We visited a variety of places...
Jacob O'Neil