明日之光的學生參加夏季國際領袖培訓班
2020年11月，美中下一代基金會明日之光公益獎平台正式成立並得到華人社區的積極響應。平台的職責之一是傳播各個團隊的事迹和經驗，共大家學習，交流和參考。
明日之光First Step團隊的發起人兼負責人Annie Lin今年夏天參加了一個競爭力很強的國際領袖培訓班（Rising Sun international summer program in leadership）。這篇文章的主要內容是培訓班的Helene Mattera, Executive Director專門為Annie寫的新聞發布稿。來自美國和其它25個國家共60位高中女生被選拔入營並授以全額獎學金，新聞稿對這個項目有比較詳細的介紹。Annie和家人認為她今年能獲此殊榮，除了自己的努力之外，與明日之光平台的大力支持分不開。他們希望將此經歷和大家分享，讓更多的華裔學生和家長都能了解這個項目並積极參与。
Local Student Participates in International Leadership Program
The Louis August Jonas Foundation is pleased to report that Annie Lin has successfully completed the highly selective and demanding 4-week Rising Sun international summer program in leadership. Established in 1930 and in operation for over 80 years, the Rising Sun program develops in promising teenagers, ages 14-18 from around the globe, a commitment to making positive contributions to their communities and the world through compassionate, responsible leadership, intellectual and artistic growth, valuing diversity and developing a spirit of giving.
The Louis August Jonas Foundation selects up to 60 teenagers each season to attend a summer program with full scholarship in Rhinebeck, New York. Students assume positions of leadership each day and, with some guidance from a member of the staff, run the daily operations. Students determine the schedule, assign work responsibilities, oversee the activities, account for the whereabouts of all participants at all times, respond to unplanned occurrences, and develop special events.
A typical day includes student and staff led instructions, campus improvement projects, an evening program, and self-structured activities during which students may participate in athletics, practice music, play chess, read, write in their journals, continue their work on an instruction or project or develop an idea for an evening program. In addition to the typical activities, the students publish a journalism project, participate in performing arts activities, experience an overnight hike away from campus, create in the visual arts, and participate in traditional program celebrations.
Among the highlights of this program is the opportunity of coming to know teenagers from all over the United States and more than 25 different nations of the world. Program activities are designed to maximize the opportunity for participants to get to know one another. As remarkable as their cultural, experiential and geographical differences are, even more striking is the similarities of their family values, love of learning and adolescent explorations of that which makes life meaningful.
Alumni from the decades of our program』s existence report that they learn at Rising Sun that they are capable of implementing their ideas and making a difference in their communities and in the world, where they become compassionate leaders. They value the connections they make with their fellow program participants and form friendships that endure for decades.
The program staff reported that Annie Lin was a stellar program participant, who we predict will take the lessons from the Rising Sun program and have an impact in school, college and beyond as a thinker, a leader and an agent of positive change.
Annie Lin 經過嚴格選拔，進入了這個她期待的暑期夏令營。
Annie hopes to learn how to be a better leader and role model. She is excited to apply what she learns this summer to the leadership of her community service team, First Step。
