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Badger Boys State Volunteer Service Recognized

30 June 2019 News


(Ripon, WI)…During this year’s 78th session of Badger Boys State a number of volunteers were recognized for their years of service with the program.

Badger Boys State is a youth leadership program sponsored by the American Legion – Department of Wisconsin offering rising high school senior men with a practical program in citizenship. Badger Boys State is unique among the various Boys State programs in that all the counselors are volunteers, with more than 100 people volunteering over a week of their time to serve in various counseling and administrative positions. Annually, Badger Boys State recognizes staff for their dedication to the program.

The following are staff members who were recognized during this year’s program.

Note: An image of each person recieving their award is available upon request.

5 years
Zachary Dickhut (Waupun, WI)
Steve Dubois (Balsam Lake, WI)
Jack Kelly (Franksville, WI)
Mark Kramer (Green Lake, WI)
Montana Leggett (Evansville, WI)
Jerry Letcher (Lancaster, WI)
Garrett Meyer (Kewaskum, WI)
Amon O’Connor (Blain, MN)
Ben Shaver (Chicago, IL)
Ossian Sharp (Lone Rock, WI)
Ethan Wise (Richland Center, WI/Madison, WI)

10 years
Bob Batty (Cedarburg, WI)
Peter Chou (Stanford, CA)
Nick Onopa (Wausau, WI/Arlington, VA)
Nick Schlavensky (Verona, WI)

15 years
Trent Benishek (McFarland, WI/Washington, D.C.)
Jim Hying (Muscoda, WI)

20 years
Herb Kieferndorf (Slinger, WI)

35 years
John Megna (Fernandina Beach, FL)


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