As a Kid, I grew up hearing "God work in mysterious ways." Growing up I really didn't understand that quote, but now I understand very well. Hey, I am Keavonte, the Youth of the Year for The Center of Hope at Thomasville Boys and Girls Club. Being Youth of the Year is great and come with a lot of wonderful opportunities, which is a lot of hard work. My adventure to become Youth of the Year started about two years ago.
It all started July 26, 2015, at my baby sister 9th birthday party. That was a great day; my whole family was at my house having fun exceptionally my goofy uncle, he was lit. My cousin and I were playing the PS4 and my uncle come in joking. All three of us were at like always, but I guess that day was different. My uncle was …show more content…
I asked my mom "why was I up here and my dog?" She said "your uncle..." and I completely lose it. Without letting her finish, I went on a rampage. I started pushing and breaking things that were in my view, at that moment I didn't care about anything else. I just wanted my uncle back. For three days, I was starving myself and wasn't sleeping. I went to every house I knew my uncle hang-out at, looking for answers.
My mom was so worried that I would do something crazy: she signed me up for a Boys and Girls Club. Part of me didn't want to go there, but another part did in order to get me out my grandma's neighborhood after school. I started going every day after school, and gained to love it. The staff there became my new family. They helped me clam down and they got me back the right path. The teen director became one of my new mentors. Everything activity, program, and club, he had signed me up. He had me join a lot of activities which helped me so much.
One of the things he signed me up for was Youth of the Year. Youth of the Year is program were one teen from each Metro Atlanta Boys and Girls Club come together to work on writing skills, business skills, public speaking, and good sports mention. And you also complete with each other to represent Metro Atlanta Boys and Girls Club at State. To me, at the end I didn't care about winning, because I had met some great friends and
It all started July 26, 2015, at my baby sister 9th birthday party. That was a great day; my whole family was at my house having fun exceptionally my goofy uncle, he was lit. My cousin and I were playing the PS4 and my uncle come in joking. All three of us were at like always, but I guess that day was different. My uncle was …show more content…
I asked my mom "why was I up here and my dog?" She said "your uncle..." and I completely lose it. Without letting her finish, I went on a rampage. I started pushing and breaking things that were in my view, at that moment I didn't care about anything else. I just wanted my uncle back. For three days, I was starving myself and wasn't sleeping. I went to every house I knew my uncle hang-out at, looking for answers.
My mom was so worried that I would do something crazy: she signed me up for a Boys and Girls Club. Part of me didn't want to go there, but another part did in order to get me out my grandma's neighborhood after school. I started going every day after school, and gained to love it. The staff there became my new family. They helped me clam down and they got me back the right path. The teen director became one of my new mentors. Everything activity, program, and club, he had signed me up. He had me join a lot of activities which helped me so much.
One of the things he signed me up for was Youth of the Year. Youth of the Year is program were one teen from each Metro Atlanta Boys and Girls Club come together to work on writing skills, business skills, public speaking, and good sports mention. And you also complete with each other to represent Metro Atlanta Boys and Girls Club at State. To me, at the end I didn't care about winning, because I had met some great friends and