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Youth

Youth Leadership Camp -

A camp is held annually in June at NSAC (Nova Scotia Agriculture College), Truro, Nova Scotia for Grades
10 and 11 students from Nova Scotia High Schools. The application deadline is the end of February in each year. Applications are available at your local Legion Branch and all High Schools in Nova Scotia. Cost of the camp to the branch (at the time of this notice) is $150 per student to assist in the cost of the camp.

The Legion's Youth Leadership Camp was started in 1961.

The Philosophy of the Leadership Training Camp -
The Legion Youth Leadership Training camp is not an activities or sport camp but a camp whereby leadership skills are developed through a wide variety of activities. Sport(s) skills are not the primary activities used throughout the camp.

Leadership is a widely researched topic and leadership development can take many forms. The over-all purpose of this camp is to develop leadership characteristics already present in the selected campers. This is first done by practice and experience.

Leadership qualities and personal characteristics of Leadership will be nurtured throughout the 10 days of the camp. The most important outcome of this camp experience will be growth in personal and interpersonal leadership skills, knowledge and values. These outcomes, typically will include movement in communication skills (listening, speaking and writing), sensitivity to and respect for others and decision making.

The Youth Leadership Training Camp has continuously developed leaders for virtually every High School in Nova Scotia in the last 39 years. The camp is ever evolving. At the end of each camp students complete a comprehensive questionnaire which is used to further improve the Camp. The staff of leadership camp is carefully selected from professional teachers who themselves have demonstrated high levels of personal leadership.