2019 Medfield Girls State Citizens

The following provided by Ms. Eileen DeSorgher Chair-Girls State Medfield American Legion Auxiliary-post 110.

2019 Medfield Girls State Citizens

On Tuesday evening October 22rd, at the Public Safety Building meeting room, The American Legion Auxiliary post 110 (ALA-110) invited the 2019 Medfield Girls State Citizens (GSC) , parents and the sponsors to listen to GSC speak about their educational experience at Massachusetts GS.

Eight Medfield girls (Abigail Glynn, Anna Wietrecki, Emily Rosecrans, Nicolina Farmer, Brenna Stanton, Kelcey Harkins, Carina Christo and Madison DeLuca), and 10 MHS boys ( Matthew McGrory, Luigi Musto, BruceSalisbury, Matthew Barrett, Dylan Brunelli, Nathan Tom, Cole Young, Everest Zhou, Christian Daley and Jackson Lydon) were chosen to participate in Massachusetts Boys State and Massachusetts Girls State from June 15–21, held at Stonehill College.

High school girls and boys from across the Commonwealth are selected to attend after an application process during their junior year of high school. The GSC’s also thanked the sponsors for the opportunity to represent Medfield at Massachusetts GS. Ruth Chick, a 1952 MHS Girls State citizen and 25-plus year member and executive officer of the ALA-110, spoke to the
crowd about her experience as the only Medfield representative at Girls State 67 years ago.

Medfield has sent more boys and girls to Massachusetts boys and girls state per year than any other town or city in the Commonwealth. The entire costof sending students to these programs is completely dependent on fundraising by the American Legion and the Legion Auxiliary. This
year's sponsors for Girls state citizens were The ALA- 110 (2), The American Legion- 110 (2), The Medfield Lions Club-(2), Friends of Denise Garlick, and The Medfield Employers and Merchants Organization (MEMO). The American Legion-110 (7), The Medfield Lions Club-(2) and MEMO all sponsored Medfield’s Boys State citizens.

Students and their parents are not allowed to contribute to the cost of attending Massachusetts Boys or Girls State. However, sponsorship donations are welcome from local organizations, businesses and residents, but it would have no impact on which students will be chosen. To make a donation to the ALA-110 girls state program please mail a check made payable to “ALA-110” to Kim Bodozian, Treasurer, 39 Rocky Lane. Donations for the boys state program, made payable to the American Legion-110 can be mailed to Karl Schwartz, Treasurer, at 208 North Street.

For more information about Boys and Girls State, check out their websites: http://www.massgirlsstate.org and http://www.maboysstate.org.