Lapeer East, Lapeer West students headed to the United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth

A dozen students from Lapeer East and Lapeer West High Schools were selected for an all-expense paid two-week trip to the United Nations this summer as part of the Odd Fellows & Rebekahs annual United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth.

Only 20 students from Michigan will be selected for the trip, including the 12 from Lapeer Community Schools. Students from around the country and world will participate in the trip to learn more about the United Nations.

Students receive a tour of the U.N. and listen to behind-the-scene briefings conducted by specialized United Nations agencies and departments including ambassadors, minister counselors and country representatives.

In addition during the five-day stay in New York, students on the tour attend a Broadway play, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Rockefeller Center and visit Toronto and Ottawa, Canada; Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Niagara Falls and Gettysburg.

Last year, seven students from Lapeer West and five students from Lapeer East made the trip.
Students chosen from Lapeer East for the 2009 trip were: Rebecca Wright, Kayla Ortega, Matthew Schneider, Vanessa Davis and Katy Peacock. Brandi Putnam and Tiffany Fisher were selected as alternates for the trip.

Students chosen from Lapeer West were: Wei Li Crawford, Zachary Fick, Alex Giddings, Emily Nugent, Caitlyn Schroeder, Anastasia Tkach and Brittney Walker. Two students, Barbara Jones and Christina Wills were selected as alternates for the trip.

Photo (click on photo for larger view) caption: Front row (l-r); Alex Giddings, Vanessa Davis, Anastasia Tkach; middle row (l-r); Matt Schneider, Zachary Fick, Caitlyn Schroeder, Brittney Walker; third row (l-r) unidentified, Katy Peacock, Emily Nugent, Kayla Ortega, Rebecca Wright, Brittney Walker.