To: WVYD High School Students
There is still time to register for the 2008 West Virginia Democratic Youth Leadership Academy (DYLA), which will be held at Shepherd University on July 22 - 25. We have an exciting schedule of events this year (see below) including a day trip to Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, an afternoon at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, mock elections, guest speakers, as well as filming political commercials for YouTube.
DYLA attendees should be West Virginia students ages 14 - 18 who are still in high school or who graduated in 2008. If you're still deciding about whether you would like to come, you do have a little more time to make up your mind. The deadline to RSVP is Friday, July 11 (unless the remaining spots fill up sooner). Please call or email me with any questions you might have. If you've already told me that you would like to attend but you haven't received your paperwork yet, please let me know as soon as possible and I will follow-up with further details.
Transportation to Shepherdstown is being provided from Charleston with several stops along with the way. Let me know if you would like more details about pickup times and locations. We are also working to find sponsors for every single student so that there will be no cost to attend (with the exception of spending money for meals during the trip to Washington, DC).
More details can be found on the WVYD website at www.wvyoungdems.org. A tentative schedule of events is included below. We hope you will join us in Shepherdstown later this month!
Thanks,
Rod Snyder
President, West Virginia Young Democrats
