NINJA Conference

2017 NINJA Youth Leadership Conference Highlights

- Getting the unforgettable experience of reuniting with my NINJA friends was an absolute treat more than anything in this world.


- Staying up late with my roommates and talking till all of us just silently fell asleep in our dorm rooms.



- Spending time on the legit USU Ropes Course with everyone and learning so many things about what it takes to be a good leader/self advocate and person in my community.


- Having my hair done up super awesome by one of the newest youth participants and dancing the night away with them.


- Playing Just Dance 2014 on the Wii Game System till late into the night hours with everybody in the main common area of our dormority.


- Attending/Helping out with the leadership conference workshops we had going on & being a part of the Mentor Panel before dinner time started.


- Waking up early in the morning with having had little sleep the night before and never complaining once about how exhausted I was.


- Playing the traditional getting to know pple NINJA game with everybody (including the staff we had with us. Getting to do it in small groups with the people we were assigned to work with and help out in making the activity an enjoyable, rewarding, fun experience.


- Being a Youth Mentor with my NINJA friends was truly one of the most memorable things ever & cannot wait to do it all over again next year!!

- Swimming at the USU Recreation Center till 9 at night and making sure everyone had a friend to talk to as well as hang out with. 


- Snacking on pretty much treats the entire week and making bracelets for the dance that was coming up the following day.



As you can tell from these brief little statements of what happened at this NINJA Conference, there was not one single thing I would have changed about it & truly cherished getting the opportunity to be more of an adult this time from being a youth participant. I'll never forget it and cannot wait for next year to get here!!! #FingersCrossed