Youth & Young Adults

Youth: Ages 14-20

Young Adults: Ages 21-35

Contact Gail Switzer (g_switzer09@hotmail.com) for event information.

Combining Departments

The Junior Department and Youth Department are combining forces at this current time. We will hold youth team meetings in conjunction with the junior team meetings quarterly via Zoom. Please reach out to Gail if you are interested in joining. The next team meeting will be April 7 at 7pm.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to Justin Dusko who was named one of the National Junior Grange Ambassadors for this year! He will share his year with a North Carolina Junior. National Youth Ambassadors and OYP are Shae and Ashlan Smith from Lancaster Co. and a North Carolina Youth.

Night at the Reading Fightin’ Phils

Friday, April 18th – 6:45pm Game time

Tickets will be $13 and in the Reserved Green seats. For each ticket sold, $2 will come back to the youth/junior department. Attending Berks Royalty will throw out the first pitch at the game. Please contact Gail if you are interested in attending so she can send you the information to get tickets Bring a friend – attendees in our section do not have to be Grange members, the more the merrier!
Tickets can be purchased here: https://fevo-enterprise.com/event/Berkscounty25

County Camp

May 16-18, 2025

Blue Mountain Camp (Olivet Boys and Girls Club)

Camp Coronation – May 18th at 11am

We will be serving lunch for all attendees at camp. Please RSVP with Gail the number of non-camp participants (i.e. non-campers/helpers/counselors etc.) who will be attending coronation so we have a headcount for meal prep purposes. (Ideally by May 1, but still contact if decided after.)

Reading Royals

Thank you to all of the attendees at the Reading Royals game! We earned $160 back to the account from our attendance.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

* Attention all YOUTH

The Pomona meeting in June will be a Youth meeting. We would like the Youth to take the officer chairs for the meeting. Please reach out to Gail if you are able to and willing to be a Youth Officer for the June 7th meeting at Kutztown Grange.

* Junior Volunteers over 18: Clearances must be submitted to the state in order to support at junior events, including camp!

* Next Meeting: April 7th, 7 p.m. on Zoom

* State Youth and Junior Grange Camps

Keep a lookout for registration for youth and junior camp for the state level as we enter into the spring.

Youth camp: June 27-29

Junior camp: June 29-July 5.

* Contest Prep

It is never too early to get started on your entries for state session! Look at the state website to find the 2024-2025 Guide to Contests.