Maggie Chappel

As a member of the Archdiocesan Council for Catholic Youth, ACCY, I helped plan two major events. The first, was a 3 day Catholic Youth Convention for high school students. The other was a day convention for middle school students. At both events I had to lead a work shop. For the high school, I led a workshop about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. My second year on ACCY I lead a work shop about high school leadership and how you can get involved. For the middle school convention I led a workshop on transitioning to high school. ACCY is a group of 20 Catholic youth from all across Washington. I was so happy when I applied and was chosen for one of the positions. We met 2 times before our statewide high school event. Through my experience on ACCY I learned how important trust is when leading, because we weren't meeting every week we had to trust that everyone was accomplishing what they were responsible for. We sent countless emails back and forth to make sure everyone was on track. Our workshops always went well which proved that we could trust everyone in our group.

 My youth group leader wanted to start a group of youth leaders so members of the youth group could have peers to look to. My youth group leader, the other adult leaders, and the members of the Youth Leadership Team, had a vision of a unified group. We held weekly meetings, to plan events and discuss ways to build a stronger youth group. I learned a lot of from being on this team because I had the opportunity to work with adults for a common goal, which was a first for me. I was used to having adults monitor my leadership groups and mentor us, rather than working together.

ASCEND leadership camp was an amazing experience for me. I met a lot of great people and it was where I first realized I wanted to apply to be on the Archdiocesan Council for Catholic Youth. This experience helped me grow in faith and developed my leadership skills. The one tool I really learned that was important was how to keep my morals in my leadership.  

As a member of the Archdiocesan Council for Catholic Youth, ACCY, I helped plan two major events. The first, was a 3 day Catholic Youth Convention for high school students. The other was a day convention for middle school students. At both events I had to lead a work shop. For the high school, I led a workshop about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. My second year on ACCY I lead a work shop about high school leadership and how you can get involved. For the middle school convention I led a workshop on transitioning to high school. ACCY is a group of 20 Catholic youth from all across Washington. I was so happy when I applied and was chosen for one of the positions. We met 2 times before our statewide high school event. Through my experience on ACCY I learned how important trust is when leading, because we weren't meeting every week we had to trust that everyone was accomplishing what they were responsible for. We sent countless emails back and forth to make sure everyone was on track. Our workshops always went well which proved that we could trust everyone in our group.

 My youth group leader wanted to start a group of youth leaders so members of the youth group could have peers to look to. My youth group leader, the other adult leaders, and the members of the Youth Leadership Team, had a vision of a unified group. We held weekly meetings, to plan events and discuss ways to build a stronger youth group. I learned a lot of from being on this team because I had the opportunity to work with adults for a common goal, which was a first for me. I was used to having adults monitor my leadership groups and mentor us, rather than working together.