Harbin acknowledges Columbia County YCA grads
AUGUSTA, Ga., Mar. 5, 2011
– State Rep. Ben Harbin (center) poses with a group of Columbia County youths who were among the 250 cadets graduating from the National Guard-sponsored Challenge Academy at Fort Gordon. From left to right, (front row): Zandra Bradley, Candace Rau, Rep. Ben Harbin, Kayla Wethington, and Berry Williams; (back row) Kelvi Evans, Devan Spruill, Alvin Bullard, Jake Reed and Anthony Mack.
These Columbia County youths are part of the largest YCA graduating class in Georgia YCA's history and the class which graduated the program’s 10,000th graduate (Cadet Joshua Carroll from Augusta). YCA is an all volunteer, 22-week, in-residence program which emphasizes academic completion, life skills development and physical fitness.
(Photo by Spc. Denis Durbin-Carlton, Georgia Army National Guard)