Youth's Highest Honor: Your Guide to Earning the Congressional Award and Building Life Skills

(From Amazon): You should read this book if: you are between the ages of 13 ½ and 23, you want to learn how to set and achieve goals, you want to stand out on job and school applications, you want to enhance your professional resume, you want to be honored by the United States Congress, and you want to try new activities and improve your skills. Created in 1979, the Congressional Award is one of America’s best-kept secrets. This program, the highest award given to youth by Congress, gives youth in the United States the opportunity to become civically engaged through Voluntary Public Service, Personal Development, Physical Fitness, and Expedition/Exploration. Participants are awarded Bronze, Silver, and Gold Certificates and Medals. Youth’s Highest Honor is written by two sisters, Lauren and Catherine Jessen, who have both earned their Congressional Award Gold Medals. On their journeys they faced many obstacles and have written this book to share their personal challenges and to help others navigate the Award program successfully. Youth’s Highest Honor lets you optimize your experience by explaining the program areas and guidelines in an easy-to-understand format, providing real-life examples of what to do – and what not to do, giving never-before-seen tips, charts, and hints, including 10 Gold Medalist personal profiles, sharing downloadable online resources. Lauren and Catherine were born and raised in Seattle, Washington. Lauren attended Claremont McKenna College and Catherine attended The George Washington University. Together they run the youth empowerment blog Carpe Juvenis: Seize Your Youth.