Ball State football coach Mike Neu had a simple message for the local middle and high school students at the Boys and Girls Club Youth Leadership Boot Camp.
“Our world needs difference-makers, and young people like you need to do something about it,” he said. “This right here is doing something about it.”
The students, all from Delaware County, are on campus as part of a week-long camp. They spend their days in classrooms talking about leadership, inspirational people and how to respond to difficult situations like peer pressure and bullying.
Participants in the camp aren’t just chosen at random, they have to apply and be recommended by an adult, like a teacher or a coach.