Badger Girls State

WHAT IS AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY BADGER GIRLS STATE?

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It is promoted as a government and leadership conference where the entire delegation will become a fifty-first state and will function according to the laws of the State of Wisconsin. Each day will focus on the various aspects of state government, God & Country and will include daily prayers. Other days at Girls State will be given to the various activities of government. Girls State is not a recreational program. It is a school of government training for which the girl has been selected by her school and the local Unit. She should come prepared to apply herself diligently to the program as it is scheduled. The citizens are divided into political parties, the Federalists and Nationalists. They develop their own party platforms and formulate their own issues.

The girls "learn by doing" as they function on city, county and state levels by electing officials in the manner prescribed by regular election procedures and conducting business on those levels. Every girl is encouraged to participate in some level of the governmental process.

WHERE IS AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY BADGER GIRLS STATE HELD?

ALABGS takes place on the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh campus.  Delegates are housed at Gruenhagen Conference Center and have the opportunity to see most of campus throughout the week.  Most of the sessions take place in the Culver Family Welcome Center, Kolf Gymnasium, and Reeve Memorial Union. Meals are served at Blackhawk Commons. 

CANDIDATE ELIGIBILITY

Girls sent to American Legion Auxiliary Badger Girls State are to be selected by the high school faculty, working with the sponsoring American Legion Auxiliary Unit. Each girl must meet all of the following eligibility requirements before being considered a candidate:

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1. Be enrolled in the junior  year  of a Wisconsin public, parochial, or private high school or home school whether the candidate resides in Wisconsin or a neighboring state.

2. Be interested in government and citizenship.

3. Be academically eligible and recommended by their school to participate. 

4. Have outstanding qualities of leadership, good moral character, cooperativeness, dependability and participation in extra-curricular activities

5. Have good health and be physically fit.

FEE

Our unit is fortunate enough to find sponsors every year so that students do not have to fund their own way. Currently we have partnered with Neenah High School (2 girls) and St. Marys High School (1 girl).