More than 200 students from across Oklahoma participated in one of two American Farmers & Ranchers Leadership Summit sessions held July 24-30.

Among them were at least eight from Kingfisher County.

Dustyn McLean of Kingfi sher and Aubree Geisler, Braxton Murray, Kelby Ott and Abby Swart of Lomega attended the 2022 AFR Senior Leadership Summit Kinsley Fisher, Saidee Wright and Hadley Ott, all of Lomega, attended the 2022 AFR Teen Leadership Summit.

The summits are designed to develop leadership skills in junior high and high school students that will prepare them for future educational and professional experiences.

The theme for this year’s AFR Leadership Summit was “Jump All In.”

Students learned life skills, such as setting and achieving short- and longterm goals and working in teams.

They also learned the value of personal responsibility, respect for their peers and many other positive attributes.

“The AFR Leadership Summit is a great way for the youth of Oklahoma to learn skills that will benefit them throughout their lives,” said AFR Cooperative President Scott Blubaugh.

“We are proud to invest in the future of Oklahoma through our state’s agricultural youth. This is just one way of demonstrating that investment in communities across our state.”

In addition to this year’s leadership development activities, summit attendees participated in a camp-wide service project.

For this year’s summit project, students prepared more than 1,000 care boxes for active military personnel serving overseas.

The AFR Youth Leadership Summit is just one of many AFR Youth Program traditions.

The organization also hosts an agriculture achievement contest, statewide scholarships, speech contests, livestock judging and grading competitions, and many other development opportunities.