Bluffton American Legion Post 382 sponsors local students in Buckeye Boys State and Buckeye Girls State programs
The Bluffton American Legion Post 382 is looking forward to providing boys and girls from Bluffton High School with the opportunity to experience Buckeye Boys State and Buckeye Girls State, an eight-day hands-on experience in the operation of state government.
In the attached photos are Bluffton High School Principal Mike Minnig, who graduated from Buckeye Boys State in 1989, with recent participants Mackay Tuttle and Asa Clingerman. Also pictured are particpants, (L-R) Adie Hanefeld, Luke Jebsen and Avery Smith
Post 382 congratulates the boys for attending the 2024 Ohio American Legion Buckeye Boys state held at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and the girls for attending the 2024 Ohio American Legion Auxiliary at Bowling Green University in Bowling Green, Ohio.
For more information on the programs, contact Mike Minnig at Bluffton High School or BBS and BGS Chairman Dennis Morrison.
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