Pictured above (left to right): Malia Lester, Javier Purdiman, JaeAnna Pritchard, Lanaya Nelson, Keron Jackson, and Breona Childs.

The National Beta Club hosted the annual Sr. Beta Leadership Conference formerly known as Beta BLC or the Broyhill Leadership Conference at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC on July 10-14, 2017. Senior Beta Leadership Camp provided leadership skills for state officers and other Senior Beta Club members across the Nation. Cairo High School Beta Club nominated five deserving rising seniors along with Illinois Sr. Beta Vice President Lanaya Nelson to attend this summer. The leadership conference enhances leadership skills as well as other National Beta Club elements including character and service. The Oris B. Hastings Charitable Foundation assisted the five attendees with their leadership conference fees.

Cairo High School Beta Club attendees at Capitol Hill with other Illinois Sr. Betas at the National Sr. Beta Leadership Conference.

Cairo High School Beta Club members with other Illinois Sr. Betas and National Sponsor Ritchie Garland met with Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) to discuss local and regional issues.