Ever wonder what it’d be like to win a trip of a lifetime to NYC? After hundreds of submissions and weeks of searching, Clean Scene chose one lucky winner, Brittney B., to represent our brand at the UN International Year of Youth Summit this August. Brittney got up close and personal with Monique Coleman, sat in the Argentinean delegate seat at the UN and shopped her way through the big city! Read and get inspired by Brittney’s diary entry here!

I was very fortunate to have been given the opportunity to represent Clean Scene in New York at the United Nations for the International Year of Youth Culmination Celebration! There are no words to describe the feeling of how honoring it is to know that out of millions of teens I was chosen to represent them and bring back all that I had learned. When walking into the United Nations I was hit by such a positive atmosphere full of teen girls who were all passionate about wanting to make a difference and change the world. It’s one thing to want to change the world and another to actually take steps and change the world, and I was surrounded by girls who have already made steps and done things that have made a huge impact. The one major thing I learned as the “Argentinean Delegate” (for the day!) from all the incredible speakers like Monique Coleman and Ann Shocket is that you can make a huge difference just by doing little things.

 As a spokesperson for Students Against Distructive Descisions (SADD), empowering my generation to be confident and live to their full potential is my mission. The speakers at the Year of Youth Celebration brought out the servant and volunteer in me and I just wanted to start planning, planning, and planning for things to do when I got back home to make a huge difference. It was the one push I needed to reach to my full potential and be the absolute best change maker I could be. By giving this message to the girls in my community I will inspire them to volunteer, then once they’re hooked on volunteering they can inspire others. It will turn into a chain reaction that will become unstoppable!

 After our meeting at the UN, we went over to The French Institute which was CRAZINESS, but good craziness! There were so many people stuffed in a crowded place all doing multiple things to help different people and different charities/organizations. It showed the true colors of all us girls: we didn’t care how crowded it is, how hot it was, or how much we had to hold, we just wanted to help impact other’s lives. There was a booth where you helped pack a backpack with school supplies, and would stuff a note you’d write to them in it. All these backpacks will be sent overseas and change the lives of underprivileged children. I couldn’t be more honored to have been in that stuffy room with all those people doing what I was doing, it was definitely one of the best days I’ve ever had!

 All I can say to the girls that didn’t get the opportunity to go is that you don’t have to attend a conference in New York to make a difference. You can easily get a group of friends together or get your school involved in many things that can make a difference, and even do something by yourself. I know with my message and the other 199 girl’s messages, our generation will be the one to beat. This generation’s girls do have the power to change the world, just wait and see…. we will!

What are you doing to change the world? Let us know in the comments, and you could win a donation to your charity of choice.