Healthy Communities Alliance is bringing Kyle Willkom https://www.kylewillkom.com/about-kyle to middle and high school students in Randolph and Washington Counties.
Kyle travels the country, guitar in hand, delivering inspirational speeches that are funny, interactive, and life-changing. His speeches motivate and challenge students to have a vision, set goals, accomplish big things, and become a better version of themselves. The program is designed to build on other Alliance efforts working with schools and other community partners to promote student success and prevent drug misuse. Prairie State Energy, Knight Hawk Coal, and the Head East Foundation helped support costs with generous gifts. A significant grant by the Randolph County Mental Health 708 board was also very important to making the programs possible.
School Thursday November 16
8:00 AM Coulterville HS
10:00 AM Okawville HS
1:00 PM Steeleville HS
Friday November 17
8:30 AM Chester HS
10:30 Red Bud HS
1:00 Sparta HS
About Kyle Willkom
Kyle Willkom rote three books on leadership:
- Action Packed Leadership
- #1 Amazon Best-Seller
- Wake Up Call
- The Thinking Dilemma
- Created the Action Packed Life online leadership course (reaching high school students across the country)
- Founded Teaching You Money to help people better understand their finances
- Was the first employee of a million-dollar marketing startup
- Has run 6 full marathons.
- Marathons completed are: Portland, New Orleans, North Carolina, Michigan, Singapore, and the original marathon from Marathon to Athens, Greece.
- Marathons completed are: Portland, New Orleans, North Carolina, Michigan, Singapore, and the original marathon from Marathon to Athens, Greece.
- Worked with RampUpMKE to help make Milwaukee more accessible for people with disabilities.
- Climbed Mt. Washington with author and mountaineer, Chuck Garcia.
- Started a tech company in Nashville with author and speaker, Matt Tenney.
- Started a comedic rap group that got over a quarter of a million views on YouTube
- Broke his hand trying to stiff-arm a charging bull in Oklahoma (and still did a leadership training in New Jersey the following week)
- After tearing his ACL at the age of 10, became an all-state basketball player and then a walk-on for the Marquette University Men’s Basketball team
- Led several service trips to New Orleans to help rebuild after Hurricane Katrina.
- Spent a year training with the Army in the ROTC program
Now Kyle travels the country, guitar in hand, delivering inspirational speeches that are funny, interactive, and life-changing.
His speeches motivate and challenge students to have a vision, set goals, accomplish big things, and become a better version of themselves.