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February 20, 2008
Top Youth Volunteers Selected in 13th Annual National Awards Program
America's 102 most outstanding youth volunteers - two from each state and the District of Columbia - were named State Honorees by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for exemplary acts of volunteerism. 4-H members account for 19 of the 102 State Honorees, 30 of our 234 Distinguished Finalists, and 57 of the 459 Certificate of Excellence recipients! The number of 4-H units participating in the program this year was 133. Youth were selected from more than 4,300 Local Honorees who were nominated by their schools or organizations last fall.
We at Council are extremely proud of our youth and congratulate them on the accomplishments they have achieved that have helped better their communities and themselves.
In May, 10 National Honorees will be picked by a panel of prominent judges and announced at a special ceremony in Washington, D.C. Co-chairing the national selection committee will be U.S. Senators John Kerry of Massachusetts and Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, and Arthur Ryan of Prudential. Also serving on the committee will be actor Richard Dreyfuss; Alma Powell, chair of America's Promise - The Alliance for Youth; Michelle Nunn, president and CEO of the Points of Light & Hands On Network; Amy B. Cohen, director of Learn and Serve America at the Corporation for National and Community Service; Kathy Cloninger, CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA; Donald T. Floyd Jr., president and CEO of National 4-H Council; Kathryn Forbes, national chair of volunteers, American Red Cross; Neil Nicoll, CEO of YMCA of the USA; Michael Cohen, president and CEO of Achieve, Inc.; Barry Stark, president of NASSP; and two 2007 Prudential Spirit of Community National Honorees: Kelly Davis of Maine and Kelydra Welcker of West Virginia.
4-H State Honorees:
Diedre Graham of Alabama; Noelle Schmitter-Schrier of Alaska; Kaycee McNutt of Arizona; Cristina Bequer of California; Mylo Cheng of Florida; Courtney Smits of Georgia; Kathleen McGlynn of Illinois; Alison Mansfield of Indiana; Hannah Burlingham of Montana; Kennedy Healy of New Hampshire; Rachael Lambin of Nevada; Andrea Mitchell and Alexis Roll of Ohio; Isac Shepard and Haley Armstrong of Oklahoma; Rose Kenyon on Rhode Island; Steven Eichthaler of Texas; Russell Babb of Utah; and Samantha McTee of Washington.
Distinguished Finalists:
Vienna Schmitter-Schrier of Alaska; Zachary Early of Arkansas; Yihe Dong of Georgia; Kyleigh Huth, Amy Peyton and Shelbi Weeks of Iowa; Carah Austin of Indiana; Cameron Lile and Andrew Thompson of Kentucky; Alex LeBlanc of Louisiana; Raeann Barks and Jared Lindberg of Michigan; Carly Fischbeck of Minnosota; Lynice Higgins and Richard Cooper Kennard of Mississippi; Elizabeth Timberlake of Nebraska; Christopher Simpson of New Mexico; Rachel Willimott and Charles Mann of Nevada; Rebecca Soules of Oregon; Elizabeth Richardson of Pennsylvania; Courtney Shelton and Hannah Wolters of Tennessee; Shelby Romero and Christina Simpson of Texas; Jacob Thompson of Utah; Forrest Carlson and Amanda Taylor of Washington; William Stokes of Wisconsin; and Walter Wilson of Wyoming.
Certificate of Excellence Recipients:
Aleem and Azeem Ahmed of Alabama; Nicholas Cleveland, Christiana Ferro, Holly Lacount and Megan Reese of California; Breanna Fetkavich and Elisa Sagehorn of Colorado; Madison Chapman and Jennifer Sullivan of Florida; Elizabeth Hayes and Monique Johnson of Georgia; Tiffany Kutsanai of Hawaii; Kristen Delaney; Kourtney Determan, Katie Knight and Abbie Poort of Iowa; Thomas Marten of Illinois; Kristen Britton, Tiffany Criminger; Thomas Eiser, Jennifer Jones, Elizabeth Rober, John Scott, Michelle Spencer and Sabrina Huskins of Indiana; Francesca Murnan of Kansas; Emily Allen, Christopher Burch, Elisa Istre and Lindsey Tassin of Louisiana; John Martin of Maryland; Sara Dimick, Andrea Faasse and Emily Pieri of Michigan; Olivia Rodgers of Mississippi; Krista Bjerke of North Dakota; J. Morgan of Nebraska; Ronald Bartholomew, Christine Bonesteel and Kaitlyn Sullivan of New York; Michael Seeger and Meighan Stevens of Ohio; Julianne Bragg, Desiree Cameron, Brandon Highfill and Alex Sherry of Oklahoma; Jaclyn Lacy Gyger and Samantha Stern of Pennsylvania; Cindy Huang, Madison Martin Pearse and Mary Matthew of Texas; Tyson Kesler of Utah; Elizabeth Khol of Virginia; Jennifer Maxham of Vermont; Tyler White of West Virginia; and Erica David of Wyoming.
The awards is conducted by Prudential Financial, Inc. in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Prinicipals (NASSP).
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