she helped her mom set up for her
high school how to raise lambs for
Mom’s Day In programs.
show in a fun day filled with hands-on
Nowadays, the Zionsville Middle School sixth grader keeps busy with a wide array of projects. As her 4-H club’s community service leader since 2015, she’s collected over 100 stuffed animals to give to kids impacted by fires; made Valentine cards for Wheeler Mission Ministries and nursing home residents; and collected over 100 hats, scarves and gloves for Wheeler Mission. She’s also collected socks for
activities, photos, and a pizza party. Myers also regularly babysits for the local chapter of Mothers of Preschoolers, volunteers for the Love in the Name of Christ of Boone County, and has packed lunches for the Shalom House of Boone County’s Sack Lunch
build houses for those in need. During the trips to Mexico and the Dominican Republic, Ogden said, “I learned to be kind, communicate in different ways, be thankful for what you have, have fun and spend your time wisely! Be nice! People will notice.”
Program.
Ogden is active in improving her com-
KAYELEE OGDEN
drives, helping out in nursing homes
Greensburg
Boone County’s Love Inc. and
For North De-
collected pet supplies for the Boone
catur Elementary
County Humane Society. She’s
School sixth grader
spearheaded all these efforts and
Kayelee Ogden, community service tran-
delivered these donations as well.
scends her hometown of Greensburg.
Kouns is motivated to help out be-
on two life-changing mission trips to
munity by recycling, donating to food and donating Thanksgiving meals to the elderly. “I love some of their reactions when we show up at their door and hand them a whole meal,” she said. “These incredible experiences allow me to make a difference in the lives of others,” Ogden said.
She and her family have volunteered
cause she cares about her community. “I’m giving something back to my community. ... I’m doing something about it.”
ADELINE MYERS Lebanon
“No matter how old you are or what resources you have, you can make your community a better place,” Adeline Myers wrote in her Youth Power and Hope Award application. The home-schooled eighth grader from Lebanon has done just that through her various volunteer projects. Her favorite project is L.A.M.B. (Learning and Making Buddies) Day, something her 4-H sheep club has conducted for five years. Through the project, she teaches service learning students from the local
Sarah Kourns, a Zionsville Middle School sixth grader and Youth Power and Hope Award winner, has collected over 100 stuffed animals to give to kids impacted by fires.
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