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Fountain Valley e l p Peo people Firefighter-paramedic Austin Cathey receives quarterly Mayor’s Award
Fountain Valley firefighter-paramedic Austin Cathey was honored with the Mayor’s Award at the Dec. 15 City Council meeting. Besides his other duties, Cathey volunteers to handle the Fire Department’s medical supply ordering. While completing that task he found several boxes of expired medications that to dispose of would normally cost the department about $3,600. Cathey worked out a deal with a local community college to donate the medications for the purpose of training paramedics. He was recognized by Mayor Cheryl Brothers for his innovation and cost-saving efforts.
New Eagle Scout
Congratulations to Hayden Allcorn, a member of Boy Scout Troop 412, based at Holy Spirit Catholic Church. Hayden has became the troop’s 105th Eagle Scout. Hayden is the son of Marc and Christine Allcorn, and he has a younger brother, Sam. “For my project, I built a stage for the Matt Klein Head Start Orange County Program, and Costa Mesa. Rose Alvarez was the person who gave me this inspiration and helped immensely to facilitate the completion of this massive undertak12
JANUARY 2016
Photo by KRISTIE-VALERIE HOANG
Kayla Borack and Vian Nguyen have been selected to represent their school as “Disneyland Dreamers and Doers,” a program that celebrates youth who take action to improve their community, home or school.
Dreamers and Doers
Fountain Valley High School students Kayla Borack and Vian Nguyen have been selected to represent their school as “Disneyland Dreamers and Doers,” a program that celebrates youth who take action to improve their community, home or school. High school students from throughout Orange County were invited to share their stories of how they’re working toward a brighter tomorrow. Kayla wrote about her efforts in assisting the special needs community at her school as a peer tutor, as the president of a club called “Baron Buddies” that helps
bring all students together, and about her dream of becoming a special education teacher. From the nominated group of “Dreamers and Doers,” 60 students will be identified as “Shining Stars” and invited to attend a celebration luncheon along with family members and a representative from their school. To inspire fellow students to make their school a better place, each of these 60 students will also receive a $1,000 grant for their school, as well as a Dreamers & Doers medal of recognition. Vian and Kayla will find out next month if they’ve made it to the next level.
ing,” Hayden told us. “It was extremely important for me that I built something that meant not only something to the community, but it meant something to me. Theater has been an enormous part of my life, and I wanted to give the opportunity of performing and being on the stage to those kids who may not have gotten that chance anywhere else. Hopefully by having the stage, another young boy or girl will follow up with theater, the same way that I did.” Hayden was in Cub Scout Pack 567
when he was in the first grade, and he joined Boy Scouts in the sixth grade. He received his Eagle Scout award on Nov. 24. Hayden recently turned 18.
Fountain Valley Living Magazine
HAYDEN ALLCORN
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