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Youth of the Year Winner Announced
at Event Raising $435,000 for Boys & Girls Club

arah, a sophomore at Immokalee High School (a Boys Runners up for this year’s
& Girls Club of Collier County member since 2019) has Youth of the Year award were
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Sbeen named the organization’s 13 annual Youth of the Lindsay and Jhyneya.
Year. Lindsay is an eighth grade
The award celebrates leadership, community service and student at East Naples Middle
academic excellence. School and has been a member
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At the March 1 dinner event, more than $435,000 was of Boys & Girls Club for seven
raised to support The Boys & Girls Club’s mission to empower years. She participates in several
all young people, “especially those who need us most, to reach specialty programs, attended the
their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.” Cal Ripken Senior Foundation
In addition, Schoen Foundation received the Giving is Living Summer Camp and serves as
Award for its unwavering commitment and generosity, “which secretary of the Torch Club, which
has not only transformed the lives of countless young individuals works on service projects, such as
but has also left an indelible mark on our community,” the club neighborhood cleanups and food
announced. drives, education and fitness. She aspires to study business and
Sarah is active in a Boys & Girls Club program to help young plans to start a retail clothing business.
girls become successful women. Serving as an advocate on several
issues, she creates educational videos or vlogs for social media.
She also performs in school productions and participates in the
Superintendent Student Advisory Council and Teens Against
Dating Violence.
Sarah has participated
in club dance classes;
students perform
shows throughout the
community and at
special club events.
Sarah aspires to
major in environmental
studies at Spelman
College with the goal
of becoming a chief
sustainability officer.

60 Life in Naples | April 2024