Category: Youth leadership
Bethel “Youth Energized to Serve” named May “Making a Difference” award winner
June 12, 2011
The Bethel Lutheran Church group Youth Energized to Serve (Y.E.S.) is the May recipient of the Healthy Community Initiative “Making a Difference” Award. The award celebrates those groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth. The youth group coordinated the church’s March food drive and raised $14,035 and 158 […]
Gabe Rysdahl named January “Making a Difference Award” winner
January 21, 2011
Gabriel Rysdahl, a senior at St. Olaf College, is the January recipient of the Healthy Community Initiative’s (HCI) “Making a Difference Award.” The award celebrates those groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth. January is National Mentoring Month, and Rysdahl was selected for his commitment to mentoring youth […]
Northfield High School girls soccer team named October “Making a Difference Award” winner
October 15, 2010
The Northfield High School girls soccer team is the October recipient of the Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) “Making a Difference” Award. The award celebrates those groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth. The team was selected for its efforts to raise money for breast cancer research through the […]
“Beat Cancer: Cancer Jam 2010” organizers named July “Making a Difference” Award winners
July 17, 2010
Rachel Hanson, Leigh Langehough and Heidi Strike are the July 2010 recipients of HCI’s “Making a Difference” Award. The award celebrates those groups and individuals in the community who have a positive influence on Northfield youth. Hanson, Langehough and Strike, who all graduated from Northfield High School in June, organized the successful Beat Cancer: Cancer […]