Sunday, June 7, 2009

Three young volunteers receive Spirit Awards

As well as being a major theme of volunteer Awareness Week, Youth Volunteering is the focus of a new initiative as part of the TrustPower Community Awards programme.

The TrustPower Youth Community Spirit Award is being run in conjunction with the TrustPower Community Awards, which are run in 22 regions around the country. While the Community Awards recognise and reward the work of voluntary groups and organisations, the new Youth Community Spirit Award recognises secondary school students’ service to their school and the community.

TrustPower initiated the new Spirit Award to acknowledge the enormous role young people have in developing a spirit of compassion and selflessness in the community and to promote the unique ways young people enrich their communities through volunteering

So far three young volunteer stars have been named as Spirit Award winners!

Sam Lewthwaite from Mount Hutt College won the TrustPower Ashburton Youth Community Spirit Award. Sam is on the Ashburton Youth Council, as well as a prefect at Mount Hutt College. He took part in a Mission trip to Fiji, is involved in the 40-Hour-Famine, is a Buddy and also works part-time.

The TrustPower Tararua Youth Community Spirit Award was won by Tristan Menzies from Dannevirke High School. Tristan is involved in a lot of sport teams, cultural activities and groups in the school who help other students. He is also heavily involved in his community by being a Big Brother Big Sister participant, playing in the local Brass Band, volunteering in the past at the local SPCA and playing the piano at retirement villages around town.

In Central Otago Livi Geddes from Dunstan High School was named the TrustPower Central Otago Youth Community Spirit Award winner. Livi is involved in sports teams, cultural activities and in academic areas - she is a very well-rounded student, and with her long list of community contributions.

In the next few weeks the TrustPower Youth Community Spirit Award winners from Tararua and Western Bay of Pleny district will be named….so watch this space!

For more information on the TrustPower Youth Community Spirit Award or the TrustPower Community Awards phone Pip at TrustPower on 0800 87 11 11 or go to www.trustpower.co.nz

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