Forty-five local students are recipients of the 2012 President’s Volunteer Service Award, which “rewards and encourages young people who contribute to meeting the needs of their community through volunteerism.” The students received a certificate and pin from President Barack Obama and another pin from Bloomington Mayor Mark Kruzan.

Volunteering Kids

Those honored include (1) Alex England, (2) Matthew Kubisch, (3) Henry Levesque, (4) Grace Oeding, (5) Lois Moon, (6) Alan Nguyen, (7) Emily Moon, (8) Toni Deckard, (9) Christian Kammel, (10) Adam Baker, (11) Sam Buehler, (12) DohHyun Kim, (13) Drew Couper, (14) Katie Rivera, (15) Hailea Howard, (16) Molly Swindle, (17) Danielle Dingman, (18) Olivia Milam, (19) Kayla Post, (20) Sunny Aldrich, (21) Samantha Clevenger, (22) Audrey Post, (23) Lauren Means, (24) Cole Chudy, (25) Abdulaziz Alimov, (26) Shyam Subramanian, and (27) Yehuie Lee.

Photo by Lynae Sowinski