The Rotary Rising Youth Leadership Award winners for March, Zoe Hughes of Wayland and Arno Ohlenbusch of Weston, impressed Rotarians and guests with the variety and depth of their commitments to service.
Hughes shared that her “approach to community engagement is to contribute what I can in as many different ways as possible instead of focusing deeply in one area. Whenever opportunities are presented to me to get involved and to further learn about our world, I say ‘Yes,’ and that has taken me farther than I ever imagined.”
Ohlenbusch, conversely, has volunteered in three sectors. He is an accomplished pianist who has won five competitions and performed at Carnegie Hall. Dorida Stambolla, a refugee camp coordinator in Albania, nominated Ohlenbusch, writing, “Arno spent most of his summer volunteering at Syrian refugee camps in Greece and Albania. He wanted to bring the gift of music to Syrian kids at the camps. He played for them and taught the kids music.
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- February 2018: Robert Mosher of Weston and Rohini Ramesh of Wayland;
- January 2018: Nathaniel Luu of Weston and Kevin Wang of Wayland;
- November 2017: Eleni Polymeros of Weston and Kayla Poulson of Wayland;
- October 2018: Julia Cleary of Wayland and Afnaan Qureshi of Weston.
The Rotary Rising Youth Leadership Award winners for February, Robert Mosher of Weston and Rohini Ramesh of Wayland, impressed Rotarians with the variety and depth of their commitments to service.
Mosher and Ramesh each were nominated by three people who have witnessed their service to diverse causes.
Ramesh’s supporters lauded her service as a Girl Scout, a member of the Wayland-Weston crew team, a leader in the classroom and school, and for her contributions to Traditions of Wayland.
Mosher was recognized for service to First Parish Church of Weston, his years of volunteering with the Rotary Club, and his role as a coach and mentor with the Weston Baseball Clinic and Challenger League.
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Weston and Wayland youths make local and global impact
Nathaniel Luu of Weston and Kevin Wang of Wayland and were recognized on Feb. 1 with the January 2018 Rising Youth Leadership Award, presented monthly by the Rotary Club of Weston and Wayland.
State Reps. Alice Peisch, D-Wellesley, and Carmine Gentile, D-Sudbury, provided citations from the House of Representatives in recognition of their selection as rising youth leaders in their communities.
Both Luu and Wang were recognized for their contributions to communities beyond the borders of Weston and Wayland. Luu was inspired to support homeless charities, while Wang contributed more than 150 hours to support students in Shaanxi, China.
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Youth Leaders Contribute to Communities
A large group of dignitaries and supporters gathered November 30 to celebrate two outstanding sophomores: Susan Paley, Vice President, Community Relations; Kathy Paquette, President,Heated Lions Enterprises; Mark Messina, President, Rotary Club of Weston and Wayland; Anthony Parke, Principal, Weston High School; Rising Youth Leadership Award Winners Eleni Polymeros and Kayla Poulson of Weston and Wayland, respectively; Allyson Mizoguchi, Principal, Wayland High School; Jay Moody, Teacher of Entrepreneurship, Creativity, Problem Solving, & Invention; Carmine Gentile, Massachusetts State Representative; Patricia MacNeil, Vice President, The Village Bank.
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