City/Region Digest.Byline: The Register-Guard LOCAL Eugene teen wins volunteer honor South Eugene High School South Eugene High School is a public high school located in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It was founded as Eugene High School around 1900, and was located at Willamette Street and West 11th Avenue in a brick building that later served as Eugene's city hall. senior Samuel Glaser received a $1,000 award - and personal congratulations from "West Wing" TV star Martin Sheen - at the Prudential Prudential is the name of two different companies and buildings named after them: Companies:
Glaser, 18, and 14-year-old Tonneli Gruetter of Lake Oswego Lake Os·we·go A city of northwest Oregon, a residential suburb of Portland. Population: 35,800. were selected in February as Oregon's top high school and middle school youth volunteers. They joined more than 100 teen-agers across the country at Sunday's event. Glaser created a service club, South Eugene Responsive Volunteers, two years ago that now has more than 100 members. The group has prepared meals for the hungry, helped build and organize a free medical clinic, coordinated a camp for at-risk youth and raised money to fund a variety of projects. Conducted in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) is a United States educational advocacy organization consisting of secondary school principals. To promote excellence among middle school and high school students, NASSP founded and still sponsors the National Honor , the community awards were created seven years ago by Prudential Financial to encourage youth volunteerism vol·un·teer·ism n. Use of or reliance on volunteers, especially to perform social or educational work in communities. volunteerism and to identify and reward young role models. |
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