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North County Task Force to Honor Youth To Honor Outstanding Youth
The North County Task Force will be honoring ten outstanding youth in North County. At a special Youth Appreciation Dinner on Sunday, Nov. 18 at 4 p.m. at the James Eagan Civic Center in Florissant. These youth are being honored for their exceptional achievement in education, community service, citizenship, and athletics.
They were selected by a screening committee of six individuals who had 21 outstanding youth to consider for this honor. They were selected in the following categories.
• Academic Achievement
Sequena Tate -age 14 – East Middle School, Hazelwood School District, Dellwood
Taylor Thompson, age 17, McCluer High School, Ferguson
Kenneth Rice, age 17, McCluer South Berkeley High School, Berkeley
Jannah Rahaman, age 17, Hazelwood East High School, Florissant
• Exemplary Citizenship
Collins O’Dwyer, age 17, Jennings High School, Jennings
Leon Henderson, age 18, Hazelwood West High School, Hazelwood
Callie Spencer, age 16, Hazelwood West High School, Florissant
Kenneth Moore, age 13, East Middle School, Hazelwood School District, North
County unincorporated)
• Community Service
Kimberly Mossinghoff, age 17, McCluer High School, Ferguson
• Athletic Achievement
Matthew Seidel, age 15, Hazelwood Central High School, Florissant
The North County Youth Task Force was organized by North County Churches Uniting for Racial Harmony and Justice (NCCU) with the cooperation of Jamestown Mall. Its mission is “To meet the challenges youth present to malls, schools, and communities.”
“We hope to do this by engaging them in positive programs and activities to counteract some of the negative images and negative things we hear about youth,” said Rance Thomas “Our goad is to present these awardees as role models for other youth and expect that they will be able to be an inspiration to other youth in North County.”
The North County Youth Task Force is still seeking sponsors for our annual Youth Appreciation Dinner. For further information, please contact Rance Thomas at 238-6828 or Rev. Tim Hughes at 435-7719
.
