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The Rotary Club of North Bay honoured 11 senior students from each secondary school in North Bay, Sturgeon Falls, Mattawa and South River, for their involvement in volunteerism in the community at the club’s noon meeting on February 10th.
This year’s recipients were Mélodie Brais - Franco-Cité, Connor Chémery - École secondaire publique Odyssée, Addisyn Kelly - West Ferris Secondary, Lily Gilbert - Chippewa Secondary, Maeve Elsey - St. Joseph Scollard Hall, Nadia Shank - École secondaire catholique Algonquin, Aiden Corbeil - Nbisiing Secondary, Shayla Fader - École secondaire publique Nipissing Ouest, Riley Trudeau - Northern Secondary, Mathieu Matte - École secondaire catholique Élisabeth-Bruyère, and Makenna Hamilton - Almaguin Highlands.
Rotary International’s (RI) motto is “Service Above Self”. The Club instills this philosophy of unselfish volunteer service in both its members and the community at large through the implementation and promotion of various projects.
Through their student awards program, the Club continues to promote the values inherent in the RI motto to local youth to ensure they are aware of the benefits of volunteerism.
Students who best exemplify “Service Above Self”, are selected based on the warmth and caring exhibited towards their peers or other members of our society, such as seniors, disabled or disadvantaged. Selected students are not necessarily highly academic, active in sports or popular with their peer group.
Each student received a certificate, name plate for their school’s Rotary Plaque and a cheque for $100. STUDENT BIOS