Shoreline Rotary names Joel Smith and Laurisa Coffee Students of the Month

Ed Fackler, Shoreline Rotary,  presents awards to Laurisa and Joel

Laurisa Coffee and Joel Smith are Shoreline Rotary Students of the Month for April 2011. As with all Rotary Students of the Month, Laurisa and Joel have maintained high GPAs while participating in activities which develop good citizenship.

Ed Fackler, Joel Smith

Joel, the son of Linda and Phil Smith, attends Shorewood High School. He has been the Wrestling Captain (4 year varsity letter) and Football Captain (1 year letter) and won a scholar athlete award in 2011. He was also a Shorewood Link Leader Link Leader from 2009-201. He was named T Bird of the Month in Fall 2008, September 2010, and October 2010. He accumulated 140 volunteer hours in his Eagle Scout Project at Shoreview Park. He was promoted to Eagle Scout in the Fall of 2010. He will be attending college at the University of Idaho to study for a career in mechanical engineering.

Ed Fackler, Laurisa Coffee

Laurisa Coffee attends Shorecrest High School. Since her sophomore year, she been a part of the Shorecrest Flag Team. She also participates in track, I hurdle and sprint in meets. She has spent over 1000 hours volunteering at her church, City Calvary Chapel, working at the UW Medical Center and working with school clubs such as Interact and Tattoo. In her sophomore years, she won First Place in music at the Biotechnology Exposition for my research and song about a blood clotting disorder, Factor V Leiden mutation. She also attended the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Conference in May of 2009. She will be attending Northwest University in Fall, studying to become a nurse.

--Gary Gagliardi, Shoreline Rotary