61 Shorecrest students honored by Gift of Giving Foundation & President's Volunteer Service

With more than 11,000 hours of community service reaching from Shoreline and Lake Forest Park to locations around the world, 61 Shorecrest High School students and recent graduates have been honored by the Gift of Giving Foundation and the national President’s Volunteer Service Award for a commitment of at least 100 hours of service in 2015-16.

The achievement marks a significant milestone for Shorecrest, where more than 500 students have earned this honor over the past 11 years, according to foundation director Ann Corbett.

Community service has been a graduation requirement at Shorecrest for almost 30 years; Shorewood began its community service program 4 years ago. To graduate, all students must volunteer for at least 40 hours during their high school years with a registered non-profit group or event.

 “All of these students deserve both our applause and our thanks,” says Corbett. “So many students go way beyond what’s required, and we like to give a big ‘shout-out’ to the students at both Shorecrest and Shorewood high schools who have completed the extra hours to earn the PVSA.”

Shorecrest High School 2015-16 President’s Volunteer Service Award recipients:

Simon Acker

John Alop

McKenna Bixby

April Bui

Luke Busby

Hannah Cheung

Matthew Creagan

Izabella Davis

Lauren Day

Mac Franks

Eden Glesener

Shelby Gresch

Jay Harris

Lisa Heffner

Elizabeth Holmdahl

Evan Jean

Clio Jensen

Giancarlo Jigamian

Katsyaryna Kot

Daniela Landaverde

Jade Lauw

Catherine Lavy

Nikole Lorvick

Dallas Lyons

Stephanie Martinez

Ella McGuigan

Taylor Midkiff

Alyssa Moore

Pierre Morse

Sally Nguyen

Ami Njadoe

Nazma Noray

Megan Opfer

Reane Pagdilao

Nicholas Parker

Claire Perrin

Michael Peters

Schuyler Peters

Dane Pray

Jordan Richmond

Marlena Rooney-Wilcox

Kristen Rudnick

Lydia Salo

Aedan Scanlon

Rachel Semon

Mariama Sidibe

Bhavana Sharma

Emma Shuster

Jacob Silver

Makda Tekie

Vivian Tran

Joseph Ubelhart

Gabe Vogel

Daniel Wacker

Kai Wang

DeMeaus Wong

Tenzin Yangchen

Jessica Yost

Alaine Ziegenhagel

Noah Ziegenhagel

Zhao Zhuojun

The PVSA is an initiative of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and is administered by the Points of Light - the largest organization in the world dedicated to volunteer service. Shoreline students have volunteered with several hundred non-profit groups, including local hospitals, schools, social service and animal welfare agencies, and international aid organizations.

“Not only do our students gain new skills and develop new talents, they come to find out that when they help others, they also help themselves,” says Corbett.