- Founded Amigos de Futbol, a nonprofit organization that collects soccer equipment for children in South America
- Co-founded a company that teaches teens business fundamentals
- Works with the Center for Sustainability, an organization that promotes the use of natural fibers in the garment industry
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- Organized the Utopia Conference, during which participants work to create their vision of a perfect world
- Developed and organized Trust the World, an international youth exchange project
- Serves as her school’s representative at conferences around the world
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- Founded her high school’s Future Doctors of America Club
- President of the International Club; currently organizing an event to unite the various cultures of her school
- Volunteered more than 400 hours for charities including Relay for Life, March of Dimes and Juvenile Diabetes
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- Founded “Backpacks for the Homeless” which distributes toiletries to needy individuals and families
- Serves on the community board for the American Cancer Society Relay for Life
- Distributes supplies to local schools as part of her “Backpacks for School Children” program
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- Travels to remote areas of Jordan to volunteer for Habitat for Humanity
- Created a booklet regarding nutrition that she distributed to elementary schools to fight childhood obesity
- Volunteers at a local orphanage as a Big Sister and raises money to help the physically challenged
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- Volunteers for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in honor of his brother
- Currently working on a new software program for insulin pumps
- Co-founder of the LEAGUE National Youth Commission, which emphasizes service, philanthropy and the spirit of community
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- Served as Congressional Page for Representative Elijah Cummings of Maryland
- Secured a grant from “Fund for the Future of our Children” which he is using to construct a rooftop greenhouse and garden for a men’s shelter
- President of the Community Service Club where he has increased recycling and raised awareness for the benefits of international adoption
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- Volunteer counselor at Samaritans, a nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing teen suicide
- Founded a community service organization, Students Making a Difference, to collect hundreds of cellular phones for U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq
- Organizes a weekly trip to a homeless shelter, where students run playgroups for children living at the facility
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- Co-developed a Thanksgiving food drive which has become an annual event at Andover High School
- Has volunteered over 70 hours at Cor Unum Meal Center serving meals to underprivileged families in Lawrence, Mass
- Founded a lawn service at age 12 which donates yard services to the elderly
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- Founded a not-for-profit organization called “Wonder Writers” (www.wonderwriters.com) which encourages young writers to submit creative writing. The organization has published five books as of April 2010, raising over $8,000 for charities including Children's Hospital in Orange County and earthquake recovery in Haiti.
- Elected President of the Board for the Nestle Very Best in Youth Foundation and is leading an effort, "20 Events for 20/20 Vision" which will raise money to distribute eyeglasses to the underprivileged
- Volunteered over 400 additional hours at Discovery Science Center, for Leaders in Training, at a local law firm to help save underprivileged and disabled citizen's homes from foreclosure, and in a tutoring program he lauched, among other organizations
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- Founded a nonprofit group called Empowering Youth Education, which is working to build a computer lab for blind students in India
- Created the Diwali Celebration at her school to promote culture and diversity
- Founded Pingry High School’s dance team and teaches and mentors students in preparation for assemblies
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- Author of award winning essays for the Massachusetts Society for Medical Research and the League of Women Voters, which he presented at Faneuil Hall
- Working with a team to create an “Ultrasonic Overhang Sensing Cane” for the visually impaired
- Selected by the Chinese Academy of Sciences Soil Pollution Remediation Program to aid in the recovery of arsenic contaminated farmland by using a native fern
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- Winner of the Foundation for Free Enterprise Essay Contest; was featured in Commerce Magazine
- Chosen to attend Yale’s Asian-American Leadership Conference, where she gained insight into Asian-American culture
- Founding member of UNITY, a peer-leadership organization that teaches students about social issues
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- Led all efforts for Millis High School to host the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Conference (HOBY) for freshman
- Volunteer work includes the Special Olympics, Jimmy Fund and the homeless
- Member of the student council and vice president of her class
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- Collected more than 2,000 items to support a Peace Corps dental education program in Morocco
- Launched “Trumpets for Honduras,” a campaign to assist the physical therapy efforts of the underprivileged children in Honduras with lung diseases
- Started a music summer camp in Vero Beach where local students can study under world-class musicians at a reasonable cost and raised money to purchase instruments for economically disadvantaged students
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- Leads his high school’s chapter for Seeds of Peace, an organization that fosters interfaith and intercultural dialogue
- Founder and President of the Microfinance Club, which has raised funds through cell phone recycling and provided much needed capital to underprivileged entrepreneurs around the world
- President of his High School Student Council and co-president of the Debate and Public Speaking Club
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- Works with underprivileged kids during the summer tutoring them in English and Information Technology
- Volunteer with Reclaim Childhood, a program dedicated to helping young Iraqi refugees in Jordan
- Attended Seeds of Peace conference to help bridge the gap between Palestinian and Israeli youth
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- Founded a free music program called Music Madness for young people
- Founder and president of NFCure, a club that raises awareness on a disease called neurofibromatosis
- Helped establish a memorial for a group of World War II victims, the comfort women
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- Founded his high school’s UNICEF Club after learning about preventable deaths caused by a variety of diseases
- Conducting research at Columbia University regarding the use of electromagnetic irradiation to destroy malaria parasites
- Founder of Strings for Little Stars, a group that teaches disadvantaged children how to play instruments
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- Initiated and developed a community effort to provide teaching and student supplies in Africa
- Founded and is president of the Niskayuna High School Leaders of Tomorrow, which secured an agreement with GE to provide leadership training
- Involved in the NYS Special Olympics, Habitat for Humanity and ROAR, where she works with challenged and under privileged students
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- Co-founder and president of the Opp-Guide, a nonprofit to encourage and motivate youth to volunteer within their community
- Developed a series of fitness videos for the Alliance of a Healthier Generation, of which she was selected as a National Board Member
- Conducted independent research on Bisphenol-A(BPA) to improve safety of baby bottles
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- Founder of the Pencil Project, providing school supplies to continue education for economically disadvantaged children around the world, including Nigeria, Burundi, and USA
- Led a team of volunteers and organized numerous events for the betterment of children’s education at the city library promoting reading and the growth of literacy
- Chairwoman for the Alameda County Junior Commission on the Status of Women, promoting equality of girls and social issue awareness
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- Launched I AM, a lifestyle magazine to promote and endorse healthful values
- Director of Business and advertising manager for HAUTE magazine and The Exonian newspaper at Phillips Exeter Academy
- Wrote and presented a paper on the use of microfinance in Afghanistan to Yale economists at the Global Leadership Summit
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- Founding member of the Teen Philanthropy Institute, a grant-making board educating teens about philanthropy
- Selected to participate in a High School Diplomats, a cross-cultural enrichment program at Princeton University involving students from the United States and Japan
- A member of the Task Force, a club that assists underprivileged children from Paterson New Jersey
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- President of the United Cause service club which has organized a variety of events providing books, clothes and school supplies to orphans in China and Mexico
- Led a team of more than 100 students and staff members in a school-wide hunger awareness campaign which included a food drive, collecting over 550 pounds of canned goods in a single day
- Raised $3,000 for Millennium Promise, an NGO that works to help developing countries achieve the Millennium Development Goals established by the United Nations
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