The Mapleton Youth Action Council (MYAC) is accepting nominations to recognize youths who are making a difference in their local communities through acts of kindness and leadership.
Ten Youth of the Year Awards will be given out each December by Mapleton council to “youth who have made a difference in their community through acts of kindness and leadership,” states Gabriella Ieropoli community youth resiliency worker, who acts as an adult ally to MYAC.
Ieropoli, who works with the Mount Forest Family Health Team, says the MYAC members are “an amazing group of youth who are working on various projects to make Mapleton a more youth-friendly community.”
The group felt a need for more recognition of the positive things that youth contribute to the community, leading to the development of the award program.
Youth recipients must live in Wellington County and be between the ages of 13 and 24. Nominees could include a student who goes the extra mile to include others or who helps run a program or a youth who rakes leaves/shovels snow for their neighbours.
“The youth does not need to be doing anything extreme, just something positive for someone else,” states Ieropoli.
The 2017 awards will be presented prior to the Mapleton council meeting on Dec. 12. The deadline for nominations is Nov. 20.
Nominations forms can be found at http://www.mapleton.ca/myac.
For information contact Ieropoli at 1-800-265-7293 ext. 7603 or gieropolli@mountforestfht.com.
