2020 YMCA Youth Character Awards

2020 YOUTH CHARACTER AWARDS

ENJOY THE WELCOME, INVOCATION and KEYNOTE presentation for this year's celebration.

Sarah Burbank

Age 17, South Oldham High School

Nominated by: Ricki Brooke

Energetic, compassionate and creative, Sarah was born to be a service leader.

Sophia Calvert

Age 17, Assumption High School

Nominated by: Carolyn Calvert

Sophie is the ultimate role model. She epitomizes the YMCA’s values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility in everything she does, especially when it comes to working with children.

Richard Chandler

Age 17, Waggener High School

Nominated by: Kathryn Thompson

Richard is a dynamic leader making a difference RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW.

Andrew Dunn

Age 17, DuPont Manual High School

Nominated by: Melanie Smith

Andrew’s awareness of food insecurity, refugee students, homeless outreach and tutoring led him to create an incredible local organization that focuses on RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS.

Amiyah Hawkins

Age 14, Central High School

Nominated by: Brittany León

RESILIENT, AMAZING, INSPIRATIONAL, CONFIDENT– these are just a few of the adjectives that describe our youngest Youth Character award winner, Amiyah.

Claire Lindemier

Age 17, South Oldham High School

Nominated by: Danielle Gleitz

Claire makes everyone feel welcomed. Within a small group at Northeast Christian Church, Claire pulls a diverse group of youngsters together by asking questions, listening, and making EVERYONE feel part of the group.

Jacob Marsili

Age 17, Butler Traditional High School

Nominated by: Jonathan Joseph

Jacob is a natural born leader that lets his ACTIONS speak louder than his words.

Abdullahi Otun

Age 16, The Academy at Shawnee

Nominated by: Natalee Clark

Our next Youth Character Award winner is a young person ready to take his future to new heights!

Brooklyn Roller

Age 17, Thomas Nelson High School

Nominated by: De De Cox

Brooklyn is creative. Very, very creative. Musician, author and natural storyteller, she has already published her first children’s book: The Adventures of Buddy Luv.

Allie Senn

Age 16, duPont Manual High School

Nominated by: Will Buschmann

Allie has a deep connection with the St. Joseph Children’s Home. Not only is she is a regular summer picnic volunteer, Ally created a youth Christmas program called “SANTA’S WORKSHOP.”

Maleah Spaulding

Age 17, duPont Manual High School

Nominated by: Gin Spaulding

Maleah is warm, caring and loves helping people in need. So, it seems perfect that she created her own charity called BLANKETS OF HOPE BY MALEAH & FRIENDS.

Ryan Wiseman

Age 17, Trinity High School

Nominated by: Carol Pike

Ryan has a passion for helping others, including “man’s best friend”.

Lily York

Age 16, North Oldham High School

Nominated by: Amy York

Lily is passionate about environmental sustainability– and as creative and communications chair of Kentucky Youth Climate Strike, she is focused on educating other young people about the critical issue of climate change.

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