The Nomination: Gretchen McPherson brings sunshine and laughter wherever she goes, showing His light to everyone around her. Gretchen volunteers for an organization called The Little Lighthouse which helps children who have special needs and offers support to their families. She not only works with the children, but she is also a Junior Board Member at The Little Lighthouse. Gretchen has an amazing voice; her hard work and talent has won her several solo vocal awards and recognitions. Her passion is to pursue Musical Therapy and work with both special needs kids and adults to help them heal through music.

Gretchen was featured in issue 37 of Inspiring Teens Magazine!

​Ryann Mescher was at the grocery store and saw the lady in front of her unable to pay for both food and menstrual products that week. This experience weighed on her, and she decided to do something about it because no one should have to choose between eating and having period supplies. Ryann started Femme Aid Collaborative to end period poverty in her community. She has raised over $50K and purchased, collected, and distributed over 650,000-period pieces to 18 local nonprofits in less than two years. Her goal is to end period poverty and period stigma in her community.

​The Nomination: Kristen never seems to give up. Her tenacity is inspiring. While going after what she wants, she is fearless and almost always has a smile on her face. Kristen volunteers on a consistent basis. It would be hard to find a more selfless person willing to give up their personal time, talent, and resources to help and support others.

​The Nomination: EllaBabe is so beautiful on the inside and outside. She’s selfless, caring, hardworking, and a true Christian. If you view her Instagram you can see several of her inspirational videos where she is not afraid to share God’s Word. She is a wrestler for the Ada Cougars and she placed third at states. She volunteers at our local food bank when she is available. She also volunteers during Christmas to feed the homeless and distribute gifts. She tutors and has helped several kids with their schoolwork during the pandemic since she is always looking for ways to help others. She truly deserves to be recognized for everything she does at such a young age!

​The Nomination: Taylor Sedlatschek is an inspiring young woman as she volunteers at an animal rescue and has dedicated 150+ hours since August 2019. Taylor loves working with abused animals and has recently started fostering a troubled Pitbull. She has become an advocate for rescue animals. Taylor dedicates herself to promote the idea that rescue animals deserve a second chance at a good life on top of this, she has a 3.9 GPA is in beta club and will be attending a four-year university this fall.

The Nomination: Sophia Sander has taken part in my Class of 2020 Senior Rep program which emphasizes professionalism, self-growth, and teamwork. She has the uncanny ability to make other feel at ease while helping to build their confidence. She is a 3-sport athlete, class President 3 years running, donates her personal time to help with community efforts and programs, and was selected as an ACTION athlete at her high school this year. Sophie is without a doubt one of the sweetest, most endearing, and compassionate young women I have met.

​The Nomination: Khadajah is an amazing young lady, who truly has a passion to make an impact and serve her community.
Khadajah has been volunteering in her community as a Girl Scout since the age of 5, she has earned her bronze, silver and gold award through Girl Scout by doing numerous community projects.
She has been volunteering at her local church for 7 years and has been on 3 missions trip across the country.
She also been on local missions trip within her community and has partnered with numerous nonprofit to volunteer.
Khadajah has volunteered at her local library and DaVinci science center for the last 4 years during the summer in addition to working as a playground counselor through her local township.
She has been dancing since the age of 10 and continues to dance competitively.
Khadajah plans to attend Cairn University to study Social Work.

The Nomination: Taylor Clodfelter is a very outgoing and inspiring senior to everyone who looks up to her. She has a heart of gold and helps anyone that she can. Taylor is the most energetic, stunning, caring, cheerful, and just an all-around amazing girl! She puts others in front of herself and does not think twice about it. Her senior year has been crashing down on her because of COVID-19 but every day, she wakes up in the morning and says, “You got to think on the bright side!” She even has been painting rocks with cheerful sayings just to get people through this rough patch with positivity. She has been putting them around the town of Fort Branch and Haubstadt so be on the lookout for some inspiring rocks! She started out with a rough life, but she has never let that phase her. Her smile will always brighten any room she walks in! ​

​Victoria Hall has spent the past four years advocating, raising money and awareness for victims of human trafficking by partnering with the nonprofit organization Dresscember. At the age of sixteen she traveled to India with the organization YouCanFreeUs that rescues victims of human trafficking. She went into locations delivering care packages and planting seeds for rescue missions. She also met and worked with survivors in rehabilitation programs. Victoria sees the light and hopes all she meets will see that light and her fight to bring awareness through her passions to this cause.