28 Nazareth Students Selected for Young Community Changemakers Program

Principal Therese Hawkins is proud to announce that 28 juniors and seniors have been chosen for the fifth annual Young Community Changemakers program (YC2). YC2 is a leadership development program designed to educate and empower local youth to become the next generation of philanthropists and is sponsored by Community Memorial Foundation. Students from Nazareth Academy, Lyons Township, Riverside-Brookfield and Hinsdale Central were selected from a pool of applicants who completed written essays based around service and leadership. YC2 students will meet from January through April to explore the social challenges in our community, learn about philanthropy, review grant applications, conduct site visits and ultimately award grants to local nonprofit organizations.

“We are so very proud of Nazareth Academy's participation in this program,” said Mrs. Hawkins. “As we reflect on this year's school theme - Loving Actively and Inclusively...That All May Be One - we know that the experiences our students will have through YC2 will equip them with important skills like compassion and civic responsibility to help them fulfill that calling. The students selected to participate are a powerful example of love and goodness in our world.”

Congratulations to the following Nazareth students, whose interest in, and dedication to, serving the needs of our community are a source of great school pride:

Seniors: Noah Guzman (Bolingbrook), Zachary Zhou (Broadview)

Juniors: Layden Almer (La Grange Park), Charlie Austin (Western Springs), Ava Bucur (Berwyn), Cormick Byczek (Downers Grove), Matea Hewitt (Hinsdale), Kacey Hughes (Westmont), Brianna Less (La Grange Park), Valentina Marijan (Chicago), Sara Mazur (Western Springs), Hannah McCarthy (Western Springs), Jane McNamara (Western Springs), Gianina Montoro (North Riverside), Faith Mouw (Hinsdale), Devonny Munoz (Berwyn), Neeve Olson (La Grange Park), Alex Pavlidis (Oak Brook), Bianca Perez (Lemont), Ashley Ponton (Cicero), Bella Ramirez (Chicago), Samantha Rozmus (Elmhurst), Evelyn Siffermann (Western Springs), Sophia Valdez (Stickney), Gustavo Villasenor (Chicago), Nikolette Weiss (La Grange), Abigail Winters (Clarendon Hills), Claire Witte (La Grange Park)