Worcester Student Nominated For "Make A Difference" Award

WORCESTER, MA — Every year the Kennedy Library recognizes up to 100 middle school students from across Massachusetts with the John F. Kennedy Make a Difference Award for the impact they have made in their communities through service projects. This year, one of those students was from Worcester.

Students are nominated for contributions they have made to their neighborhood, town, or community. All middle school students (grades 6-8) participating in unique community service projects are eligible. Projects for which students received awards in previous years include helping fellow students with disabilities, working at local food pantries and senior centers, organizing recycling projects, raising funds for autism and childhood cancer research, and fundraising for children in Uganda and Haiti.

This year Burncoat Middle School eighth grade student Maria Johnston Medina was chosen to receive this prestigious award for her volunteer work in the Burncoat and Worcester communities.
Maria was honored at an awards ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston.