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Youth of the Year Nominations

The Saline Area Chamber of Commerce Saline Salutes committee has invited the City of Saline Youth Council to organize and promote the tenth annual "Youth of the Year Award."

This prestigious award recognizes a Saline Area School District resident in grades 7-12 who has made a positive impact in the community in 2011. The Youth of the Year will be honored at Saline Area Chamber of Commerce's Saline Salutes awards ceremony on April 13, 2012.

School staff and administrators, city staff, officials, commissioners, coaches, clergy, parents, teens, and the general public are encouraged to make nominations. 

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Nominees must fulfill these requirements:

1. Initiated change to better the Saline community

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2. Sustained participation in extra-curricular activities in the last few years.

3. Not benefited financially from volunteer efforts.

A committee of local youths and adults will make the final decision on the Youth of the Year Award winner around March 7th. 

Please help us recognize teens that make a positive impact in the community by nominating an outstanding young person from the Saline area.

Submit nomination forms to Jody Roberts at the Saline Rec Center by Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 9:00pm. 

Please contact Jody Roberts with any questions at jroberts@city-saline.org

To download a nomination form, visit http://www.cityofsaline.org/?module=Page&sID=parks--rec&cf=Parks and download the Youth of the Year pdf.

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