Whiz Kid: Youth Humanitarian Peter W. Conforti

Patch Whiz Kid of the Week: Peter W. Conforti

Whiz Kid Nominated By: Patch Local Editor Jacklyn Corley (after being tipped off by the Freehold Township Committee)

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Whiz Kid's Accomplishments: Peter W. Conforti received the Raymond Kershaw Youth Humanitarian of the Year Award from the Freehold Township Human Relations Council. Peter is a member of the Human Relations Commission, Helping Hands Organization and Anti-Bullying Committee. He served as Freehold Township High School’s representative to Junior Stateman of America. Peter has also earned an Eagle Scout Award and participated in the National Youth Leadership Program.

Whiz Kid's Keys to Awesomeness: Peter is a multi-tasking machine. In addition to his service on various committees and organizations, Peter finds thoughtful ways of give back to the community. For his Eagle Scout Project, Peter established a monument at the Historic Oakley Farmstead for Nancy DuBois Wood, a Freehold Township historian and member for the Freehold Township Historic Preservation Commission who died in 2008.

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