Newport Daily News
NEWPORT Norelys Hunter, a Rogers High School senior with more than 200 hours of volunteer work under her belt, was selected by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County as its Youth of the Year.
“(Boys & Girls Club) is a really good support system for kids,” said Hunter, who now will compete for statewide recognition. “Everybody deserves a friend, and I think that the Boys & Girls Club is a really good friend for anybody.”
The Youth of the Year program is conducted by every Boys & Girls Club across the country, recognizing a member who has been with the club for several years and embodies the core tenets of character, leadership, healthy living and academic readiness, said Joseph Pratt, executive director and CEO of the local club.
Good things on The Lakeshore, April 16, 2021 By Peg McNichol
Apr 16, 2021 8:40 AM
HOLLAND (WHTC-AM/FM) Each week, WHTC hears from editors at The Lakeshore, an online-only publication focused on good things happening in Allegan, Ottawa and Muskegon counties. The Lakeshore’s assistant editor, Andrea Goodell, talked to morning-news anchor Peg McNichol about people and organizations making a difference. (Listen to the podcast.)
Here are some of the highlights of their conversation for the week of April 16, 2021.
Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year: Nayeli Mora ‘s essay on how she overcame bullying and embraced her culture. Mora was bullied in elementary and middle school as she struggled to learn English. As the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Holland’s 2021 Youth of the Year, she hopes to use her voice and her story to make a difference in her generation and inspire her peers to advocate for themselves.
MARTIN COUNTY Jana Solomon-Watson knew her daughter D Asia Watson was destined for higher education.
She always pushed D Asia, 12, to pursue her dreams regardless of barriers the family faced. But as a single mother of three who relies solely on her teacher s salary, Solomon-Watson worried about the financial obligation that comes with sending a child to a four-year college or university, she said.
She was concerned D Asia would get caught in the trap, she said, and become just another statistic of a low-income student that would never see her educational dreams turn into reality.
Until the mother-daughter duo learned of a new scholarship program.
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