If you know a young person in grades 7-12 who shows an ongoing awareness of others through volunteering or other activities, consider nominating him or her for a 2017 Caring Youth Award. To qualify for the award, a Caring Youth must meet one of the following criteria: live in Minnetonka, Hopkins or Golden Valley; attend school in Hopkins or Minnetonka; and/or volunteer(unpaid and not as a requirement for a class or co-curricular program) in Minnetonka, Hopkins or Golden Valley.  Young people may only be nominated by the organization they are serving.   Nominations are due Jan 25, 2017 and the Caring Youth Recognition event is set for 7 p.m. March 9 at the Minnetonka Community Center.

                                                                2017 Caring Youth Award Honorees
Adam Pankow                                                          Helping Paws
Alex Quintero                                                           Minnesota Youth Community
Andrew Pelerine                                                       Mobile Loaves and Fishes
Asiya A Gelle                                                            Mothes Tutoring Academy
Ben Wiley                                                                 MHS Youth Development Council
Brigitte Montminy                                                      ICA Foodshelf
Danielle Dillahunt                                                      Helping Paws
Dante Reminick                                                         Give a Goat
Elise Johnson                                                            MHS Youth Development Council
Emma Buttress                                                          Golden Valley Library
Erik Iskra                                                                   All Saints Lutheran Church
Evan Pelerine                                                            Mobile Loaves and Fishes
Felicia Peterson                                                         Golden Valley Library
Fiona O'Connell                                                         ICA Food Shelf & Youth Development Council
Giovanna Garrido-Blanco                                          Excelsior United Methodist Church-Wednesday Fun Club
Haimanot Tadesse                                                     Grace Lutheran Church- Deephaven
Isa Larus                                                                   MHS Youth Development Council
Jane Kyllo                                                                 Hopkins Education Foundation
Jeffrey Week                                                             MHS Youth Development Council
Jessica Melnik                                                          Girls United
Julia Brazeau                                                            Minnetonka Aquatics
Korinna Bakery                                                         Gethsemane Lutheran Church
La'Dajia Davis                                                           PRISM
Lauren Dean                                                             Girl Scouts
Max Musselman                                                        MHS Youth Development Council
Rob Dow                                                                   MHS Youth Development Council
Sami Tomczak                                                           All Saints Lutheran Church
Savannah Bhojwani                                                   MHS Youth Development Council
Yusuf Yusuf                                                               Fairview Hospital