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"Nominated by herselfWhy Kelsey is amazing: Two years ago Kelsey Kinsel, a high school sophomore, lost two of her friends to suicide&amp;amp;#8212;the first in January 2009, and the second a few months later. Because of her grief she decided to create an organization, Salvation City, to help other teens realize that suicidal thoughts should not be swept under the rug and to give them resources to cope. (Suicide is the third leading cause of death for people between the ages of 15 and 24.)Kelsey set a goal to produce and distribute pamphlets in middle and high schools across the country. To fund the project, she&amp;amp;#8217;s solicited donations from local organizations and sold wristbands with the organization&amp;amp;#8217;s motto, &amp;amp;#8220;Let your hope shine.&amp;amp;#8221; She&amp;amp;#8217;s launching the Salvation City Hope Poster Campaign and putting together a Hope Compilation CD of 10 artists; the money they raise will go to the production of informational materials. She has spoken with 50 student body presidents about plans to distribute Salvation City materials and to organize awareness events in their own communities.In her own words: &amp;amp;#8220;By raising awareness for suicide prevention and helping others take ownership of the movement in their own communities, I am striving to start a chain reaction of people promoting positive influence.&amp;amp;#8221;Vote for Kelsey Kinsel now!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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