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[NAME] Shantelle Medel smedel@sfu.ca [AGE] 23
Beneath One Sky Community Support Society / The Walk and Learn Program Sometimes it is necessary for us to have a role model in our life- someone who sets a good example and always encourages others to make positive contributions to society. Shantelle Medel has done a tremendous job of being a citizen who has been able to show others that doing good deeds leads to even better results. She created a program known as, “Beneath One Sky” (BOS) in her final year of high school. It is a local, nonprofit organization that dedicated to bringing awareness and funding for poverty internationally. She is currently the Vice President of BOS while also working on other projects on behalf of the organization. In addition to creating BOS, Shantelle’s past endeavours include the creation of The Backpack Run in which volunteers a part of BOS donate and bring food, clothing and other items to the downtown east side as well as being the founder of the Walk and Learn Program. In this initiative, the goal is to bridge the gap for isolated seniors and ESL students. Another major accomplishment was receiving $13,000 in government grant funding for the Walk and Learn Program from the New Horizons for Seniors’ program. Shantelle is now scheduled to graduate in June 2016 from SFU with a Bachelor’s of Science in Honours Health Science with a minor in Gerontology.
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