Why I See You, YICU Service Awards Celebration to recognize and celebrate young adults’ community service and leadership in McLean County
For A Better Tomorrow (FBT) announced on August 2 that 44 young leaders and two teams have been nominated for the second annual Why I See You, YICU Service Award. YICU celebrates young leaders who are role models that make a positive impact on others lives and their community through everyday actions in their neighborhoods, schools, social service agencies or through voluntary service to others.
Tickets for the YICU Service Awards Banquet are $25 and may be ordered on the FBT Website. Deadline to purchase the tickets in September 5.
“Most of these nominees operate largely ‘under the radar’ doing good deeds, sharing their time and talent quietly and selflessly. We are honored to recognize and celebrate them.” said Cranston Sparks, YICU Steering Committee Member.
A panel of leaders will review the nominations and select three winners in three different age groups. All nominees will be recognized at this event. Nine individuals and one team will be chosen from the outstanding group to receive a prestigious award based on their accomplishments and community impact! FBT is excited to make a $250 donation towards a non-profit in honor of the award winners.
The Awards Banquet will be held on September 10 at the Double Tree in Bloomington, IL. The social hour begins at noon with the program at 1 pm. This year's nominees are:
- Emily Fienhold, 21, Chenoa, IL
- Jeffrey Risberg, 12, Bloomington, IL
- Amber Hill, 16, Bloomington, IL
- Jaylyn Haynes, 14, Bloomington, IL
- Sankalp Amaravadi, 16, Bloomington, IL
- Anusha Bhojanam, 14, Normal, IL
- Kaitlyn Stephens, 17, Farmer City, IL
- Caroline Pickering, 17, Bloomington, IL
- Arjun Kale, 13, Normal, IL
- Sankhya Amaravadi, 22, Bloomington, IL
- Breanne Penn, 18, Normal, IL
- Kavya Sudhir, 16, Bloomington, IL
- Wah Chook, 17, Bloomington, IL
- Shreeya Malpani, 16, Bloomington, IL
- Carys Lovell, 15, Bloomington, IL
- Elena Hollingsworth, 18, Bloomington, IL
- Sky Holland, 18, Normal, IL
- Rebekah Herrmann, 17, Normal, IL
- Austin Spaulding, 18, Bloomington, IL
- Veli Aydoner, 17, Bloomington, IL
- Danylle Myers, 18, Normal, IL
- Amit Sawhney, 15, Bloomington, IL
- Savannah Sleevar, 14, Bloomington, IL
- Sierra Fields, 18, Bloomington, IL
- Jasie Kelch, 20, Normal, IL
- Leah Sebade, 18, Normal, IL
- Zitlally Arias, 17, Bloomington, IL
- Ajitesh Muppuru, 15, Bloomington, IL
- Makayla Castle, 17, Farmer City, IL
- Nathaniel Parson, 17, Bloomington, IL
- Sky Watson, 17, Bloomington, IL
- Rajeshwari More, 12, Bloomington, IL
- Bronwen Boyd, 17, Bloomington, IL
- Manasa Chenna, 14, Normal, IL
- Bhavana Ravala, 16, Bloomington, IL
- Nachiketh Rotte, 16, Normal, IL
- Sharanya Rotte, 12, Normal, IL
- William Short, 17, Normal, IL
- Micah Johnson, 18, Bloomington, IL
- Georgi Roll, 18, Bloomington, IL
- Camron Hinman, 16, Normal, IL
- Tristan Bishop, 18, Bloomington, IL
- Logan Smith, 18, Normal, IL
- Cierra Ester, 15, Normal, IL
- Not In Our School Student Coalition Team - Aishwarya Shekara, Kavya Sudhir, Mihir Bafna, Anniah Watson, Ajitesh Muppuru, Zitlally(Lolly) Arias, Fiona Ward Shaw and Shreeya Malpani
- Bloomington High School Promise Council Team - Mihir Bafna, Alisha Nadkarni, Bronwen Boyd, Fiona Ward Shaw, Veli Aydoner, Amber Hill, Carys Lovell, Wah Chook, Sierra Fields, Nathaniel Parson