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16 - The Oakville Beaver Weekend, Saturday February 3, 2007 www.oakvillebeaver.com CABINET REFACING after Oakville youths recognized for community involvement Continued from page 12 before last CHANCE $10 $10 $20 $40 $60 Skirts, pants & tops Reg. $260 Now Tanks, Long Skirts & Pants Reg. $150 Now $20 Tops & Pants Reg. $295 Now $40 $60 $80 $100 Tops & Sweaters Reg. $350 Now $80 $100 Skirts Reg. $300 Now Jackets Reg. $495 Now Take an additional 10% Off Selected Merchandise DON'T MISS THE CHANCE TO GET THESE GREAT BARGAINS BEFORE OUR SPRING MERCHANDISE ARRIVES. DOWNTOWN OAKVILLE ·166 Lakeshore Rd. E. 905-337-3155 ular blood donor and reads announcements at school. Also nominated out of T.A. Blakelock is Julie Harmgardt, 16. Among Harmgardt's many school activities are: athletic council executive, sky/snowboard club president, school paper editor, fashion show model, world council president, Interact club president, outdoor club founder and president, French tutor, mentoring program member, student senate representative and Santa parade float committee director and founder. Harmgardt also plays field hockey, badminton, tennis, curling and swims. Among her community involvement is Teens Organizing Local Events for Seniors (TOLES), Queen's Park Parliamentary Page Guest Speaker Program, Oakville Youth Advisory Council, church lector, author of Thanks, for the memories (provincial park initiative), Canadian Connections and more. Harmgardt is one of five children and works as a lifeguard to raise money for school -- she works as a lifeguard at Erinoak, Serving Young People with Physical Disabilities. "It's not too often that big brothers "look up" to their little sisters, but in this case I do. Julie's involvement within her school and the community at large is so great, that it is almost unfathomable that one young teen could actually accomplish so much," wrote her brother Andrew who nominated her along with her school principal Stuart Miller, teacher Anna D'Alessandro and resident Pam Damoff. Josh Goossen, 17, was nominated by teachers Joanna Sandford and Clif Donaldson. Sandford described him as a person with strong leadership abilities and a strong interest in not only the surrounding community, but also the global community. Goossen made a mission trip in the spring of 2005 to Africa where he taught music and drama in an orphanage. He was also a counsellor at Camp Norland, which is for youths involved with the Children's Aid Society and Aboriginal peoples. Goossen has belonged to his school's jazz band, concert band, senior winds and music Julie Harmgardt Josh Gossen Jeremy Gretton Adam Mitchell council. He has participated for three years in the annual 30Hour Famine, is an honour student and teaches piano. "Josh is unselfishly willing to help and be of assistance," wrote Sandford. Again from T. A. Blakelock and nominated by Miller, the principal, and several teachers, was Jeremy Gretton, 17. Described as a "leader" by Miller, Gretton, has worked on the school yearbook, been active in a mentoring group, has led church and community activities outside the school, belongs to the school band and went to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina to work on restoring homes. He has also volunteered with the OakvilleTrafalgar Memorial Hospital Classic Run and is involved in fundraising for those in need in Malawi. According to Gretton's Youth Pastor Dave Easton, Gretton has participated in a trip to an orphanage in Trinidad, worked with the homeless in Montreal, is cocaptain of the school's senior Reach Team, was among a group to receive a gold medal at the 2006 Musicfest Competition and received the Bell Canada Award (a scholarship to Queen's University). "Although I believe Jeremy is very deserving of this award, he is a very unassuming, humble individual who would not look for recognition for the things he does," said his mom Gay Gretton. Adam Mitchell, 17, was nominated by his Iroquois Ridge High School teacher Lynda Anstett. "Adam represents the very best of what the youth of this province should strive to be. He develops the passion in each of us that helps us to be better human beings," wrote Anstett. Mitchell, for his business leadership class, organized a Relay for Life event that usually takes up to six months to plan and did it in six weeks. It raised $18,000 and Mitchell is co-ordinating a second event. Mitchell has also worked to develop the Town of Oakville's Summer Sizzlers day camp for children, and helped create a leadership/mentoring program in his school. In addition, Mitchell has done volunteer coaching with his school's junior boys and junior girls vollyball teams, was a speaker at a global development day conference, was involved with his school council among a host of other leadership and charitable efforts. "I have been a secondary school teacher for over 20 years and during this time I feel incredibly proud to have had the opportunity to learn with, and from, many wonderful young people. Adam Mitchell is that one student who stand outs from the others," wrote Anstett.