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Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br />Peine, Sandy <br /> <br />From: Lauren Sivula [starpower146@hotmail.com] <br />Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 8:03 PM <br />To: speine@ci.elk-river, mn.us <br /> <br />Subject: Personal Info <br /> <br />Dear Sandy, <br /> <br /> I am going to give you any and all information I can think of. Use whatever you need. The <br />summer after my sophomore year I went to a "camp" type week called Governor Scholar. it is run <br />by MAEF (Minnesota Academic Excellence Foundation). The purpose of this week is for each <br />student, alone or in pairs, to develop and eventually carry out a community service project.! The <br />week is full of speakers and leadership developing activities as well as discussion about poSSible <br />project ideas. My friend Joe Robinson and I came away from this week with big plans. IVloSt <br />students do a single project, but Joe and I decided to incorporate many single projects withln a <br />larger one. We decided that there weren't many opportunities for kids to volunteer on a regular <br />basis at Elk River High School besides the National Honor Society. We wanted to make ourlgroup <br />as diverse as possible, which was something that was particularly stressed at Summer Institute. <br />We decided to impose few restrictions and didn't have any entrance requirements. The students <br />that want to get involved don't need to have a certain GPA or class rank or even any other <br />activities, they just have to have their heart in the right place, and that is wanting to benefit the <br />community. We called our group SERVE (Serving Elk River with Volunteer Enthusiasm) and started <br />out with about 13 members of a board of directors which would plan the projects and brains~torm <br />project ideas for the future. My title is officially Project Manager. I am in contact with the groups <br />that need our help. Joe is the President of the board of directors and runs our weekly board <br />meetings. We have expanded to about thirty members this year. Some projects that we have <br />been involved in have included: 728 Club Craft Bazaar, Relay for Life, March Food Drive for ICAER, <br />Arts in Harmony, Book Drive for the Boys and Girls Club, Gifts Anonymous, ArtSoup, Ramsey <br />Beautification Project, Special Olympics, Karaoke at the VA Hospital, teaching senior citizens about <br />computers and the internet at the Senior Center, Community Pancake Breakfast for victims iof <br />9/11, Daffodil Days and more. Our group actually won an award for our involvement in theIMarch <br />Food Drive for CAER from the Minnesota Food Share Association. We were awarded the i <br />Outstanding Youth Volunteer Group of Minnesota for our work. : <br /> Besides my work with SERVE, [ am heavily involved in singing throughout the communit~y. 1 <br />am a member of Command Performance Girls Choir and have been stage manager for the I~ast two <br />years. Last year I received the Choir Girl of the Year award which was voted on by my fello~v choir <br />members. [ am also a cantor at St. Andrews Catholic Church and sing in PraySing the Word Youth <br />Choir. T sing the National Anthem at Elk River High School sporting events and have had thle <br />opportunity to sing at the State Soccer Tournament the past two years. <br /> I am sure this is about all you ever wanted to know about me and more. Just use what you <br />see fit. Thank you for contacting me. [ am very honored to be recognized with this public <br />proclamation. Let me know when this will be taking place. Thanks again. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Lauren Sivula <br /> <br />Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download: http_://explorer.msn.com <br /> <br />2/21/2002 <br /> <br /> <br />