Sydney Hamilton of Key West, a senior at Key West High School, will be presented with an engraved silver medallion to recognize her selection by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards as one of Florida’s top two youth volunteers of 2016.

Presentation information:
Date: Friday, March 18
Time: 2 p.m.
Event: Spring pep rally
Location: Key West High School gymnasium, 2100 Flagler Avenue, Key West
Contact: Gavin Townsend, (305) 293-1549

Sydney started “Sydney’s Hope Project” two years ago to provide games, supervise craft projects and organize special events to brighten the lives of children undergoing treatment for cancer at the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami. For more information on Sydney’s volunteering, click here: http://bit.ly/21hf2Ug

As a State Honoree, Sydney also will receive $1,000 and an all-expense-paid trip in early May to Washington, D.C., for several days of national recognition events. During the trip, 10 of the State Honorees will be named America’s top youth volunteers of 2016.

About the award:
The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, conducted by Prudential Financial in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), represent the United States’ largest youth recognition program based exclusively on volunteer community service. All middle and high schools in the U.S., along with all Girl Scout councils, county 4-H organizations, Red Cross chapters, YMCAs and affiliates of HandsOn Network, were eligible to select a student or member for a local Prudential Spirit of Community Award last November. Two State Honorees—one middle and one high school student—plus a select number of Distinguished Finalists from each state and the District of Columbia were selected based on criteria such as personal initiative, effort, impact and personal growth.

For more information on the rest of this year’s Prudential Spirit of Community Awards State Honorees and Distinguished Finalists, visit http://spirit.prudential.com.