2024 Fourteen under 14 Recognition Breakfast

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[Music] we have been accepting applications for 14 under 14 we had 62 students apply and we have found our 14 recipients 14 under 14 is an award for Grom middle school students and this is the first of its kind we really modeled this after the Southbend Regional Chamber of Commerce 40 under 40 award we have this opportunity to recognize students here at Grom who are doing amazing things in their Community amazing things in their school we wanted to celebrate and have more of a formal ceremony with the students and their

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families because families really help support their students the parents the grandparents so that they can be all that they can be you're the young people that we hope will look at Pathways in our community look at employers explore and I think that's our real goal at the chamber is to show that there are so many opportun out there for you to pursue you know at this age range 11 12 13 years old trying to see what impact you can have it's kind of hard to visualize that sometimes yeah it's a

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great honor to be able to get this award I enjoy helping because helping I know this sound weird it it makes me feel good it's I I'm able to help people that aren't able to help themselves I'm so um excited to have this honor to be named I think this is like a really great like award we have to recognize those students who go above and beyond in school every day this is a big Milestone and a big deal that they won this award so that they can be celebrated with a crystal Trophy and pictures I'm hoping

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that that is inspirational to our students that you have the ability to make an [Music] impact