Michigan’s top youth volunteer honored with $2,500 donation for local pantries

Michigan’s top youth volunteer honored with $2,500 donation for local pantries

By James Hanlon Leader Staff Writer Alex VanHaren, 14, of Oxford was recognized this month for his outstanding volunteer service at the 25th annual, and first-ever virtual, Prudential Spirt of Community Awards. Over the past five years, VanHaren donated more than 7,500 hats, gloves and scarves to 22 schools and more than 20 charitable organizations […]

Meet Michigan’s top youth volunteer

Meet Michigan’s top youth volunteer

Alex VanHaren, founder of the charity Scarves 4 Cozy Kids, has been named Michigan’s Top Middle Level Youth Volunteer of 2020 by the Prudential Spirit of the Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism. Alex will receive an engraved silver medallion and a $1,000 scholarship. He gets to go […]