Unsung Hero: Local teen dedicates his time to environmental efforts
Posted October 23, 2017 6:41 am.
Last Updated October 23, 2017 6:42 am.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Congratulations to our Unsung Hero Oliver Xie. He was nominated for the award by William Xie. Take a look at his story.
Oliver is Grade 10 student in Seaquam Secondary School, Delta, BC. I’d like to nominate Oliver so his volunteer services can motivate and inspire others to contribute.
At home, Oliver takes every action to help minimizing waste, maximizing recycling, saving energy, and taking care of his blind grandmother.
At school, Oliver is an outstanding student is all aspects of academic, volunteering and athletic. Since Grade 8, he founded an Effective Communication Club to help students to improve public speaking skills; coached Math clubs and lead the team to regional and provincial contest successes; served as key member of Operation Green club to build a rain garden in the school, pull invasive species and campaign for environment and sustainability awareness; Me To We member; organized badminton tournaments to raise funds for charity; collected food donations for local food bank. He has been recipients of awards like Principal’s List, Outstanding Services, Scholastic, Outstanding Student, etc. for his great services to school.
In communities, Oliver has provided over hundred hours of volunteer services: Delta Park and Recreation After School Childcare Program (supervise young children for after school activities), Community Centre Soccer Camps, Tour De Delta (event set up and tear down), Cougar Creek Society (clean up garbage, remove invasive species), Ever Green (work in New Westminster Lower Hume Park — rain garden, plant native plants, water quality monitoring). For his excellent volunteering services over the years, Rotary International awarded Oliver as Outstanding Youth in Delta, June, 2017.
In 2015, Oliver collected 7 used laptops and downloaded over a thousand Chinese child stories to the computers — and donated them to children of a remote village in Southern China. Further, he spent 4 weeks that summer to teach basic computer skills to those kids who had never touched computer before.
Alpine Credits is acknowledging Oliver with $500 to say thanks for his volunteer efforts and they’re also making a $1,000 donation to the Ronald McDonald House Children’s Charity.
Everyone knows an Unsung Hero. Nominate yours now by clicking here and give credit where credit is due with Alpine Credits and NEWS 1130.
