{"id":76731,"date":"2025-11-21T13:33:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T18:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fhps.net\/?p=76731"},"modified":"2025-11-21T13:33:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T18:33:40","slug":"outstanding-youth-in-philanthropy-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fhps.net\/2025\/11\/outstanding-youth-in-philanthropy-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EHS Senior, Maria <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Christopoulos was recognized as one of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the youth ambassadors who is making a huge impact right here in West Michigan! Maria was honored on National Philanthropy Day as &#8220;Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy&#8221;.\u00a0 Maria <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is president of the 130-member Kids\u2019 Food Basket Club, co-captain of the Girls\u2019 Varsity Rowing team, vice president of National Honor Society, and active in DECA, student council and her church youth groups. Her leadership has helped raise thousands of dollars and pounds of food for Kids\u2019 Food Basket, and she is committed to raising <\/span>awareness\u00a0about childhood hunger.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_76734\" style=\"width: 279px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76734\" class=\"wp-image-76734\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fhps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2180-596x1024.jpg\" alt=\"EHS Teacher Doreen Barnes and Maria Christopoulos\" width=\"269\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fhps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2180-596x1024.jpg 596w, https:\/\/www.fhps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2180-174x300.jpg 174w, https:\/\/www.fhps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2180-893x1536.jpg 893w, https:\/\/www.fhps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2180-142x245.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.fhps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2180-52x90.jpg 52w, https:\/\/www.fhps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2180-44x75.jpg 44w, https:\/\/www.fhps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2180-87x150.jpg 87w, https:\/\/www.fhps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2180-scaled.jpg 663w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-76734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">EHS Teacher Doreen Barnes and Maria Christopoulos<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_76732\" style=\"width: 638px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76732\" class=\"wp-image-76732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fhps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2154-1024x761.jpg\" alt=\"Maria Christopoulos's Slide at Presentation\" width=\"628\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fhps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2154-1024x761.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fhps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2154-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fhps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2154-1536x1141.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fhps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2154-2048x1521.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.fhps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2154-326x242.jpg 326w, https:\/\/www.fhps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2154-90x67.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.fhps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2154-75x56.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.fhps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2154-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.fhps.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_2154-scaled.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-76732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria Christopoulos&#8217;s Slide at Presentation<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EHS Senior, Maria Christopoulos was recognized as one of the youth ambassadors who is making a huge impact right here in West Michigan! 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