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Sydney Thompson

 I like community service because it feels good to help my community. Bringing happiness to people brings happiness to me and I enjoy doing it.

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-- Sydney Thompson, 12

Hobbies: Club soccr, piano, hanging out with friends, bike riding, baking, and enjoys hand crotchet

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Passion Area: Children Experiencing Homelessness

Sydney Thompson, 12, is a member of the all-youth board of advisors of the We Cancerve Movement, Inc., a nonprofit that brings happiness to children experiencing homelessness, catastrophic illness and food insecurity, who are in foster care group homes and orphanages, and to unaccompanied minors. She's a seventh grader in Harford County Public Schools. ​

 

Sydney began to realize her love for community service when she was six years old. She recalls going with her father to Baltimore City to pick up trash.

 

"I had fun and it made me feel good to clean up the community and make it safer," she said.

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When she was eight years old, she collected donations and toiletries for the homeless and handed them out at a homeless event. Another project she was involved in was a bake sale for the Snowflake Station at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Her sister Grace and her friend Leah joined her in baking and packaging pastries, and selling them at a school event. They raised $400 to buy toys for the Snowflake Station.

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"I like community service because it makes me happy seeing other people happy. Doing community service makes me see how important it is to support the community and families around me," she said.

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Sydney has served as project leader for the award-winning organization's pillow drive for Anna's House, a homeless shelter in Bel Air. The drive collected over 40 pillows. She also serves as the project lead for La Magnifique Boutique, a full-service, free shopping experience for teen girls living at an area residential group home until they age out of the foster care system. During her time as a member of the board of advisors, she contributed to We Cancerve being named the Baltimore Orioles' 2024 Birdland Community Hero Award winner, which came with a $5,000 grant, and a 2024 Elevate Prize GET LOUD Award winner, which came with a $10,000 grant. 

 

 

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