Name: Christiana Omland
Age: 17
School: Freedom High School
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Accomplishment: Christiana dedicates her "time and heart" to the HOPE Club at Freedom High, which supports children with special needs. She is also a mentor to a freshman at Freedom, Rachel Hunt.
Key to Awesomeness: As President of the HOPE Club, Christiana has spent years volunteering due to a passion for serving others.
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"Overall, at such a young age, she is setting an example of what we all should be, and can aspire to be, by spreading awareness to others and by reaching out and giving of ourselves to others," said Mary Hunt, Rachel's mother. "Not because we have to, but because we want to."
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