More than 20 Naperville students received recognition for their volunteer efforts during the annual KidsMatter Youth Service Awards. Mayor Scott Wehrli joined councilmembers Supna Jain, Dr. Benjamin White, and Ashfaq Syed in presenting and congratulating each honoree.

“We always talk about, ‘How do you be a good citizen of your community?’ You give back! You do good things for other people,” said Mayor Wehrli. “I hope that it ignites – or has already ignited – the flame for you to continue to do that throughout all of your lives.”

Celebrating service for more than 30 years

This year’s honorees are among the 650 total since KidsMatter started the Youth Service Awards in 1993. Over the years, award recipients have logged more than 50,000 volunteer hours to more than 50 local nonprofit

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