A sophomore nursing student at Northern Oklahoma College, Sasha Stierwalt volunteers with Hospice and many group projects, such as a two-day OBI blood drive and Be the Match bone marrow registry drive. She also led the initiative to collect stockings with Christmas presents for young cancer and Cystic Fibrosis patients who were hospitalized over the holidays, and organized a fundraiser for a family of one Cystic Fibrosis patient in need.
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Sasha Stierwalt, Northern Oklahoma College
I have always had a drive to serve others and work for the common good. But I never fully realized that I could go beyond volunteerism--that my opinion and hard work could influence policy decisions. My views changed when I sat in the office of one of my legislators in Washington, DC.
-Amanda Coffin, University of Maine at Farmington, Campus Compact student leader