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Cook County Sheriff Recognizes Palos Teens for Community Service
Local teens were honored for their volunteer work
Dozens of teens from Palos Heights, Palos Hills and Palos Park received the Cook County Sheriff's Youth Service Medal of Honor Monday night for volunteering more than 100 hours to their community.
The students were recognized at a ceremony at the UIC Forum in Chicago.
The program was established to recognize Cook County students who have
volunteered 100 or more hours in a year, and the students at Monday's ceremony totaled more than 36,000 hours of community service to a variety of agencies and organizations throughout Cook County.
Palos Hills
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Kathy Liput
Ommar Mohammed
Salam Mohammed
Natalie Nowogrodzki
Rafif Oda
David Osman
Christopher Para
Michael Para
Peter Reed
Brittany Swiconis
Toni Walton
Palos Park
Hailey Bandyk
Lauren Becker
William Geirach
Elena Georgiou
Samantha Goerg
Kelli Krown
Mesoptamia Nowotarski
Kevin Pendl
Frank Slabenak
Palos Heights
Samantha Ziola-Vega
Zachary Zwierz
Kaelyn Pace
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