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Vankleek Hill Collegiate Institute student Madeleine Fortin does most of her volunteer work through various extracurricular activies at her school. She has amassed more than 230 hours of community service work since Grade 9, and she credits the example of her mother, Julia Fortin, with inspiring her passion for volunteer work. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
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Madeleine Fortin (left) receives her Sovereign’s Medal from Canada’s most famous volunteer, Craig Kielburger, co-founder of the We Charity project, which developed out of his own early involvement as a teenager in creating public awareness of and lobbying for action against the exploitation of children. —supplied photo
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