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Enumclaw Middle School Students Head to 'We Day' to Recognize Community Service

Karl Karkainen's leadership class, as well as students from Thunder Mountain Middle School and Enumclaw High School, earned their place at the star-studded event at Seattle's KeyArena through serving others.

Students in Enumclaw Middle School teacher Karl Karkainen's leadership class are among the thousands of young people expected at We Day in Seattle on Wednesday for a star-studded program.

The youth-empowerment event is a program by the Canadian-based nonprofit groupΒ Free The Children, founded by Craig Kielburger when he was just a kid himself. It is designed to show kids positive approaches to life and ways to set themselves free by helping others.

The KeyArena event Wednesday, which runs from 9:15 a.m. to 2 p.m., will be streamed live at http://www.weday.com/ starting at 9:15 a.m.

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The 15,000 kids who will attend the event--from some 380 schools in more than 100 districts statewide--have already been selected, based on their own service work for both local and global causes. They include the Enumclaw students.

The EMS class opted early on to participate in a clean water campaign for Free the Children. Click here to read about the campaigns. They set a goal to raise $300 and instead raised $2,205.50.

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Read a first-person reflection from Karkainen about the work that his students have done both globally and supporting Enumclaw Special Olympics locally.

Students, how do you perform service to your community? Adults, how can we inspire youth to give back to their communities? Tell us in the comments.


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