Celebrate Youth Dinner & Auction | 2008 Candidates - Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale

Katie Loker Virginia G. Piper Branch Katie Loker has attended the Piper Branch for the past decade. She has been a Junior Staff for the past three years where she currently helps in the art room. At the Club, she has been involved in the Leaders In Training (LIT) Program, graduated from What’s Hip and as a staff has helped teach sculpting classes and gardening club. Katie is an honor student at Desert Mountain High school where she is in her senior year. She is very involved in several school clubs promoting tolerance and diversity. Although she has not decided on a major, Katie has several universities in mind including the University of Arizona Honors College as well as University Puget Sound and Willamette University.
2008 Youth of the Year Candidates
Peter Anderelli Mary Ellen & Robert McKee Branch Peter Anderelli is a junior at Fountain Hills High School who after high school, plans on attending Northern Arizona University to become a middle school teacher. At the Club, he participates in the Keystone Club and helps with basketball concessions. In his spare time, he loves to read Harry Potter and fish the great lakes of Arizona.	Samantha Fitzgerald Vestar Branch Samantha (Sammie) Fitzgerald started her membership at The Thunderbirds Branch as a teen member participating in the Leaders In Training (LIT) Program and has since become a Junior Staff working at the Vestar Branch. Sammie is blessed with a beautiful voice and has performed at several Club functions including the Club’s Angels for Kids Breakfast, 2007 Celebrate Youth Dinner & Auction, and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale Auxiliary Luncheon & Fashion Show. She is also planning on teaching a singing class to the members of the Vestar Branch. She is a senior at Horizon High School and plans on attending college in Arizona.
Carly Froyum The Thunderbirds Branch Carly Froyum is a junior at Pinnacle High School with plans of graduating college with a degree in youth ministry or broadcast journalism. She has been a member of the Club for the past nine years where she has participated in Torch Club and Keystone Club. Carly has also traveled with the Club through the Discover America program and plans to travel to Europe this summer as well. Carly loves to spend time with her twin brothers and family and friends in her spare time.	Allison Kueffner Rose Lane Branch Allison Kueffner is a junior at Saguaro High School. After high school, she plans on attending Arizona State University to earn her degree in psychology. She has been a member of the Rose Lane Branch for eight years. Allison is a Junior Staff and the president of her Keystone Club. She is excited to travel to Europe with the Club this summer. Allison likes to travel and shop in her spare time.
Caitlin Peil Hartley & Ruth Barker Branch Caitlin Peil is a freshman at Coronado High School. She has been a member of the Barker Branch for the past nine years. Caitlin is active in SMART Girls, Keystone Club, and is a What’s Hip graduate. She plays the flute for Coronado’s marching band and has a strong compassion for mankind. Her dreams are to one day change the world for the better.	Jeremiah Shaw Lehi Branch Jeremiah Shaw started as a member at the Red Mountain Branch in 1997 and has since joined the Lehi Branch. His involvement with the Club includes such programs as PROUD, NATIVE, Passport to Manhood, Money Matters, along with many more. He is currently a sophomore at Riverview High School and plans on attending Scottsdale Community College and enlisting in the military. Jeremiah has participated in the Young Marines and enjoys singing traditional Pima songs with his band the Lehi Bird Singers.
Nichelle Yazzie Red Mountain Branch Nichelle Yazzie has seen the Red Mountain Branch transform from a community center to a Boys & Girls Club and is excited to celebrate the branch’s tenth anniversary this year. In her ten years as a Club member, Nichelle has participated in such programs as SMART Moves, MethSMART, and Discover Arizona. She is a senior at Higley High School and has plans of attending Chandler Gilbert Community College to pursue her degree in massage therapy and thereafter transfer to Brigham Young University to become an athletic trainer.