Isabel Shepard News Today

As the state honoree, Barajas earned a $5,000 scholarship and will advance to the Midwest Region Youth of the Year competition in Chicago on June 27.

The honor was announced during an event at the Holland Civic Center on Tuesday, March 21.

A West Michigan teen is sharing her story on the national level for this year's Youth of the Year competition hosted by the Boys and Girls Club of America.

A Michigan teen is sharing her story on the national level for this year's Youth of the Year competition hosted by the Boys and Girls Club of America.

After being named the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Hollands Youth of the Year in March, Isabel Shepard was named the statewide winner last week.

Students from West Michigan competed to be crowned the State Youth of the Year by the Boys and Girls Club of America.

Fifteen students from four area school districts have been awarded the Holland/Zeeland Promise this year.

Isabel Shepard, a senior from West Ottawa, was named the 2023 Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holland Youth of the Year on Thursday, March 9.

Laws already allow high school and college-aged 16-to-18-year-olds to join the city’s vital community boards, but Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso is making the inclusion of teenagers a 2023 priority.

The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Holland will name its 28th annual Youth of the Year on Thursday, March 9.