A teacher from Breese, Ill., has won $500 from Weber Chevrolet for helping students give back to the community.
Ami Shanafelt is a Language Arts teacher at Central Community High School, of the Central Community High School District #71, in Breese, Illinois. Noah Hollenkamp, a student at the high school, nominated Shanafelt for KPLRâs Tools For Teachers award after experiencing Shanafeltâs random acts of kindness first-hand.
âAmi Shanafelt is a down-to-Earth, kindhearted teacher always willing to give up her time to help students,â Hollenkamp wrote in his nomination.
Not only does Shanafelt help run the schoolâs Service Club, but she also organizes events throughout the school year that allow her students to give back to the community. In late 2018, for example, she and a group of students helped shop for holiday gifts to be given to young children at BCMW Community Services.
Hollenkamp nominated Shanafelt for KPLRâs Tools For Teachers award of $500 from Weber Chevrolet.
Watch her segment here.
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