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Manuel Ortiz '07 To Receive Emerging Leader Award
We received a very welcomed note from Brother Lawrence Goyette, FSC, executive director of The San Miguel School in Providence. He told us that the San Miguel had nominated La Salle Academy graduate Manuel “Manny” Ortiz ’07 for this year's Leadership Rhode Island's Emerging Leader Award and that Manny has been selected to receive the award.
The Emerging Leader Award recognizes an outstanding young person whose vision, dedication, and leadership qualities have inspired others to take action to create community change. The nominee must be 21 years of age or under, or 23 or under and enrolled full-time as an undergraduate, at the time the award is presented. The nominee's leadership must serve a community or communities in Rhode Island.
The Emerging Leader Award recognizes an outstanding young person whose vision, dedication, and leadership qualities have inspired others to take action to create community change. The nominee must be 21 years of age or under, or 23 or under and enrolled full-time as an undergraduate, at the time the award is presented. The nominee's leadership must serve a community or communities in Rhode Island.
The award will be presented on Thursday, March 17 at a noon luncheon at the Orms Street Marriott.
Deadline for tickets is Thursday, March 10. Contact Jillian Stone at (401) 273-1574 or jstone@leadershipri.org Tickets are $65.
La Salle Academy is a high school rich in history and grounded in the person and teachings of Jesus and the Catholic faith, which are core to the school's life and culture. The De La Salle Middle School provides a strong holistic foundation for students to transition into high school. The high school and middle school provide students of diverse ethnic, economic, and religious backgrounds, a community to foster growth in the tradition of St. John Baptist de La Salle’s ideals of faith, service, and community.
