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Jagger Barnes is currently a senior in high school and lives in Illinois where she spends her time at the Service and Learning Together (SaLT)’s Shop N Drop food drive.

Today’s Story of Service comes from Julie Conlon, a local Jefferson Award recipient who began The Lafayette Plarn Project in 2017.

As part of their service leadership training, all Students in Action (SIA) participants in a community come together for a winter conference.

Youth Training Winter Conference 2024: Students in Action Across the Country

Over 28 years ago, pregnant and left with no choice but to escape from an abusive relationship, Holly Jackson found herself unhoused yet employed, and unable to qualify for assistance. Now 1-million-plus bags of essential items donated later, she’s turned her experience into a nationwide movement.