Congratulations 2025 Graduates!
- Hands4Hope - Youth Making A Difference
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Updated: 12 hours ago
We are so proud of the 2025 class of graduating seniors, all 89 of whom are actively involved with Hands4Hope. We set a record this year with the number of Hands4Hope youth leaders graduating at once - a whopping 34! These young adults are leaving high school having built an ethic of service leadership, and with many hours of experience learning to work as a team and make a difference for their community.

Hands4Hope 2025 Cord Awardees
The coveted Royal Blue and Orange Hands4Hope Service Cord is awarded to seniors who have served at least 160 hours cumulatively over all 4 years in high school. This year's awardees (some pictured below) are:
Jack Craine, Oak Ridge High School - 269 hours
Gabriella Dailey, Oak Ridge High School - 740 hours
Hailey Harris, Oak Ridge High School - 198 hours
Addison Hunt, Oak Ridge High School - 757 hours
Sarah Jeon, Vista Del Lago High School - 363 hours
Hyemin Kim, Vista Del Lago High School - 191 hours
Madison Matlack, Union Mine High School - 452 hours
Taylor Milbrath, Oak Ridge High School - 259 hours
Andew Ni, Oak Ridge High School - 222 hours
Abby Rickey, El Dorado High School - 424 hours
Samantha Scholz, Ponderosa High School - 270 hours
Eva Silveira, Oak Ridge High School - 288 hours
Nicole Uribe, Oak Ridge High School - 300 hours
Leo Xie, Oak Ridge High School - 403 hours

2025 GRADUATING SENIORS
The following seniors are all active participants with Hands4Hope. We bid them best wishes as they continue their journey, and invite them to continue involvement through our Alumni Association!
*indicates that the graduate held a youth leadership role in Hands4Hope
El Dorado High School
Brooke Bowers
Graham Brewer
Sydney Bui
Jordan Burke *
Madeline Cortes-Perez *
Miah-Rose Duncan
Natali Hernandez
Alicen Klith
Devin Kruk
Sydney Leonetti
Sarahi Lopez *
Diana Mora *
Abby Rickey *
Folsom High School
Wilcott Burke
Sana Ezatullah *
Mia George *
Selene Germanelo *
Aaditya Khullar
Oak Ridge High School
Kendra Alameda *
Olivia Almeida *
Sawyer Beck
Bella Bhat
Taylor Brandon
Madelynn Burns *
Ella Cottrell
Gabriella Dailey *
Trisha George *
Fiona Gordon
Eleanor Hankins
Nathan Hansen
Hailey Harris *
Tyler Hsu
Addison Hunt *
Sydney LEngle
Taylor Milbrath *
Zara Moness *
Nikolas Nettleman
Andrew Ni *
Zachary Nicholson *
Amelia OSullivan
Morgan Pangborn *
Francesca Paradis *
Samantha Payne
Alexandria Remily
Ava Schraeder
Eva Silveira *
Ian Spero
Nicole Uribe *
Sofia Williams
Leo Xie *
Phoebe Yonano
Ponderosa High School
Maxwell Anderson
Sofia Davis
Hannah Deagle
Marissa Granade
Joselyn Hinson *
Olivia Love
Savanna McDonough
Samantha Scholz *
Craig Soriano
Kane Webb
Brandon York
Union Mine High School
Mason Blumberg
Justice Brown *
Cami Catron
Michael Davila
Lauren Dorrough
Alexandra Franzi *
Lincoln Garel *
Aiden Goehring
Cali Graves
Jordan Haley *
Madison Hall
Madison Matlack *
Naomi Morgan
Lily Nolan
Jayden Perez
Vista del Lago High School
Katelyn Brandeberry
Edith Chan
Sarah Jeon *
Sameeksha Kankipati
Jessica Kim
Hyemin Kim *
Unspecified SChool
Sarah Chan