Rising Stars

Rising Stars
Sunny 95 wants to recognize and honor kids who STAND OUT - central Ohio's Rising Stars - kids who are ALREADY serving their communities in fun & creative ways - and who are ALREADY accomplishing GREAT things while volunteering or working in clubs or organizations while they're still just KIDS. Do you know one? Is it your son or daughter, niece or nephew, granddaughter or neighbor? Let's recognize them and make sure they know how proud we are of them. They could receive a $1,000 grant! Nominate a Rising Star by filling out this form.

Maxine Keith

At 13 years of age, Maxine recognized dangerous conditions on a road in her community, so she took matters into […]

Colin Murphy

While watching his grandmother struggle to navigate an iPad, Colin saw the need to bridge the technology gap in our […]

Emmajean Peiffer

Emma Jean has lived her young life centered around kindness. She has already supported Heifer International, planned and led over […]

Haley Kuproski

Prior to a service trip to Guatemala, Haley obtained twenty used computers to donate to a rural clinic. She came […]

Meagan Warren

Meagan knew she simply wanted to help others at a very young age.  She was 11 when the idea for […]

Isabella Hernandez

Artistic and altruistic – that’s Isabella Hernandez. Isabella dedicates her free time to helping those less fortunate by auctioning original […]

Alee Brunty

Most of us, when we were in the 8th grade, weren’t worried about our classmates’ quality of life.  Alee Brunty, […]

Addie Kearns

Addie Kearns earned the honor of acting as a Diversity Steward at Shanahan Middle School in Lewis Center this year, […]

Emerson Metropoulos

Our youngest Rising Star, Emerson Metropoulos, is only 8 years old and she is allergic to tree nuts.  When she […]

Aaron Westbrook

What teenager would create his own prosthetic arm with a 3-D printer as a sophomore??  And then create one for […]