Distinguished Finalist

Sean Noel, 13, of Mandeville, La., a seventh-grader at Mandeville Junior High School, has conducted a number of comprehensive volunteer projects, most recently creating the "St. Tammany Remembers" website that provides a resource listing of local veterans for schools and service groups who choose to provide assistance. In the past, Sean, who is living with hemophilia, raised $5,000 to benefit the Louisiana Hemophilia Foundation to help raise awareness of the disease.