Distinguished Finalist

Max Pushaw, 18, of Hope, Maine, a senior at Camden Hills Regional High School, is the founder and president of “Camden for Community,” a school club that has raised awareness about hunger in the local community while volunteering and raising money to help feed the hungry. After learning that hunger affected even his affluent community, Max worked with his friends to gain school board approval to start the club, which has grown to be his school’s largest with about 80 members.