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Gabriella Chambers, a sophomore at Noblesville High School, enjoys the hard work and camaraderie that makes any team successful. She believes such attributes have greatly helped her school’s swim team. “On the swim team, I like all of the people, and how we connect as a team,” Chambers says. “I love how hard we work every day to improve. We push each other to be great, and support everyone equally.” Chambers, an honor student, also works hard in the classroom to achieve her academic goals. “My favorite classes are algebra, chemistry and world history,” she says. “I was in National Junior Honor Society, and I’m looking forward to National Honor Society in eleventh grade - unless the school opens it to freshman and sophomores.”
to help animals,” Chambers says. “I chose eastern bluebirds because I enjoy watching Chambers looks forward to learning them, and decided to find a way to put up something new all the time. more birdhouses around the community. Predators are threatening their existence. By “I enjoy learning to work with others and putting up more birdhouses, it will help to developing new skills, such as business skills improve the population.” and marketing,” she says. “With every lesson we learn, we always have fun, but we take it Chambers is also helping to improve mental seriously and gain knowledge.” health for Noblesville residents. Chambers is also active in the Girl Scouts. She is working toward a Girl Scout Gold Award with a project called Helping Bluebirds. “I want to be a veterinarian, because I want
“Watching birds is good for mental health, and it adds a little bit of positivity that we could all use right now,” Chambers says. “I will be installing 38 or more birdhouses around the community, and plan to get more with any additional donations. This
should help the bluebird population over the next several years.” Chambers has launched a GoFundMe campaign, and is seeking support for her Gold Award, which benefits the Noblesville community. “I set up the GoFundMe page so that I could purchase bluebird houses, supplies and binoculars, and have posters made,” Chambers says. “Cool Creek Park has agreed to accept a bird chart and binoculars for bird watching at the park, and the Noblesville library has agreed to put a birdhouse, poster and birdhouse information in the children’s area. If there are any funds remaining after
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