CBYE KIDS - Profile - KRISTIN STAWIARSKI

October 2006
Youth in Action (Canadian Living Magazine)
KRISTIN STAWIARSKI -
MAKING KIDS’ LIVES MORE MAGICAL,

A ballet dancer since the tender age of two, Kristin Stawiarski found a way to combine her compassion for others with her passion for the arts. The 17-year-old created the Kids Helping Kids Campaign three years ago to allow less fortunate children to be touched by the magic of dance. (read complete article)

September 2006
Ontario Super Teens (Winner of Ontario Super Teen Contest for 2006)

For the past four years, Kristin Stawiarski, a grade 12 student at St. Mary’s Catholic Secondary School in Hamilton, has volunteered for the Canadian Ballet Youth Ensemble to promote literacy awareness, fundraise, and enhance the arts in the community. Three years ago, she initiated the Kids Helping Kids campaign to raise money to allow low-income or terminally ill children to see The Nutcracker. “By the end of the campaign, students gained a broader appreciation and awareness of the world around them,” she says. Kristin also participates with the DREAMS project, through which she helped build houses in the Dominican Republic. With her involvement in the Dancing, Acting, Recreational, Education, Singing (DARES) project, Kristin helps expose less-fortunate children to the arts. She plans to study pharmacy, psychology or law at university.

March 2006
Fifty-four hands of God build homes for poor in Dominican
(By Kristin Stawiarski)

Twenty-three students. Four supervisors. Fifty-four hands. Two homes. One week in March. A missionary experience of a lifetime! Since the inception of the D.R.E.A.M.S.’ (Dominican Republic Education and Medical Services) project in 1999, St. Mary Catholic Secondary School has sent agroup of Grade 12 students to the poverty stricken village of Rifle de la Horma in the Dominican Republic every January and March. Students and teachers are selected after submitting an initial essay and an interview process. The one thing that all applicants had in common is their innate need and yearning to make a difference in thisworld. This project began with a dream and ended with its fulfillment. (read complete article)