1. Casady kid organizes local Walk the World
Did you know it takes only
$34.00 to feed a child at
school for a whole year in a
developing country?
Oklahomans can help
eliminate global hunger by
participating in Walk the
World Oklahoma City on
Sunday at Lake Hefuer. The
5K walk is one of more than
250 Walk the World events
planned in 80 countries that
day.
Walk the World Oklahoma
City is organized by 15-year-
old Leann Farha, a student at
Casady School.
"I can't even imagine what
it feels like to starve. While
doing this project I have
learned how fortunate I am.
These children have no say
into what life they are born. It
is so unreal to me that there
are children out there whose
main concern in life is find-
ing enough to eat in order to
survive. This project is my
chance to make a difference
and in doing so, grow as a
person by broadening my
horizons," she said.
Walk the World Oklahoma
City aims to help the efforts
ofthe United Nations to have
a hunger-free world by the
year 2015. This walk is
Farha's way of "doing some-
thing" to heal a world need.
Walk the World is an inter-
Walk to raise awm:eness
ofhunger, malnutrition
national event that supports
the World Food Programme
(WFP), which last year fed
over 80 million ofthe world's
hungriest people.
Walk the World Oklahoma
City will begin at 100 a.m. at
Stars and Stripes Park, Lake
Hefuer South Trails. Walkers
will congregate at the Bert
Cooper Loop, north of
intersection of Portland and
South Lakeshore Drive.
Parking available at the west
side ofthe softball field.
For Walk The World Okla-
homa City registration visit
www.fighthunger.org. Freet-
shirts will be given to the first
50 registered walkers.
By Susan Parrott, Staff Writer
Leann Farha hopes to raise awareness
ofglobal hunger_ one step at a tim
It's the first time Farha has taken a
leadershtp role in helping others .d
director of the c'aS:y
Youth Advisory Council.
Thts year, Farha organized a campaign
to .make, 350 Day cards for
. The 1?-rear-old Casady School
ts. organtzmg Walk the World Oklahoma
a 5-K for 10 a.m. Sunday at
tars and Stripes Park at Lake Hefner
The event is one of 250 Walk .the
World events planned in 80 countrie
thatday. s
fi 1fhaalnsaid wants to raise money to
g m utrition and hunger at home
and abroad. Walkers are invited to do-
to the World Food Programme
whtch last year fed more than 80 'IIi '
.. ?Jle international Walk the
tmtiated two years ago by TNT
mail and logistics company. ' a
Farha said she was amazed to learn
thdat only ?34 will feed a child at school in
a ..evelopmg country for a year.
such a different world for me," she
sru . 'We are so fortunate here."
Children patients and taught
cultural diverstty to Boys and Girls Clubs
Casady students are encouraged to
!late of community service dur-
mg thetr htgh school years
"It them purpose meaning "
th
Clay thsrud. "!J1ey gain a heck of a lot mo;e
an eygtve."
Farha, who will be a sophomore in the
fall,_ says she hopes to hold Walk th
W?rid City every year. · e
'You re JUSt one person making a dif-
ference," she said.
Walk the Oklahoma City will
place rrun or shine, she said The
ftrst 50 people to at
wwwh..fighthunger.org will get free T-
s irts.
BY DOUG HOKE, THE OKLAHOMAN
Leann Farha, right, and Megan Swisher
make for the Walk the World Ok-
lahoma City, a 5-K event planned Sunday
at Lake Hefner. Farha, a 15-year-old stu-
dent at School, organized the
event to raise awareness of global hun-
ger. .

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Oklahoma City FRIDAY, Friday, Ma)' 30, 2008, • 2008 Graduation • Page C-17
2008 FRIDAY All-Star Leadership Team: Casady
LEANN FARHA
Parents: Clay and Jamie Farha
College: undecided
Career objective: Business
Leader Roles: Walk the Wo!Jd
President and Coordinator,
Infant Crisis Services Teen
Advisory Board, Discipline
Committee Delegate, Youth
Leadership Exchange
Awards: Presidential Volunteer
Service Awards, Spirit of
Community Award, Youth
Fundraising Award nominee,
MICHAEL MASSAD
Parents: Dr. Paul and Nena
Massad
College: OU
Career objective: Business
Leader Roles: Student Council •
President, Club
President, Regional Church
Youth Group President
Awards: Silver Presidential
Service Learning Award for 245
hours of service learning
• SAMMOORE
Parents: Jilll Moore and
Cheryl fterling
Colleve: undecided
Career objective: Medicine
Leader Roles: Student
Council, National Federation of
Temple Youth, Varsity
Basketball and Baseball Team
Captain
Awards: National Merit
Finalist, Cum Laude Society,
Vanderbilt Award, Princeton
Club Award, Yale Club Award,
ANKITA PRASAD
Parents: Niraj and Annradha
Prasad
SHIVAN SHETTY
Parents: Dr. Satheesh and
Shekuntala Shetty
College: University of College: University of Missouri
California - Berkeley
Career objective: Pre-Med
Leader Roles: Yearbook
Editor, Hunger Awarenes$
Week Leader, Founder of Sign
Language Club
Awards: AP Scholar with
Distinction, Cum
Society, President's Gold
Service Award, Richard A
Career objective: Medicine
Leader Roles: Secretary of the
Student Council, President of
the Chinese Club
Awards: National Spanish
Exam Spanish II and Ill
Distinction, Varsity Letter in
Cross Country and Tennis

3. Casady students walk to fight world hunger
EVERY FIVE seconds a
child dies from hunger,"
reported Casady junior
Leann Farha at the 3rd
Annual OKC Walk the
World.
Oklahomans united
against hunger by gathering
at the state capital and walk-
ing. The walk was a way to
raise awareness ofchild
hunger. With a simple walk,
people had an opportunity to
make a difference. Some
carried signs with facts and
others pushed strollers.
Farha began this event as
a freshman at Casady. She
was the first youth in the
whole world to establish a
--
Casady Courier
by
Walk the World event.
Walk the World is an
international event sponsored
by the United Nations World
Food Program with the goal
oferadicating child hunger
worldwide by 2015.
Leann's efforts encour-
aged other young leaders to
start walks in their home
towns, as well. She was pas-
0
sionate about the topic of
child hunger and felt that
kids can relate to other kids.
Under her leadership, this
event went from being local
to global.
"I thought it was cool that
it (the walk) was an interna-
tional event. We were able to
give children a second
chance at life," she said.
Many Casady students
participated in raising aware-
ness and making a change.
The Casady Youth Advisory
Council (YAC) helped raise
money for child hunger by
selling Dippin' Dots to the
students.
Another day, students
j
were encouraged to drop by
Maggie Moo's located on
Pennsylvania Avenue and be .
served ice cream by celebrity
scoopers - their peers and
teachers. The event collected
20 percent ofthe profits
made for the cause.
Junior Taylor Mills creat-
ed a video ofthe students at
Maggie Moo's and at the
"'
t>
previous walks and present- r
ed it in chapel one morning. .
' .Overall, $11,000 dollars ,1
was raised by Farha and the
Casady Walk the World
Team to fight child hunger.
The money will go to school
feeding programs and The
Food for Kids Program.
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4. THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Congratulations on receiving the President's Volunteer Service Award from the President's
Council on Service and Civic Participation. Through service to others, you demonstrate
the outstanding character of America and help strengthen our country.
In January 2002, I called on all Americans to dedicate at least two years- or 4,000 hours-
over the course of their lives to serve others at home or abroad. I congratulate you and all
Americans who have answered this call and have earned a Gold Award from the
President's Council. Americans of all ages can serve others in countless ways, such as
mentoring a child, caring for an elderly neighbor, teaching someone to read, cleaning
parks, and creating safer neighborhoods.
My Administration encourages every American to help their communities and our country.
Through the USA Freedom Corps and the President's Council, we are building a culture of
service, citizenship, and responsibility in America that will last for decades to come.
Americans continue to serve and are part of the gathering momentum of millions of acts of
kindness and decency that are changing America, one heart and one soul at a time. Your
actions are part of this change. I urge you to continue serving your neighbors and earn the
Lifetime Call to Service Award. I also hope that you will ask your friends, family, and
colleagues to join you in serving your community and our Nation.
May God bless you, and may God continue to bless America.
Sincerely,

5. THE PRUDENTIAL SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY AWARDS
HONOR ING OUTSTAND ING COMMUNITY SERVICE BY YOUNG AMERICANS
February 9, 2007
Mr. Joseph Cernick
Casady School
9500 N Pennsylvania
Oklahoma City, OK 73120
Dear Mr. Cernick,
The state-level judges for The 2007 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards have completed their
work. Unfortunately, your honoree, Leann Farha, was not selected for one of our state-level
honors this year.
However, based on the number of volunteer hours indicated on your honoree's application, Leann
has qualified for the President's Volunteer Service Award! This award recognizes Americans of
all ages who have volunteered significant amounts of their time to serve their communities and
their country. Through a partnership with the President's Council on Service and Civic
Participation, we are proud to be able to present this prestigious award to Prudential Spirit of
Community honorees who have met its requirements.
Please deliver the enclosed notification letter to your honoree as soon as possible. Also enclosed
you will find a President's Volunteer Service Award certificate and a letter from President Bush.
Please present these to your honoree at an appropriate time and place, and use this opportunity to
recognize Leann as a role model for other young people.
We also are sending you sample language for a news release that can be used to notify your local
media of this honor, and suggested ways for you to recognize your honoree.
Thank you for participating in The 2007 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program, and
for helping us convey the message that volunteer service by young Americans is important,
valued and rewarding. We hope you will decide to participate again next year when information
on the 2008 awards program arrives next September.
Sincerely,
Arthur F. Ryan
Chairman and CEO
Prudential Financial
Gerald N. Tirozzi
Executive Director
National Association of
Secondary School Principals
751 Broad Street 16th Floor Newark, NJ 07102 (973) 802-4568 Fax (973) 802-4718
spirit@prudential.com www.prudential.com/spirit

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