Luke Ruscica

• Community Representative for the Sustainability and Social Change Council.
• Meet weekly to discuss events and plans for future events to engage fellow students.
• Help run events.
• Manage physical poster distribution for events.
• Consistently go above and beyond by signing up, giving presentations, and accepting event positions that others are too nervous to do.

• Performed backstage management duties during school events, like the annual school play and holiday concert.

• Was responsible for assisting with the school's effort to become Eco-Certified.
• I assisted with the Great Gulp Challenge (one of the Eco-School events).
• Was responsible for gathering information pertaining to the habits of idling drivers.
• I collected data for two weeks, calculating the amount of emissions released, on average, in a year.
• I began doing promotions about the issue and talked to idling drivers in order to reduce the toxic emissions at our school.
• We ended up getting a score of over 100, securing the school a platinum Eco-status.

Helped with manual tasks, like lifting boxes and sorting.

I was mainly assigned to lift heavier objects that other volunteers were not able to.

Helped arrange a box with balanced meals, regardless of whether they have already hit the weight limit.

• I was responsible for being a leader on a middle school camping trip in grade 12.
• Helped encourage students who were nervous to participate.
• Helped settle conflicts that were taking place at night to maintain a positive camping experience