By Daily Press staff
Danny Moore and Jason Hurd have been selected as the 2004 co-youths of the year for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Monica for their superior leadership skills, academic achievement and outstanding service to the community, officials say.
Moore, a 10-year member of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Monica, and Hurd, a six-year member, are positive role models for young people, officials say. Moore, 17, despite a difficult childhood, always makes the best of any situation has volunteered within the community and at the club, and plans to be the first in his family to graduate from college, officials say. He plans to attend art school.
Hurd who attends University High School, is captain of the varsity football team, a member of the black student union, on the class of 2004 council and an active member of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Monica. He looks forward to earning a degree in graphic design while continuing his football career.
Hurd and Moore were honored at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Monica Youth of the Year banquet sponsored by Jackson Federal Bank last weekend at the Four Points Sheraton in Santa Monica. One of them will compete against other Boys & Girls Club youth for the California state Youth of the Year title. Five regional winners selected from among the state winners will compete for the national honor in Washington, D.C., where the National Youth of the Year will be officially installed by the president in a White House ceremony in September. In addition, the national winner will receive a $10,000 scholarship from Reader’s Digest Foundation, sponsor of the program since its inception in 1947.
The Boys & Girls Club has been involved in the community for 60 years, providing daily programs and services to more than 4,000 young people. The club is currently open Monday through Friday 2:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 12, 2004. Read the original PDF.