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Meet 18 amazing teens making an impact in our community.
hospital were coping. At the beginning
of this pandemic, she reached out to
the child life coordinator at Beaumont
Hospital to find out their needs. She
learned the playroom was closed with
no reopen date in sight, and patients
weren’t allowed visitors because of the
pandemic. She was told that almost all
the donated toys from the December
toy drives were gone. Since the hospi-
tal can’t share/reuse toys, every item
became single use. The hospital went
through a year’s worth of toys in just
four months.
Abby organized and raised more than
$6,000 for Beaumont’s pediatric unit
and reached out to a local toy store that
agreed to match donations — bringing
in more than $12,000 of much needed
toys, distraction items and learning
tools for the pediatric unit. Our com-
munity is lucky to have Abby.
ISABELLA CIMMINO
Isabella Cimmino,
16, of Farmington
Hills is a sophomore
at North
Farmington High
School. She is a
committed friend,
student (4.1 GPA)
and serves as class
treasurer. She’s an
award-winning figure skater, cello player,
and is active at her temple.
Isabella is involved in Sunday night
high school at Temple Shir Shalom and is
an active member of Shir Shalom Temple
Youth (SSTY) and serves on the board as
treasurer. In that role, she helps to orga-
nize temple activities such as the Purim
Carnival and the Tikkun Olam a-thon.
Additionally, she volunteers to help on
Sunday mornings with the younger kids
during religious school. For the past two
years, she has participated in the High
Holiday services by playing Kol Nidre on
her cello for the Temple Shir Shalom fam-
ily and children’s services.
Outside of temple, she organized a
fundraiser for the Detroit Dog Rescue,
which raised nearly $1,000 in money
and supplies. She also volunteers her
time at the Farmington Hills Ice Arena’s
Learn to Skate program where she helps
teach very young children. In her spare
time, she provides free math tutoring to
Farmington students in seventh to ninth
grade. Additionally, during the COVID
pandemic, she and her brother, Jonah,
performed an outdoor concert at a senior
citizen residence, playing music on her
cello for the residents quarantining in
their apartments.
Isabella is also a member of Building
Entrepreneurship, a group for Jewish