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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 

