HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report 2502-4144CITY OF PALO ALTO
CITY COUNCIL
Monday, April 21, 2025
Council Chambers & Hybrid
5:30 PM
Agenda Item
1.Recognizing Palo Alto Youth Who Have Received The President's Volunteer Service Award
(PVSA) As Certified by Youth Community Service (YCS) Between Feb 16, 2024 – Feb 15,
2025 Public Comment
City Council
Staff Report
Report Type: SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY
Lead Department: City Clerk
Meeting Date: April 21, 2025
Report #:2502-4144
TITLE
Recognizing Palo Alto Youth Who Have Received The President's Volunteer Service Award
(PVSA) As Certified by Youth Community Service (YCS) Between Feb 16, 2024 – Feb 15, 2025
RECOMMENDATION
YCS is asking the Mayor and City Council to recognize the Youth PVSA Awardees living in Palo
Alto, as well as youth enrolled in PAUSD schools. The awardees are:
•Jess Abraham
•Avika Agarwal
•Annika Agrawal
•Adi Anand
•Sia Anand
•Aadi Belwal
•Vinayak Bhat
•Anoushka Bhatia
•Amanda Dharmawan
•Samuel Fiedel
•Leo Fiedel
•Daron Fong
•Alvin Fu
•Jillian Gilbert
•Prisha Goel
•Ajay Gopinath
•Neeraj Gummalam
•Riley Hill
•Lionel Humphreys
•Kamya Kalra
•Samarth Karnam
•Krish Khanna
•Ellen Kim
•Julia Kirner
•Aakash Koneru
•Samhita Laxman
•Seth Li
•Han Li
•Benjamin Liu
•Toby Lobell
•Maryam Maskatia
•Aiden Miao
•Marisa Million
•Gia Pendyala
•Antonio Pistaferri
•Inaaya Rahim
•Om Rajan
•Avanti Ram
•Neil Sahami
•Julia Scheib
•Jiho Seo
•Leah Shimazaki
•Nithilaambigai Subramanian
•Sambavee Subramanian
•Andrew Wang
•Richard Wang
•Jonah Weinstein
•Nicholas Weng
•Caroline Williams
•Chase Wong
•Hannah Wu
•Benjamin Yang
•Kayla Yao
•Maile Yao
•Eunji Yoon
•Kiyon Zebarjadi
•Katy (Zihan) Zhen
APPROVED BY:
Mahealani Ah Yun
From:Amanda Kim
To:Council, City
Subject:Public Comments: Monday, April 21, 2025, Special Order of the Day, President"s Volunteer Service Awards
Date:Sunday, April 20, 2025 11:34:27 PM
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Please accept my public comments.
Thank you for acknowledging the youth who contribute so much to our society today and into
the future. The Kansha History Project is honored to have youth volunteer Ellen Kim, who helps us document the farms and lives of Japanese American farmers, including 340 from
Santa Clara County, who lost their homes and livelihoods when they were unjustly incarcerated during World War II. Her careful, thoughtful volunteer work is breathing new life
into this shared and often, unspoken, history.
Amanda Mei Kim
Lead and Founder
www.KanshaHistory.org
“Unless we know ourselves and our history, and other people and their history, there is really no way that we can really have
positive kinds of interaction where there is real understanding.” Yuri Kochiyama