Whether it's environmental restoration, working with homeless kids, senior citizens with Alzheimer's disease, or teen ministry, Michael Deverman is a solid and engaged citizen who gives back to his community.
A member of the Maine South National Honor Society and Vice President of the senior class, Michael is a yearbook photographer and newspaper production editor, Hawk Pride Facilitator, a member of V-Show Trunk, who also ran track and cross country.
Michael hopes to become a landscape architect and combined his interest in the environment and design creating a Wildlife/Butterfly Garden as part of his Boy Scout Eagle Leadership Service Project. He has done volunteer work in Costa Rica and rebuilt homes in tornado-devastated Joplin, Missouri.
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Through his community service project, SEE (Sustainable Environmentally- Friendly Effort) the Future, he plans to continue to create native gardens for places such as nursing homes and schools. As a senior gift, he envisions creating a native plant/wildlife garden at Maine South to honor its 50th anniversary. He also serves on the junior advisory board of Go Green Park Ridge.
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The dinner honoring the Community Stars will be held at Rosewood Restaurant in Rosemont on Saturday, January 25. Tickets are $75 if purchased by year end and $85 in 2014. The Chamber is also accepting donations of gift certificates and other prizes for the raffle and silent auction at the dinner.
Contact the Park Ridge Chamber for more information atinfo@ParkRidgeChamber.org, call 847.825.3121, or mail to 720 Garden St, Park Ridge, IL 60068.
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