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Sydney Boyle might be busy with sports, work and school, but that doesn’t stop the Grade 12 Carihi student from sharing her time with others.
As an athlete, she’s taken part in basketball, soccer and track. Also an avid swimmer since her youngest days in Campbell River, she even teaches swimming and serves as a coach with the Killer Whales Swim Club.
“Before I got a job through the swim club, I would also volunteer, just to kind of get into it,” she says. “You don’t want to jump in without knowing what you’re doing.”
Through a sports leadership class at school, she began volunteering with Special Olympics for its bowling program. She started in Grade 9, could not register for grades 10 and 11, but in her final year, is back and happy to see the same faces in Special Olympics.
“It’s awesome, they all get to know you by name,” she says.
Boyle also plans to keep helping out with Special Olympics after graduation.
“Even though I won’t be in school, I think I’m going to do it again because I loved it so much,” she says.
She works at Strathcona Gardens, and through that she volunteered her time to help with the B.C. Elders Gathering in Campbell River last year.
After graduation, she plans to stay at home for a year to work and take classes at NIC. Then, she wants to turn her passion for the water into a career by joining the Canadian Coast Guard, which will mix summer training with classes the rest of the year.
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