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Novi sophomore uses coding skills to help people find volunteer opportunities BY CHARITY MEIER cmeier@candgnews.com
Aarush Arun, a sophomore at Novi High School, volunteers his time regularly. Last year alone, he volunteered around 105 hours. However, he said many people he knows are having trouble finding volunteer opportunities that fit their interests. So, he said he decided to do something about that and created an app called Give Time, which won the annual Congressional App Challenge award for Michigan’s District 6. To win the contest, high school students must create an app that benefits their community and showcases their coding capabilities. A winner is selected for each congressional district across the country. Arun Arun’s app helps anyone interested in volunteer work find and apply for volunteer opportunities online as well as in the city of Novi and its surrounding areas. It also provides a platform for those seeking volunteers to post the opportunity. “It is for anyone who is just willing to give back to the community,” Arun said.
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ABOVE: Linda Cooper, 75, of Novi, seen here April 28, is a mother to two biological daughters and a son whom she adopted later in life, and a grandmother to seven. RIGHT: Rose Androff, 103, a mother of four, grandmother of 13, and great-grandmother of 11, poses for a picture April 25 in the lobby of Waltonwood Twelve Oaks in Novi, where she resides.
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Reflecting for Mother’s Day, seniors talk motherhood and urge listening to children With Mother’s Day fast approaching, seniors at Waltonwood Twelve Oaks in Novi sat down April 25 to talk about their personal experiences with motherhood and
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offer some advice to young mothers in the community. Rose Androff, 103, and Linda Cooper, 75, both said that although parenting methods and techniques have changed over the years, the key to being a successful mother is to simply “listen to your children.” See MOTHER’S DAY on page 10A
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