Year 12 student Luke Borg was recently nominated for the City of Ballarat, Youth Awards – in the Personal Growth category.

Luke seizes every opportunity presented to him with a positive attitude and is well on his way of achieving his Foundation VCAL Certificate upon conclusion of his final year of Secondary Education.

Luke has been an active member of the Ballarat Foundation ‘Youth Collective’ over the past 18 months. He has been part of this group who have had an impact on the community and made valuable changes for young people, including a change for Public Transport in Victoria.

Luke, is kind and compassionate to those around him. He is accepting of others and genuinely cares for people. His passion to make a change to the health and nutrition of young people has seen the idea of creating a breakfast program start with a small idea to develop into reality.

Luke has worked tirelessly with the Ballarat Foundation to plan, create, pilot and implement a breakfast program for the students of Damascus College two days a week. He has been involved with meeting with key stakeholders to assist in obtaining a grant to start the program, whilst building positive relationships with local businesses to try and sustain donations and food items. He has met several times with the leadership team to identify key areas for improvement and has developed his skills of understanding policies and procedures. He has had to challenge himself and improve his literacy, numeracy and oracy skills to enable him to convey his message of passion and desire to help young people.

Luke’s dedication to the project is inspirational and will empower those around him to volunteer their time to assist in a long-term project.

Damascus College is very proud of Luke and we are excited to see this initiative take shape. Good luck with the award nomination too Luke.