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Cedar Creek junior named a top youth volunteer
Derek J. Amaya
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Submitted photo - Olivia Cuthbert, right, smiles as Diego, a child in a Louisiana children’s hospital shows off his artwork.

A Cedar Creek School junior was named one of two Louisiana’s top youth volunteers of 2018 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards.

Olivia Cuthbert, 16, of Dubach, was selected for the award that honors young people for “outstanding acts of volunteerism” across the nation for her contributions in enabling sick children to express themselves creatively through an art therapy program.

“I couldn’t believe,” said Olivia, adding that the name of her nonprofit is A Work of HeART. “It just doesn’t feel real.”

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