{"id":7428,"date":"2016-04-19T22:14:18","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T22:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idsunmedia.com\/?p=7428"},"modified":"2016-04-19T22:14:18","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T22:14:18","slug":"indie-landon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/19\/indie-landon\/","title":{"rendered":"INDIE LANDON"},"content":{"rendered":"

Passionate about community service<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

BY JONATHAN KANE<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Courtesy photo by Hilary Maybery
Wood River High School senior Indie Landon enjoys community service.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Indie Landon has a passion for helping other people. A Wood River High School senior carrying a 3.6 grade point average, Landon won the Platinum Community Service Award last year for 290 hours of service.<\/p>\n

She is also a member of the singing group Colla Voce, co-president of the W.A.T.E.R. Club and a member of National Honor Society. At Wood River High School, Landon has taken Advanced Placement courses in U.S. History, Language, Micro Economics, Macro Economics, Government and Psychology.<\/p>\n

While studies are important to Landon, she said she also learns a lot from community service.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just love helping people,\u201d she said. \u201cI feel that I could help people around the world, but I want to see direct results, so I want to help people in our community. I started in the eighth grade by working at the animal shelter and the senior citizens\u2019 center and now I help with suppers at the Catholic church.\u201d<\/p>\n

Landon also spends a lot of time volunteering as a camp counselor at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church performing arts camps.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the animal shelter, I usually walk dogs or groom cats for a few hours a week,\u201d Landon said. \u201cI love animals and I\u2019ve grown up with them. I think that this Valley is a great place for them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also love working with children at the camps. What I like the most is that I\u2019ve been doing it for so long that I have watched the kids grow up and get better every summer. It\u2019s so funny because at that age \u2013 mainly first- and second-graders \u2013 they\u2019re so brutally honest and they think that everything they say is correct. They are just not afraid to be themselves. I also babysit, so by working at the camps I meet a lot of families.\u201d<\/p>\n

Landon said she has a simple answer as to why she loves community service: \u201cI believe that the main way to happiness is by seeing other people happy. By doing community service, I can see their reactions and see them smile.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s also such a great community that it\u2019s upsetting to see people that are down or having a bad day. Giving back to people is my favorite thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Landon is also a singer and performer.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great love of mine, but I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll pursue it as a career,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Landon started singing in the first grade.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the second grade, my music teacher said I should be in advanced choir, so I moved up. I remember that when we gave a performance to the parents, it was so cool being in an environment where people loved what I was doing. The other children and the audience shared the same passion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Landon now sings in the all-women\u2019s group, Colla Voce.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is my second year and I tried four times before I was accepted,\u201d she said. \u201cI was so happy because I could see that all the hard work and dedication paid off.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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