Livi (17) has won the new TrustPower Youth Community Spirit Award, one of several awards presented at the Trust-Power Central Otago District Community Awards at The Orchard Gardens in Alexandra on Monday night.
High schools in Alexandra, Cromwell, Roxburgh and Ranfurly were each asked to recommend one pupil to be considered.
Livi won $500 in prizemoney, $250 of which was for a community group or organisation.
Her chosen charity was Alexandra's Riding for the Disabled, to ‘‘continue the fantastic work'' they do.
‘‘As a fellow horse rider, I know the indescribable feeling that it is to be on a horse's back,'' Livi said.
Livi is involved in the Dunstan High School equestrian team as a competitor and as team manager. She is also in the 1st XI girls' football team and 1st XV girls' rugby team.
She is a talented actor, public speaker and debater. She won the Dunstan speech competition and Dunstan High School drama prize last year.
She is a member of the school's Planeteers Environment Club, PTA school grounds committee and Students Against Drunk Driving (or Sadd) committee. Livi also takes part in canteen duty and Year 13 common room committees.
Livi works part-time at the Central Stories Museum and is the entertainment coordinator for the Clyde Pony Club.
-- Lee Jamieson
