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Amit Saini

by Simran from Essex Junction

Amit Saini was born on January 14, 1991. He was born in New York City and lived there for nine years. Amit has an older sister and a younger brother. After living in New York, he moved to California then Michigan, and now he is currently living in Fairfax, Vermont. He went to high school at Bellows Free Academy in Fairfax where he played basketball for his high school team. After high school, he went to college at the University of Vermont. Amit is now 23 years old and graduated from UVM. While in college and after, Amit stayed connected with his high school and is working there as a paraprofessional.

Amit has been volunteering at a summer camp called BFA Hoop Camp. Hoop Camp is a basketball camp that takes place at Bellows Free Academy during the summer. He has been volunteering for six years now. He started volunteering at the age of 16, and he has been volunteering for a week in July every year. Amit enjoys playing basketball. He has been playing basketball since he was a little kid.

Amit volunteers at Hoop Camp because he enjoys playing and watching basketball. " I've always wanted to give back to the community and basketball has been my favorite sport for many years, so I decided doing that would make the best impact." A lot of the kids he has coached and played on a team with come to volunteer when possible . Amit has been enjoying volunteering so much that he told three of his cousins to join him in coaching at Hoop Camp. Since they love basketball as well, they have been volunteering for two years now.

Amit has had challenges and highlights while volunteering. One of his challenges he said was" When the kids don't pay attention and distract others." That has also been his most frustrating part. Amit said that he feels positive and happy to see kids enjoying and becoming fans of the game. One of his favorite parts of volunteering he said is "Seeing the progress from day 1 to the end."

As you can see Amit loves basketball! I think he is a good role model because he volunteers his time to help kids learn how to play the game he loves.

Amit can't wait to volunteer again at Hoop Camp for the 7th year.

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Last edited 5/15/2014 12:00:00 AM

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