Max's Miles Foundation Case Study

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Attending college is about taking a huge variety of people, all unique in their own ways, and combining them based on a single passion: attending their dream school. At SIUE, I hope to add my leadership skills and determination to help others to the melting pot of students and faculty on campus next year. In recent years, the leader that was once hidden inside of me has come out, and I credit this to Max’s Miles Foundation. Max’s Miles is a non-profit organization that I helped to create, and I now serve as the Marketing Committee Chair. The goal of the organization is to provide mobility to children with special needs by adapting ride on vehicles. These vehicles are specified to each child and the take his or her particular weakness and

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