Joshua Hunt

Josh, like Auntie Isabelle, has been involved in Golden in a subtle, consistent way.

Throughout Josh's time in high school he has coached community soccer, coached basketball for intermediate kids, participated in the Relay for Life a couple of times, and collected for the food bank. He recently told his mom that "maybe he should think about doing more rather than being a bad ass" (which he, of course, is not - she said).

I asked Josh why he got involved and what he got out of it:

"Well with coaching I just enjoy the sport and it is fun to see all the kids smiles when their hard work pays off. With the relay it is nice to help support fighting cancer especially since it affects so many people and I want to help fight it. When Ayla and I collected food for the food bank it started with her mom saying our generation doesn't help anyone out anymore so we figured we would change that. "

I know that he, like the rest of us cousins, have felt the intrinsic reward of community involvement. I don't know where Josh's studies will take him after Golden - but I know that wherever he ends up the community where he calls home will be lucky to have him.