St. John’s South-Mount Pearl MP Seamus O’Regan presents Mount Pearl Senior High student Claire Dinn with the Youth Volunteer of the Year award during last week’s Focus on Youth award gala. Mark Squibb photo

Mount Pearl celebrated the contributions of its younger citizens to the life of the city during the Focus on Youth Awards last week. Among those on hand were, from left: Youth of the Year Isabella Burry, Mayor Dave Aker, Youth of the Year Jason Hunt, and Karen Rossiter, sister of John Rossiter, for whom the Youth of the Year Award is named. Mark Squibb photo