Leslie knows that when it comes to helping people, even the littlest things can really matter — like getting someone’s name right.

While working the front desk at the Project 66 Food and Resource Center, Leslie, a 16-year-old volunteer, has to call everyone by name when it’s their turn to get food.

“There was one woman with a name that was a little hard to pronounce,” says Leslie. “When I called her name, she said, ‘I just want you to know that no one ever pronounces my name correctly. You’re the first person to do that.’ So I thought that was really cool.”

What’s also really cool is that Leslie, an honor student with a 4.0 grade point average, volunteers her time with Project 66, one of the Regional Food Bank’s partners. She started doing it as a requirement with the National Honor Society, but she plans to keep volunteering after that.