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Follow on Google News | Scituate High School Student Brooke DuBois wins the 2018 Quell Foundation Achievement AwardBy: Lapels Dry Cleaning "The Quell Foundation encourages people to share their stories while increasing access to mental health services and providing a pipeline of future mental health care professionals with scholarships," Mind." Lynch added, "When you couple that effort with her academic performance, numerous community service endeavors and her non-profit to raise money for dogs in need of care, Brooke is a very worthy recipient of the Foundation's Achievement award." A junior at Scituate High School, Brooke maintains a 4.3 GPA and is an active soccer player at South Shore Select Soccer Club for the last 10 years at an elite level. In addition to the Quell Foundation, she has led clothing drives over the last two years to raise funds for Big Brother Big Sister. Brooke also volunteers for Our Sisters and Brothers Keeper Foundation, which benefits the homeless and mentally ill on the streets of Boston. In 2017, Brooke created The Dog House (https://theofficialdoghouse.com), a website that allows customers to purchase clothing with The Dog House logo. The profits go to save dogs around the country suffering and in need of medical care (https://www.facebook.com/ Brooke received her award at the Quell Foundation's Masquerade Ball held in Newport, Rhode Island. The third annual event was hosted by actor John O'Hurley, an actor best known for his role on Seinfeld and hosting The National Dog Show. After receiving her award Brooke spoke in front of more than 400 people on the day to day stress that teens endure. "Anxiety, depression, and suicide is on the rise because teens live with the day-to-day stress of academics, athletics, social media, and feeling safe in their own schools," said Brooke. "It's my goal to help lead the effort, along with the Quell Foundation, to decrease teen anxiety, depression and suicide. The entire speech can be found on the Quell Foundation Facebook page at facebook.com/ End
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