2024
Ambassadors
OLIVIA PLUDE
Olivia is a 2024 graduate of Maple Grove Senior High and is headed to Minnesota State University, Mankato this fall in pursuit of a Medical Lab Science degree. While at MGSH, she was an Iron Girl award winner for swim and dive and a student athlete GPA award recipient. She is employed by Life Time Fitness as a swim instructor and is CPR certified. Olivia has helped for many years, with food needs of many families with Feed My Starving Children. She has a family tradition of baking holiday goodies to give to neighbors, friends and family and every year they try new recipes. Olivia is the daughter of J J and Kirsten Plude. Olivia is sponsored by Maple Grove Women of Today.
JESSICA FALLER
Jessica will be a junior at Wayzata High School next fall as a National Honor Society candidate. Her future plans include furthering her education at an undecided college and degree. She has been impacted as a volunteer at Wayzata Kids where she polishes her leadership skills, makes connections with the kids and learns various responsibilities. She also enjoys other community service projects at Parks Place Memory Care, Animal Humane Society and Camp Idahaupi. Jessica is a three-sport athlete with soccer, downhill skiing and track and loves her family tradition in Cass Lake each summer at their annual family reunion. She is the daughter of Gerry and Luci Faller and has an older sister and a younger brother. Jessica is sponsored by The Lookout Bar and Grill.
SYDNEY LIESER
Sydney will be a junior at Maple Grove Senior High this fall and has future plans of attending college to major in Elementary Education and Musical Theater. Earlier this year, Sydney volunteered for a kindness retreat at Cedar Island Elementary. This was impactful for her to realize all of the positive lessons and understanding she saw in the kids after that experience. Sydney’s family has a tradition of cutting down their own Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving. Music is her passion with voice and piano lessons, performing in various musical
theater groups and this brings her interest as a song writer allowing her to express her feelings and emotions. Sydney is the daughter of Andy and Sommer Lieser and has a younger brother. Sydney is sponsored by Surge Cycling.