Smart kids who spend untold hours helping others will be honored this week by the Cincinnati Youth Collaborative.

        Even before their high school graduation, these young people have spent time playing with children in Honduras, tutoring youngsters in neighborhood schools, repairing homes damaged by floods and collecting books for hospital patients.

        The Cincinnati Youth Collaborative Golden Galaxy Awards, co-sponsored by the collaborative, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Ashland Inc. Foundation and WKRC-TV, were created 13 years ago to recognize unselfish community service by area high schoolers.

        There were 281 students nominated from 48 area high schools this year. Eleven will learn Wednesday that they have won.

        “There are outstanding candidates every year,” said Sharon Kesterson Bollen, a judge and College of Mount St. Joseph professor. “We should be recognizing students who give of themselves and of their talents for the good of others.”

        Winners in 11 different categories will receive $1,000. A first runner-up in each category will receive $500, and three second-place runners-up in each will receive $250.

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