18 Under 18: Sarah Menis

Sarah Menis, 17

Daughter of Lauren Menis and Michael Menis
The Galloway School

Sarah is best known for founding and running the charity Front Porch Food Drive, which delivers bags with requests from local food pantries to local neighborhoods and picks them up when full. Since she founded the charity in 2023, after noticing a great need for food at the Community Assistance Center, they’ve raised more than 2,000 pounds of food for local pantries (more than double what she had collected as of the AJT’s coverage of her charity earlier this year). She’s also a significant leader at The Galloway school, where she is Mock Trial Co-Captain (and has won multiple Best Witness Awards), and founded the Jewish Culture Club. Her impact in the Jewish community is far from just local, either. As a Counselor in Training at Camp Tranquility, a Jewish summer camp in New York which she had attended since she was 7, she worked directly with a group of Ukrainian refugees who the camp had provided scholarships for. An incredible student academically to boot, Sarah has a perfect ACT score (36).

Awards and Honor Societies
National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalist (2024)
Georgia Certificate of Merit (2024)
AP Scholar with Honor (2024)
Galloway School Mock Trial | Best Witness (2023, 2024)

Activities and Leadership Roles
Front Porch Food Drive | Founder (2023-Present)
Camp Tranquility | Counselor in Training (2023)
Galloway School Mock Trial (2021-Present) | Co-Captain (Present)
Galloway School Jewish Culture Club | Co-Founder (2021-Present)