Hayden Zammit

Hayden Paul Zammit OAM, (born 21 June 1994) is an Australian student known for his efforts in volunteering. He received the Medal of the Order of Australia at the age of 17; one of the youngest recipients of the national honour.

Early life
Zammit was born in the New South Wales (NSW) city of Broken Hill in 1994. At the age of nine he began volunteering for the NSW Cancer Council and NSW Camp Quality following his aunt's diagnosis of cancer. Hayden felt that he wanted to make a difference and make a contribution to cancer research.

Over a period of eight years, Hayden and his family have raised a combined total of in excess of A$30,000.00 for charity. During high school, Hayden developed extensive leadership skills through the involvement of various youth leadership programs such as NSW YMCA Youth Parliament, NSW Peace Parliament, Rising Generations National Leadership Camp, NSW State SRC, NSW State Conference Action Team, Global Young Leaders Conference in Washington DC and New York City as well as his involvement with the NSW Director General for a day program. Throughout his high schooling, he was also involved in many programs with the school, district and region Student Representative Council.

Education
Hayden completed primary schooling at Morgan Street Public School in Broken Hill, secondary schooling at Willyama High School in Broken Hill and is now completing a Bachelor Management (Marketing) at the University of South Australia, Adelaide.

Awards

 * 2006
 * Morgan Street Public School Citizenship Award
 * Cancer Council Appreciation Award

• 2007
 * Broken Hill City Council Appreciation Award
 * Willyama High School Citizenship Award
 * Willyama High School Mandatory Technology Award

• 2008
 * Willyama High School Citizenship
 * Willyama High School 1st in Information Software Technology

• 2009
 * Broken Hill City Council Young Citizen of the Year
 * Broken Hill City Council National Volunteer Week Certificate of Appreciation
 * Nominee for 2009 NSW Volunteer of the Year Award
 * Far West / Orana Young Volunteer of the year
 * NSW Young Volunteer of the Year
 * Willyama High School Distinction for Service

• 2010
 * NSW Youth Volunteering Ambassador
 * Australian Defence Force Leadership Award
 * Willyama High School High Distinction for Service
 * Order of Australia Certificate of Commendation and Medallion
 * NSW Premier’s Student Volunteering Award
 * Bronze Award
 * Silver Award
 * Gold Award
 * Diamond Award
 * Black Opal Award
 * Gallipoli Memorial Fellowship
 * Broken Hill Rotary Community Service Award

• 2011
 * Orana Far West Volunteer of the Year
 * Willyama High School First in subjects:
 * Mathematics
 * Senior Science
 * Community and Family Studies
 * Society and Culture
 * Australian Defence Force Leadership Award
 * Principals Medallion

• 2012
 * Medal of The Order of Australia
 * Lions Youth of the Year
 * Local
 * District
 * Regional
 * State Finalist

• 2013
 * Clover Moore's City of Sydney New Year's Eve Nine Network Telecast Everyday Hero