Carmel High School junior Taylor Noonan of Gurnee poses for a portrait at the school December 13, 2012. Noonan donated all the money from her 16th birthday to help get new outfits for the Warren Township special needs cheerleading team that she is a volunteer coach for. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media
Carmel High School junior Taylor Noonan of Gurnee poses for a portrait at the school December 13, 2012. Noonan donated all the money from her 16th birthday to help get new outfits for the Warren Township special needs cheerleading team that she is a volunteer coach for. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media
Carmel High School junior Taylor Noonan of Gurnee talks with News Sun reporter about how she donated all the money from her 16th birthday to help get new outfits for the Warren Township special needs cheerleading team that she is a volunteer coach for at the school December 13, 2012. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media
(Top Row) Coach Shirley Jimenez, Coach Taylor Noonan Middle Row: (Left to Right) Giselle Jimenez, Courtney Shilling, Melissa Brham Angela Argueta. Bottom Row: (Left to Right) Catherine Peccioli, Diana O’campo, Meghan McDougle, Sarah Gouris. Not Pictured: Meghan Witt. | Special to Sun-Times Media
(Left to Right) Giselle Jimenez, Courtney Shilling, Melissa Brham Angela Argueta. Bottom Row: (Left to Right) Catherine Peccioli, Diana O’campo, Meghan McDougle, Sarah Gouris. Not Pictured: Meghan Witt. | Special to Sun-Times Media
GURNEE — Some teenagers ask for a car for their Sweet 16 birthday. Gurnee resident Taylor Noonan asked for money so that she could spend it on new cheerleading uniforms for the Rockettes Cheer Team, a special-needs cheerleading team at the Warren Special Recreation Association. …
