Bertie County, North Carolina is the poorest county in the state, with residents who are largely obese and have no access to fresh food. It's also home to some design students came up with the idea of building a pavilion in which farmers could sell produce
A grieving mother has paid tribute to her hero son, who died of brain cancer after raising hundreds of thousands of pounds for others with the disease.
Many bright teen aged students these days are coming up with science projects that would even be awe-inspiring as a college thesis. From exploring the effectiveness of cancer treatments to revolutionizing the disposal of plastics, these students prove you don't have to be an adult to have amazing, world-changing ideas about science.
A 17 year-old became a model of coolness under fire following an August 20 attack on an Israeli town. Using knowledge gained from a book she'd read when she was 12, she saved the life of a man left for dead by utilizing scraps of material found in the wreckage.
A superfan of all things art in Los Angeles, Cooper Berella, wanted one thing only for his 12th birthday -- to be able to curate an art show for his favorite cause.
A 14-year-old British boy born without a hand is getting his wish after writing to the boss of his favorite Formula One racing team, Ross Brawn, who had previously been a student at the boy's school. The high-tech bionic hand costs £30,000, and the boy's family had nowhere near the money to purchase the advanced equipment. His plucky letter moved Mr. Brawn to action.
TV cameras were focused on two boys who tried to catch the same ball at an Arizona Diamondbacks game. The gesture of kindness displayed afterward surprised the broadcast announcers in the booth. The boy's generosity was paid back tenfold, as the baseball club rewarded him for his good deed.
Jacob Schindler spends his days battling -- and defeating -- kudzu, an invasive plant native to Asia that has overrun millions of acres of land throughout the Southern United States. His school science project led to the discovery that injecting helium at the root of the menacing vine effectively kills it.
One month before she was fatally injured in a car crash last week, Rachel had made it known that all she wanted for her 12th birthday was donations toward her goal of raising $300 to bring clean water to African villagers. After she died, the donations poured in beyond any expectation.
The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards honors outstanding young do-gooders in America each year with a $6,000 cash prize and $5,000 donation to the charity of their choice. One inspiring winner is a young artist Jeffrey Hanson, living with a genetic condition that causes severe loss of vision. He has raised $220,000 for charities so far.
A small Catholic school was presented with a check for one hundred thousand dollars during an an unforgettable assembly celebrating recycling. The 150 students at St. Pascal School performed beyond expectations collecting more than 300,000 containers of recyclables during a 3 month period. They beat out every other school in the country to win the title and generous check.
You might think that spell check technology would make us less likely to care about developing our spelling abilities. But, since its widespread adoption in the mid-1980s, participation in the Scripps National Spelling Bee is up 74 percent. The crack spellers are doing last minute studying in Washington, DC today and 65 percent of this […]
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