Fla. Boy Completes Walk to D.C. for Homeless
Zach Bonner finally made it Thursday, climbing the steps of the U.S. Capitol and completing his walk from Tampa, Florida - a 1,225 mile trek - on behalf of homeless children.
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Boy Saves Gorillas, One Egg at a Time
When James Brooks got a chance to meet the gorillas at the Toronto Zoo, it was definitely the highlight of his day. He is the founder of a charity that helps protect the rare eastern lowland gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo through support for a group of widows and schoolchildren living nearby The […]
Calif. Teen Arrives Home Youngest Person to Sail Solo Around World
16 year-old Zac Sunderland set off from California 13 months ago in his 36-foot sloop, Intrepid, before he even had a drivers license and became the first person under the age of 18 to sail solo-circumnavigating around the globe.
Kindness Sticky Notes are Contagious for High School Class
Katherine Cornthwaite's Grade 10 class went silent when she read aloud a small story about a garbage collector's kindness, from the newspaper. Then they earned a pizza party for filling a board with their own kindness stories written on sticky notes...
5-Year-Old Helps Feed 18,000 People
5-year-old Phoebe became sad after seeing a hunger person holding a cardboard sign on the street. She decided she wanted to help feed these people and knew that she could raise money by recycling cans, because her dad would bring her to trade cans for cash on the weekends. Collecting a nickel per can she wildly exceeded her goal of raising one thousand dollars and donated much more to the San Francisco food bank.
14-Year-Old Discovers Rare Supernova in Nearby Galaxy
The youngest person to ever discover a supernova - a 14-year-old girl - found one of the most peculiar and interesting supernovae ever.
A Hopeful and Tolerant New Generation
Today's teens have more close friends, better relations with parents and are not nearly as sex-crazy as people think. Most teens engage in sex about as often as seniors. Fifty-six per cent say they never engage in sex.
Homeless Girl Finally Has a Home: Harvard
She is known as the "smart girl". . . the girl who landed at Jefferson High School only 18 months ago. What her friends did not know is that she has been homeless for years. But not anymore. Her plane left for Harvard the day after graduation.
Boy Graduates From High School and College - in Same Week
Chase Abrams started taking college classes at the same time he began high school. The next thing he knew, he was renting two caps and two gowns. Abrams was involved in the Accelerated College Enrollment and Pre-Accelerated College Enrollment program at Cal Sate Los Angeles.
Urban High School Achieves Rare Feat: No Dropouts
In a city where dropout rates are always among New Jersey's highest and test scores are among the lowest, one experimental school, Camden's MetEast High School, opened in 2005, had zero drop-outs among its first graduating class this year, and a college acceptance letter in each of their hands.
17-yr-old Scales Everest Becoming Youngest Ever to Climb the 7 Summits
At 17-years-old, Calif. native Johnny Strange is the youngest person ever to conquer the tallest summits on each of the seven continents.
Students Raise Money to Free 120 Enslaved People
When Eric Ensey traveled to India this year, he shook the hand of a man who was freed from bonded labor by the money his teenage students had raised in the Seattle area.
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