Nicola Henderson, 17, jumped out of an airplane at 10,000 ft. and free fell at over 120 miles per hour for five thousand feet, harnessed to a professional parachute instructor, returning to earth to the cheers of those below. Nicole is deaf and blind but not letting disability ruin her life.
An Armenian Red Cross project to help elderly refugees has resulted in some unexpected friendships. The Psycho Social Care for Elderly Refugees project, started in May 1999, assists seniors cut off from society in sickness and poverty
Rob Sowell, 17, has always loved children. Even when he was in elementary school, he gave up recesses to watch the smaller kids while their teachers stepped out. But he feels as a teenager that society unfairly views with disfavor the expressing of his love...Rob set out to change things.
Before, he would timidly walk down the hall trying not to be noticed. Now, since the girl started eating lunch with him at his table, he walks with his head held high and enters a classroom with so much confidence.
These teens didn't waste a moment, springing into action when they saw a 5-year-old boy slip off of a cliff and into a fast-moving river.
These six teens from a small Kansas city high school published an article about their newly-appointed principal. Days later, she resigned.
This two-hour police search for a missing boy came to an amusing end when he was found simply taking a snooze on the roof of his house.
Julian Rubenfein's biology project was so impressive, it topped 200 other student submissions and is scheduled to travel to the International Space Station.
These overheated schoolboys wore skirts to protest their academy's stuffy dress code – and were rewarded for their rebelliousness.
These kids were blown away when the portraits that they created of Syrian refugee children were actually given to the subjects they were based on.
These four female youths have worked wonders in their communities – even though none of them are fully-grown adults, their kindness is larger than life.
Erin was blown away when she read this note from a mysterious girl at daycare - because she apparently knows her stuff about raising autistic kids
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