Red Cross Swim Lesson Sticks, Helps Save a Life
A Red Crosss lesson stuck with 4-year old Abby and days later she jumped into action to save her friend from drowning in the pool in Wickenburg, Arizona.
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Young Engineer Launches Stair Aid at 16
A young engineer set up the StairSteady company when she was only 16 to market her innovative idea, a simple device to assist people to go up and down stairs when they don't need an expensive chair lift.
Lemonade Stand Sends Loving Relief to Burma
Molly Long decided to take the concept of a childhood lemonade stand to the international relief level last weekend. After seeing a picture of a homeless child in Burma, Molly decided to put her resources to work to help children who were affected by the cyclone in Burma.
'Guerdon' Crowns 13-year-old Spelling Bee Champ
The new National Spelling Bee champion is 13-year-old Sameer Mishra who aced "guerdon," a word that appropriately means "something that one has earned or gained." Take a look at the many oddball words aced by this boy to earn his cup...(Video)
33 Lions Freed From Circuses, Return to their African "Birthright"
The largest ever airlift of big cats have delivered 33 lions freed from circuses in Columbia and Peru to a wildlife sanctuary in South Africa.
Baby's Got Book! Tot Shocks Parents by Reading
It's hard to imagine, but at just 17 months Elizabeth Barrett is already reading. Way back when she was 13 months old, she read her first word, "corn." She just pointed at the word and read it. She also signed the word in sign language."
Teen With One Arm Takes Team to State Playoffs
A Salt Lake City high school boy with one arm led his baseball team to a state title last year and now has risen, again, above all expectations becoming one of the high-scorers on his basketball team which made it to the state semifinals.
Teen Athlete Triumphant and Proud of her Amputated Legs
To Jessica Long, not having legs isn't a disability -- even with all of the pain. It's an opportunity. The teen swimmer is a world-champ, despite being born without bones in her lower legs, as a member of the United States Paralympic Elite Swimming Team.
US Kids Deliver Playground Pump to Thirsty School in Africa
American children became inspired to help African kids turn on the faucet for the first time and find clean water. US kids raised $14,000 to send a new playground water pump that with rotation of the merry-go-round delivers water to the township.
11-Year-Old's Idea to Become Law
Florida restaurants usually throw out perfectly good food that 11 year-old Jack Davis figures can feed the hungry and the homeless. He is now trying to reverse a Florida law and provide protection for restaurants from being sued if anyone who ate the food became ill or developed food poisoning.
Amputee, 9, Fufills His Dream to Run and Play
"A brave young boy decided to have his right leg amputated in November to avoid a lifetime in a wheelchair and so that he could run and jump like normal kids. On Friday, glowing with pride, Nick Nelson showed off his new prosthetic leg."
Maldives President Saved by Boy Scout
An attempt to stab the president of the Maldives was thwarted Tuesday when a 15-year-old boy scout grabbed a knife from the would-be attacker.
U.S. Teen Brings New School to Cambodia
"Hundreds of Cambodian villagers welcomed the arrival of a new school Wednesday, a gift from an American teenager who raised $52,000 after reading about the hardships of growing up in Cambodia."
India Youth Spurring Locals to Trade Plastic Bags for Eco-Friendly Sacks
Plastic bags end up choking cows, piling up in the soil as litter, and clogging drains causing waste water to overflow. Now, Indian youth from Orchha are campaigning for a polybag free town and giving pilgrims an eco-friendly bag to carry instead.
9-Year-Old Oregon Boy Steers Big Rig to Safety
9-Year-Old Oregon Boy Steers Big Rig to Safety
Jewish-American Kids Donating Money to Build Playgrounds in Israel
Playgrounds are being built in Israel thanks to Jewish kids donating money received for barmitzvah.
Weeding by Example: New Orleans Boy Inspired to Help Rebuild
A New Orleans boy determined to help his community rebuild, is doing it one blade of grass at a time, mowing and weeding land untouched since hurricane Katrina.
Girls' Team Returns from Africa with Opened Eyes
Traveling abroad for a teen, especially to Africa, can "jump-start a lifetime of social and moral awareness." For a D.C. girls soccer team, a trip to South Africa opened their eyes to the poverty and HIV/AIDS epidemic burdening girls their age...
Students Feed Homeless Despite City Warnings
"For nearly two years, students, parents and staff at the Mathematics, Civics and Sciences Charter School have handed out food and supplies to the homeless once a week on the sidewalk near JFK Plaza in Philadelphia." But last Thursday the new city manager asked them to stop and sent police to the scene.
Ringling Bros. Parades Elephants for Final Time, Retires Them 2 Years Early
Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey's has featured circus elephants for the last time, officially retiring the animals last night, 2 years earlier than planned.