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Photographers Create Beautiful Portraits for 20,000 Children With Cancer

A national non-profit group, Flashes of Hope, photographs children who are facing serious health issues, in an effort to change how they view themselves. To date, more than 22,000 children have sat for portraits by skilled artists who know how to capture the spark in each person. The portraits, taken by award-winning photographers who volunteer their time along with make-up and hair stylists, preserve forever the beauty, grace and dignity of the children and their families.

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Student Engineering Project Helps Girl Feed Herself

For their their senior project, six Marquette University engineering students chose to design and manufacture a device that would help a young girl to feed herself. Without the device, Kailyn Pieper has to bring her mouth right down to the plate, when eating in the school cafeteria with her friends.

By Jeanne Goddard

10 June 25 Views

Boy who was Saved at Sea by Coast Guard Joins Their Ranks 18 Years Later

A 6 year-old boy and his mother probably would have died of starvation at sea had the Coast Guard not found them and their fellow migrants from Haiti. The gratitude he felt as a boy led Orlando Morel to eventually join the Coast Guard. Today, 18 years later, he graduates as a cadet.

By Jeanne Goddard

16 May 42 Views

Egyptian Orchestra Spotlights All-Blind Female Musicians

From its musical sounds, it's just like any other professional orchestra. But the assembly of white-veiled Egyptian women in matching black gowns has a startling difference. Every woman in the orchestra is blind. The women in Cairo's Egyptian Blind Girls Chamber Orchestra first study the songs in braille, memorizing every note on their sheet music. The group has already performed on five continents and in 24 countries.

By Jeanne Goddard

21 May 30 Views

Young Scientists Take Inventions To White House To Wow President -LOOK

If you're ever in doubt about the state of our future, just remember these young geniuses impressing the President of the United States.

By Tiffani Spengler

13 April 32 Views

Teen Gives Up Gifts So He Can Help Homeless Vets

Every Christmas, Jake Shaffer, 15, from Houston, gives up Christmas gifts for the chance to deliver hundreds of boxes of gifts and thousands of dollars he collects to the DeGeorge House for homeless vets for their annual holiday dinner.

By Jeanne Goddard

28 December 29 Views

Boy Establishes Food Bank for Pets

With the number of homeless pets nearly doubling compared to last year, a nine-year-old boy decided to take action. Thanks to his Central Florida Animal Pantry, the only one of its kind in the state, a lot of pets are no longer in need.

By Jeanne Goddard

28 December 37 Views

Boy Gives All His Bar Mitzvah Toys To Burn Victims (WATCH)

This young Jewish boy is really raising the bar for other teens, demonstrating what it means to become a man.

By Tiffani Spengler

09 April 42 Views

Teens Make Kansas Principal Cry With a Positive Prank at School

Principal Sherman Padgett was on the lookout for senior pranks last week, so he was reluctant to grant the request of one student to hold a bucket in the hallway. Little did he know they were planning a positive prank for their hardworking administrator.

By Jeanne Goddard

03 March 31 Views

Teens Develop Revolutionary App That Will Teach Blind Children Braille

Did you know only 10% of blind people under the age of 18 could read braille? Well neither did these kids, which is why they made this one-of-a-kind app.

By Tiffani Spengler

09 September 29 Views

Jewish and Arab Children Stir Up Peace With Friendly Soccer Game

These kids from opposing communities became friendly competitors during a peace-driven soccer game organized in Brazil.

By Ariel Grange

02 September 32 Views

Girl Brings Literacy to Her Impoverished Village By Opening Library of Her Own

The average poor Brazilian family can only afford to read 2 books a year – that's why Maria Clara supported her village by opening up a library of her own.

By Ariel Grange

29 August 33 Views

12-Yr-Old Opens Food Pantry, Gets Huge Surprise From Tyson Foods

The food pantry started by a 12-yr-old girl now feeds hundreds of people —and just got a huge boost from a caring corporation. Watch her joyful reaction.

By Jim Stout

13 July 38 Views

Boy Wins Hero Award for Giving New Shoes to Thousands of Kids in Shelters

A 14-year-old from Rhode Island, Nicholas Lowinger, was chosen as a 2012 Huggable Hero, winning $10,000 for outstanding work in public service. His foundation, Gotta Have Sole, donates new footwear to children living in homeless shelters. New shoes not only provide the perfect fit for a child, but they also instantly increase a child's self-esteem. To date, Nicolas has purchased 5,000 pairs of shoes for homeless kids by raising tens of thousands of dollars.

By Jeanne Goddard

23 July 30 Views

Black Students Stand Arm in Arm with White Cops to 'End the Pain' (WATCH)

Police officers and teens link arms to promote racial harmony and stronger community ties - and to #endthepain.

By Jim Stout

29 May 36 Views

South Carolina Teens Fight Racist Vandalism With Positive Message

After racist graffiti showed up outside a Rock Hill high school, three art students showed the town their true colors Monday afternoon painting a message of equality.

By Jeanne Goddard

03 February 40 Views

Turning Graffiti into a Public Art Education Program

Philadelphia's mural art project has changed the face of the city from grim and gloomy to colorful, cultural and spirited. As a bonus, the kids who have joined the program to paint the run-down walls of urban buildings racked up a 100% record of graduating from high school.

By Jeanne Goddard

14 June 48 Views