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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.

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.

Fla. Boy, 11, Walking to D.C. for Homeless Kids

Zach Bonner has already walked farther and done more for charity than many grown-ups. Now he's about to make good on his vow to walk more than 1,200 miles from Tampa to Washington to bring attention to and raise money for the plight of homeless kids in the United States with his 'My House to the White House' trip.

Spelling Bee Champ Crowned (Video)

Thirteen-year-old Kavya Shivashankar of Olathe, Kan., has claimed the title of the nation's top speller. Kavya aced the word 'Laodicean' Thursday night to win the 82nd Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Teen Raises $14,000 for Medical Expenses to Treat Neighbor Child

Two years ago 5-year-old Annie suffered a massive seizure caused by undiagnosed Addison's Disease. Inspired by the call to "act as if what you do makes a difference," Bothell High senior Jenn Lund, 18, organized an auction this year that yeilded $14,000 to help pay for treatment of the child's brain damage.

11-yr-old Girl Shaves Her Head for Africa

An 11 year old girl has shaved her head to raise money to build a school in Uganda. Her goal is to raise donations of $10,000 through her family's website, DivinePurposUnleashed.com. Watch her talk about her hopes and her hair on YouTube:

Do Kids Really Need Homework?

A precocious 11-year-old in the 5th grade, Ben Berrafato, is challenging one of America's most endearing and widely held beliefs, eloquently arguing against the need for homework. He may be right, say experts like the author of "The Case Against Homework."