Tyrell Clay, the football quarterback, is the most popular boy at Miller High School in Corpus Christi, Texas. Adam, on the other hand, has been picked on and called names - and was nominated to the prom court as a joke. What Tyrell did that night on stage surprised everyone -- especially Adam, who can now walk down the hallways with his head held high.
80-year-old James Drain never got to go to his high school prom. He never even wore a tuxedo in his eight decades of life. This week, he got to do both.
Lilly was lucky enough to benefit from an awesome shelter before her mother died, so she's making sure that other babies have the same resources.
This principal is making good grades a sport, and once students see their peers being handed $100 bills and Letterman jackets, they may try harder.
Not only is he insanely talented, but he also gets involved as a role model for kids in Compton who are growing up just like he did.
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This doctor delivers health care to poor and homeless teens who may otherwise never see the inside of a doctor's office.
For years, Tinney Davidson has nestled into a chair every morning in her sunny front window and waved to the high school teenagers as they walked to school -- and she would resume her energetic waving in the afternoon, on their walk home, bringing a smile to their lips even on their worst days. On Valentines Day last Friday, the 84 year-old woman in Comax, British Columbia received the surprise of her life when students escorted her to a school assembly organized with the sole goal of thanking her for her years of friendliness.
Allyson Ahlstrom, 18, wanted to scrap the idea of struggling teen girls getting only handed-down clothes from the thrift store. She wanted to boost their self esteem by providing two brand-new head-to-toe outfits for any girl in need, so she started Threads for Teens two years ago in California. This year she takes her clothing store on the road bringing hope and pride to girls in need across the country.
Five years ago, Leo McCarthy lost his 14-year-old daughter, Mariah, when a drunken driver hit her and two of her friends as they walked down a sidewalk near her home. But he refused to let her tragic death become just another statistic. Knowing that the driver was 20 years old -- not even old enough to drink legally -- McCarthy made an unusual promise to the teenagers attending Mariah's memorial service in Butte, Montana.
A mother whose son was stabbed to death by four members of a hooded gang plans to sell her family heirlooms to help his killers. Fatemah Golmakani, 56, also said she wants to "tell them that someone loves them".
There's a new hope for the cutest couple at Lawrence North High School's prom this year.
Aubrey would have died if it weren't for Monique's brother's organs – now they will meet for the first time in a tear-jerking reunion.
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