Read about the stories of heroism of these young children, serving as examples for our own community projects.
A Place to Call Home Kristen Thomas, teenage Teenager Kristen Thomas and her friends Jenna and Danielle collect donations of toys, toiletries, baby food, and bibles that they then put together as care packages to distribute among the homeless in the Denver area. | ||
Alex's Lemonade Stand Alexandra "Alex" Scott, 4 years old Two days before Alex Scott's first birthday she was diagnosed with cancer. At the age of four, Alex decided to do something to make that cure more likely. She opened her first lemonade stand in July of 2000 with the idea of donating the proceeds to "her hospital." Each year since, Alex held an annual lemonade stand in her front yard. On August 1, 2004, Alex died peacefully at the age of 8. As word has spread, donations have poured in from around the world, and Alex's Lemonade Stand has already raised over $5 million for pediatric cancer research. | ||
Care Bags Foundation Annie Wignall, 11 years old Annie Wignall of Newton is the founder and director of the Care Bags Foundation, an organization which provides essential, fun, safe, and age appropriate things (games, toothbrushes, books, etc.) to kids during difficult times in their lives. | ||
Carolyn's Compassionate Children Carolyn Rubenstein, 13 years old Carolyn Rubenstein founded Carolyn's Compassionate Children in 1999 when she was 13 years old which links critically ill childen and children with life challenges with volunteer teens in schools through letter writing. | ||
Chores-For-Charity Ilana Rothbein, 17 years old Ilana Rothbein founded Chores-For-Charity as a way to raise money for FACES (Finding a Cure for Epilepsy and Seizures). Juggling schoolwork, sports, social activities, and part-time work, she found it very difficult to organize a fundraiser. Instead, Ilana decided to donate the money from her babysitting jobs to FACES and encouraged other kids to do the same. | ||
Cody’s Individual Comfort Kits Cody Clark, 12 years old "Cody's Individual Comfort Kits" are to be given to young patients to help make their visit to the hospital a more comfortable, less frightening experience. Following a fundraising drive in September 2002 Cody assembled the first comfort kits, which contain books, blankets, videos, toys, rattles, and other things to make a child's stay at hospital easier. | ||
Free the Children Craig Kielburger, 12 years old | ||
Grandma's Gifts Emily Douglas, 9 years old Inspired by the memory of her grandmother who lived in Appalachian Ohio, 9 year-old Emily Douglas established a nonprofit organization called Grandmas Gifts. Since 1992, Emily has raised over half a million dollars worth of food, clothing, toys, books, and educational field trips for schools, children, and organizations in the area. Emily hopes that Grandma's Gifts will raise awareness of economic hardship in the Appalachian Ohio region, bridge the cultural gap between Appalachia and the rest of the United States, and show other young people how service to the community can be a fun and worthwhile endeavor. | ||
Kids For A Clean Environment (F.A.C.E.) Melissa Poe, 9 years old | ||
Kids Helping Kids Mischa Zimmermann, 13 years old | ||
Kids Konnected Jon Wagner-Holtz, 11 years old | ||
Kids Saving the Rainforest Janine Licare Andrews and Aislin Livingstone, 9 years old | ||
Kids Who Care Foundation Risha, 7 years old | ||
Ryan's Well Foundation Ryan Hrelijac, 6 years old | ||
Streaming Futures Joel Holland, 15 years old | ||
Students for Organ Donation Richard Ludlow, 17 years old Students for Organ Donation is a student-run, nonprofit organization dedicated to helping close the gap between the supply and demand for vital organs and tissue. Working within the framework of universities throughout the nation, Students for Organ Donation seeks to promote organ donation, awareness, and registration among students, staff, and members of the community. | ||
Students Together for Autism Research (S.T.A.R.) Matthew Cortland and Tina Liu, 18 and 17 years old | ||
TakingITGlobal Jennifer Corriero and Michael Furdyk, 19 and 17 years old
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Teen Force Bryan MacDonald Brynn MacDonald founded Teen Force after a teen advice site she volunteered with shut down. Brynn is dedicated to building Teen Force into the best worldwide outreach program for teens. The website offers one-on-one, teen-to-teen advice as well as online teen programs, teen-written articles, and a place for teens to share their stories. | ||
The Cello Cries On Jason Crowe Jason Crowe started the Cello Cries On in 1998 in the wake of the mortar attack on civilians standing in a Sarajevo market during the war in Bosnia-Hercegovina. The attack killed 22 people. Jason was ten years old when he started the Cello Cries On, named in honor of Vedran Smailovic, a cellist in the Sarajevo Opera Orchestra who visited the market the day after the attack and proceeded to play his cello in the market for 22 days in memory of the people who died in the attack. The main project of the Cello Cries On is to raise money for the creation of a statue that will be given to the citizens of Bosnia-Hercegovina from kids around the world in the name of peace and harmony. Jason also publishes The Informer, a newspaper for kids that has readers in 29 states and 15 countries. | ||
The Victorian Hands Foundation After watching a television special on elder abuse, she wanted to help the seniors in her community. Through the organization, youth volunteers work to make seniors feel loved and appreciated through programs like "Adopt a Grandparent." | ||
Unite for Sight Jennifer Staple, 18 years old Unite For Sight, an organization founded in 2000 by 18 year-old Jennifer Staple, is dedicated to preventing blindness through free community vision screenings, public education about eye disease and the importance of regular eye exams to prevent blindness, a speaker series, and an eyeglass drive. V | ||
Youth Action International and PeaceForKids.Org Kimmie Weeks, Teenager Youth Action International and PeaceForKids.Org were founded by Kimmie Weeks to give young people a chance to participate in pressing humanitarian problems around the world. Since its establishment, Youth Action International has raised thousands of dollars for humanitarian programs and Kimmie Weeks has been a huge activist for child soldiers and an inspiration to U.S. children. Kimmie has been working on projects for peace since he was 11 years old. | ||
Youth for Environmental Sanity—YES! Ocean Robbins and Ryan Eliason, 16 and 19 years old | ||
Youth for a Better World Lindsay and Brittany Logsdon Lindsay Logsdon of Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada started Youth for a Better World with her sister Brittany in September 2000 because they wanted to help solve problems they saw around the world. Youth for a Better World has organized fundraisers for the local battered women's shelter and a food bank and collected toys to send to a children's hospital in East Timor. They also sponsor a child through World Vision Canada. |
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