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Zambian Tailor Wins AIDS Award for Providing Orphans with Free School Uniforms
Six years after a teenage Zambian tailor started using his only sewing machine to make free school uniforms for AIDS orphans, the organization he...
Volunteering Reaches 30-Year High in U.S.
The percentage of Americans volunteering has reached a 30-year high says a new study, due in part to a boom in teens' dedication to...
Students Rule at This New York School
Wonderful story from AP about one innovative school that operates on the principle that "children are naturally curious and learn best when they want...
From Russia with Love: Orphan Sisters are Reunited
Two teenage sisters who had been pulled from an abusive home in Russia were united with their two younger sisters who'd already been adopted...
Resources for Entrepreneurs
I like the selection of tips for entrepreneurs provided on the Business Week Web site. Regardless of whether you're just getting started or launching...
The Link Between Violence and What We Eat
There is a striking correlation between violence and nutrient in the diet. A clinical trial at the U.S. government's National Institutes for Health and...
Doctors Orders: Kids Should Play More
A new study by doctors is calling for changes in kids' over-scheduled lifestyles with more time in the school day for recess. The American...
Homeless Kittens, Cats Need Help in No. CA
EDITOR'S BLOG Linda needs help. Rather, 15 cats she's rescued need help. Her e-mail plea arrived yesterday: Help! I have rescued...
Court Orders No Drilling in Arctic Wetlands
Thirteen percent of public land, critical to caribou and other wildlife, will remain closed to drilling. A federal judge in Alaska last week ordered...
Peace Camp Grows Friendship Between Middle Eastern Kids
Hempstead, NY - If you were invited to sit down with your enemy for a cup of tea and discuss your conflicting views, would...
A Grieving Mother’s Incredible Forgiveness
A great story of compassion in the NY Daily News:
The mother of a Harlem teen gunned down by a 12-year-old told her son's baby-faced...
Change for Good
EDITOR'S BLOG As I touched down on U.S. soil late yesterday in a British Air jet, after having shepherded a group of teenagers...
HERO Youth Ambassadors to Serve African Orphans, Schools Hit by AIDS
The HERO campaign is enhancing the lives of children who have been orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. Today it launched...
Arabs, Jews Clean Up Galilee Together
In the northern port town of Acre, Jewish and Arab high school students work together to transform rubbish into hand-crafted benches. And in the...
Holland Cruise Ship Rescues Migrants
The United Nations is praising the rescue of 22 migrants, including at least one asylum seeker, whose vessel had sunk in the Aegean Sea,...
Gay Couples Parent Just Like Everybody Else
Hearing the voices recently insisting that it is best for a child to grow up with one father and one mother reminds me of...
Autistic Kid Shoots Miracle Round on Basketball Court in Final 4 Minutes
Never let the label of autism be associated in your mind with failure.
A high school basketball coach in Rochester, NY, for the last game...
Schools Take Action on Overweight Kids
In response to a steep rise in obesity among children, some public schools are taking action. It shocked me to learn that only 6...
Convict Mends Life Stitching Artwork While in Prison
The most inspirational stories to me are convicts who transform themselves with some activity or study while in prison. GNN has featured inmates whose...
G is for Ginger Cascades Girl Scout Camp
EDITOR'S BLOG
This weekend I brought our kids and myself to the Ginger Cascades Girl Scout camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina....