by kelsey | Sep 28, 2016 | Kids Around the Country
When nine-year-old Khloe Thompson first asked her mom why people were homeless, the answer inspired her to brighten their lives. She started her own charity, Khloe Kares, to provide homeless women with brilliantly colorful shoulder bags that she sews with her...
by kelsey | Sep 28, 2016 | Kids Around the Country
Two brothers, Derrell and Kyllon Martin, created ‘The Helping Lunchbox’ to help feed the homeless people in their New Orleans community. Volunteers help deliver the lunch bags filled with sandwiches, pretzels, and water—along with words of encouragement hand written...
by kelsey | Sep 28, 2016 | Kids Around the Country
Normally, paper and water create a soggy mess, but add origami to the mix and you get clean water flowing through the hearts of two sisters and 70 newly drilled wells in Africa, India, Mexico, Peru, and the U.S. It all started after 5-year-old Katherine Adams began...
by kelsey | Sep 28, 2016 | Kids Around the Country
To begin with, Erin Byrnes was pretty excited to be attending the annual gala for a nonprofit that helps pregnant mothers and their children. She was all geared up to accept an award from Joseph’s House for her volunteer work. Turns out, Erin had even more reason to...
by kelsey | Sep 28, 2016 | Kids Around the Country
When Hector Montoya was only 9-years-old, he happened to see one of the many horror stories regularly broadcasted on the news: a little girl’s parents had perished in a house fire. Since he was confused as to why the family didn’t have a smoke detector, his...
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