Posts for October, 2011
Oct
17
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In President Barack Obama's back to school speech, he told young people around the nation that, "America needs your passion, your ideas and your energy right at this moment....Nothing inspires me more than knowing that young people all across the country are already
Oct
17
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Yesterday started generationOn's Make Your Mark Week, a week where young people focus on issues they are most passionate about by doing small acts or service projects that add up to make a big di
Oct
14
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Twenty-five-year-old Illinois pre-kindergarten teacher Andrea de Avila's BIG idea to transform her school's courtyard roof into a garden and play area for an early childhood program was awarded the $25,000 grand prize grant from the BE BIG Fund as part of the Scholas