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Taylor Tinsley of Detroit, Michigan is an advocate for child adoption awareness and literacy among today’s youth. Tinsley founded the Maria Joy…
Sayid Abdullaev of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania serves refugees and new American citizens. Arriving to the United States as a refugee himself in 2007,…
Capture the Dream, Inc., a California nonprofit, serves low-income individuals throughout the San Francisco Bay Area enabling them to achieve their educational…
Robby Simpson of Mount Dora, Florida is passionate about helping youth excel in school. Therefore, he decided to help others by creating…
Kirk Platt of Glen Burnie, Maryland is a hardworking volunteer who changes young people’s lives and the communities in which they live…
When Mongai Fankam of Charlotte, North Carolina was 3 years old, she began accompanying her mother to the Republic of Cameroon, a…
Bonnie Avila of Hanford, California has been volunteering at the Hacienda Rehabilitation and Health Care Center for the past thirty years rain…