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When Tricia Baker’s son Kenny was in high school, he was diagnosed with severe depression. Often overwhelmed with anxiety, Kenny would disappear…
In 2012, Melissa founded Shear Blessings in hopes of providing healthy weekend meals to students at Blackshear Elementary School in Houston, Texas.…
In 2010 fourteen year old Allyson Ahlstrom started a project called Threads for Teens in Santa Rosa, California. Allyson filled the communities…
Freida Hecht, of Norwalk, Connecticut, is the mother of 11 children, an educator, speaker and founding director of Circle of Friends program…
With the help of more than 100 adult volunteer mentors, Trekkers, Inc. provides out-of-school expeditionary learning programs, academic support and mentoring services…
Shannon McNicholas of Mission Viejo, California is passionate about helping teens affected by domestic violence. At Mission Viejo High School, McNicholas started…