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JoAnna Phillips grew up in a small, rural community. She was taught the importance of working hard and caring about others in…
According to an estimate from the U.S. Department of Justice 14,500-17,500 children are trafficked each year. Human sex trafficking of youth is…
Mark Bentley of Las Vegas, N.M. started officially volunteering eight years ago, yet community and lending a hand have always been a…
Mark Snaer of Sacramento, Calif. currently devotes his time as the program director to the Senior Companion Program in his community where…
Juliana Vanni, a senior at Christopher High School in Gilroy, Calif., founded Cooper’s Closet, a free clothing store housed within her high…
Katie Malone, the current Miss Tuscaloosa, is a 2012 Miss Alabama pageant contestant. After a tornado ravaged Tuscaloosa, Ala.,on April 27, 2011,…
After graduating from the University of Virginia in 2006, Milena worked for several years as an investment banker at JPMorgan in New…
Rhode Island’s Cassandra Lin is the co-founder of Project TGIF (Turn Grease Into Fuel). Lin’s organization has turned 100 million gallons of…
To promote healthy eating and self-esteem, Megan Ganley created two comic books geared towards elementary school childreen. The first outlined healthy eating…
Micheal Francis, Blackhawk Fornelli, Ed Summerfield, Nick and Lindsey Prewitt, Jason Martin, Jim and Rose Andrew, Tom Lester, Gwen Glatthorn, Virgina Jenks…