Youth

Australian kids currently enrolled in lifeguard training program – 01/12/2010
By Associated Press

ADELAIDE, Australia - Two 8-year-old boys in a young lifeguards training program rescued a man who was struggling in the ocean off Australia's east coast.Jake Satherley told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio that he and friend Spencer Jeams saw a middle-aged man having trouble Sunday off Northcliffe beach, in Queensland state."We saw him put his hand up and saying, 'help, help,' so we went over to him and pulled him on our board," Satherley said Monday.The boys are part of the under-...
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San Diego eighth-grader donates teddy bears to sick children – 11/24/2009
By C. Garcia, NBCSanDiego.com

SAN DIEGO - In the home of eighth-grader Jason O'Neill, teddy bears are everywhere. They're white, black or brown. Some have bow ties and some have ribbons. They sit on chairs, tables, counter tops and the floor.Thanks to O'Neill, a young entrepreneur who started his own company at age 9, they're all going to sick children for Christmas."At Christmas I wanted to do something special, so I started a fundraiser this year to raise money for buying a bunch of bears," O’Neill said.All...
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Lexington, Ky – 11/11/2008
By Jeremy Schaap, Special to ESPN.com

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A year ago, when Adam Bender was 7 years old, he found a wheelchair in his family's garage.Standing just outside the garage, the door open, he called out to his mother, Michelle. "Mom," he said, "come here."Pointing inside at the rusty, folded-up wheelchair, he said, "What's that doing here?" Anger was floating in the air."That's here just in case of an emergency," she said. "We might need it if you hurt your leg.""Get it o...
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Surgeons reattached severed hand; ‘people are good,’ child’s mother says – 09/23/2008
By Mike Celizic, Todayshow.com contributor

It’s any parent’s worst nightmare. A child is sitting in her car seat. Suddenly, a loud noise comes from the back of the car, followed by a bloodcurdling scream.When Allison Rix of Los Gatos, Calif., heard those sounds two weeks ago, she did what any parent would do. She pulled her SUV off the road and looked back at her 6-year-old daughter, Erica. What she saw horrified her.As Rix told TODAY’s Meredith Vieira on Tuesday, her daughter’s left arm was caught on the vehicle&...
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Honorees also include boy who raises money for poor students in Vietnam – 05/12/2009
By msnbc.com

A formerly homeless girl who led a high-school project to write and publish a book of stories about homeless people is among 10 students from across the country who were named America's top 10 youth volunteers for 2009. The middle- and high-school students were honored in a ceremony last week at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce headquarters, capping the 14th year of The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. The honorees received awards of $5,000, engraved gold medallions, crystal trophies...
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Angelic Voice – 08/04/2009
By Youtube

This adorable teen captured our hearts with his angelic voice.  We think you'll love him too.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Q9Ckra6vY...
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Students learn more than just acrobatic and performance skills – 01/13/2009
By Associated Press

ST. LOUIS - When looking for a way to bring together children of different races, religions and financial means, most people might not think of juggling, tumbling and aerial acts as their "go-to" tools.Jessica Hentoff does.Hentoff, 53, is the executive and artistic director of a circus school run out of the City Museum in St. Louis. She brings together children who normally wouldn't cross paths and unifies them through circus training and performances.One effort, Circus Salaam Shalom, ...
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Stranded in woods, 3rd grader draws on lessons from Bear Grylls' program – 06/23/2009
By Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY - When he realized he'd been separated from his family on a weekend hike in a northern Utah forest, 9-year-old Grayson Wynne's thoughts turned to television.Grayson watches "Man vs. Wild" on the Discovery Channel every week with his brothers and his dad. On the show, host and adventurer Bear Grylls strands himself in the wilderness and then shows viewers how to survive the sticky situations.That's where Grayson says he learned to leave clues behind to help searchers find...
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Check this out – 08/04/2009
By Youtube

Watch this adorable tot rock out to Randy Houser's "Boots On".  It will have you tappin' your foot for sure.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5zlf2cxj98  ...
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Get-up-and-go Maryland teen hits 2,340 straight days of school – 05/26/2009
By Daniel de Vise, The Washington Post

Darnestown, Md. - Cal Ripken, Iron Man of the Baltimore Orioles, played in 2,632 consecutive baseball games.Stefanie Zaner, Iron Kid of Darnestown, is closing in on her 2,340th straight day of public school.The 18-year-old is unlikely to get the standing ovation afforded Ripken for his streak when she arrives at Northwest High School on Friday for the last day of senior classes in Montgomery County.But hers is a rare accomplishment.  Not once in 13 years was Stefanie marked absent: not for ...
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13-year-old NYC student won writing contest about real-life heroes – 06/19/2009
By msnbc.com staff and news service reports

NEW YORK - A New York City eighth-grader's essay about a personal hero has landed him and his favorite teacher a role in a Superman book.Thirteen-year-old Hakeem Bennett, a special-needs student at Public School 36 in Brooklyn, won the Stone Arch Books national essay contest.Students wrote about their real-life heroes. Hakeem chose his eighth-grade teacher, Matthew Brown.Brown is blind in one eye and has tunnel vision in the other and uses a guide dog. Hakeem writes in his essay that the courage...
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