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Quincy Symonds – Inspiring 6 Year Old Surfs Past Medical Issues
Quincy Symonds is a 6 year old like no other. She is one of the best surfers and skateboarders for her age in the world. If her athletic talents are not enough, she achieved them despite a serious medical condition she was born with called congenital adrenal hyperplasia. The disease requires Quincy to take medicine three times every day….
Jack Andraka- Master Inventor and Innovator at 15 Years Old
Jack Andraka is no ordinary 15 year old kid. He’s accomplished more than most will in a lifetime. Jack won the top award at Intel ISEF 2012 for his creation of a new, non-invasive method to detect early-stage pancreatic cancer and other forms of cancer. His passion for finding a method for early detection of…
Koni Dole – High School Football Player Returns to Field One Year After Amputation
Koni Dole is a high school football player at Huntley Project High School in Montana. Just over one year ago, he broke his leg in a game. It was such a bad injury, that his leg became infected and had to be amputated. ‘As soon as I learned I might have to amputate, I started…
Joshua's Heart: A Remarkable Boy, Joshua Williams, Takes on World Hunger
You are never too young to make a difference. Since he was 5 years old, Joshua Williams has been accomplishing big things with his goal to end hunger. After seeing a tv commercial that showed children who were starving around the world, Joshua was moved to do something about it. Starting with a $20 donation…
Birke Baehr – 11-year-old Wants to Change How We Eat
At eight years old, Birke heard a news story about mercury in high fructose corn syrup. He asked his mother what high fructose corn syrup was. Once he found out what it was and how much of our food contains it, he decided to learn what else is in our food. Today, Birke reads labels on the…
Inspiring Videos of the Week (5/7/13): Find Your Greatness
Jonny Hickey is a young boy with Autism who found it hard to communicate with others. Then he met Xena, a very sick rescue dog who was expected to die. Well, not only did Xena survive, but her comfort has helped Jonny to express himself and he is a new person. Jonny and Xena make…
Inspiring Role Model Videos of the Week – 3/17/2013
Check out Savannah Maddison Ogden, an inspiring 11 year old girl from South Florida who started Savannah’s Soldiers letter writing campaign to help soldiers overseas. Savannah came up with this great idea after she found out that her best friend’s dad was being deployed and now it has spread to impact hundreds of kids and…
Jacob Rainey – Quarterback, Amputee and U of Virginia Recruit
Jacob Rainey was a star varsity l quarterback at Woodberry Forest School in Virginia when he suffered a terrible injury to his leg during practice. After one month of trying to save his leg, doctors had no choice but to amputate it above his knee. For many people, this would be the end of their…
Role Model Videos of the Week 1/22/13
Here are two great videos of role models to inspire you this week. Check out blind skateboarder Tommy Carroll, who shows incredible courage since he first stepped on a board at age obstacles since age 10: Meet Jeremiah Anthony who takes on cyberbullies at West High in Ames, Iowa with his positive tweets…
Wanda Butts: Making Good Come From Tragedy
In 2006, Wanda Butts experienced a great tragedy. Her 16 year old son, Josh, drowned while rafting in Michigan. One year later, focused on making something good come from this horrible event, Wanda started a program to teach children how to swim. She started the Josh Project and through this program has been able to help…
