10 year-old survives leukemia, invents award-winning bandage dispenser, and wins a trip to NASA
Bridgette Veneris, a 10 year-old from Melbourne, Australia, certainly knows how to make lemonade out of lemons....
Mom of micropreemie makes and donates tiny outfits to NICU babies to give families hope and a sense of normalcy
Amanda Huhta's son was born at 25 weeks and four days and then spent 110 days in the NICU. Needless to say, the...
Kids who read a book to their barber at this Michigan barbershop get a discount on their haircut
Barbershops have a long-held tradition for being a gathering space, a place for neighbors and friends to hang out...
Astronaut hosts live video chat from outer space wearing a hand-painted flight suit created by children with cancer
A children's cancer center, a space suit company, and NASA recently teamed up to collaborate on an out-of-this-world...
“I am Jane Goodall” presents the primatologist’s inspiring story in kid-friendly picture book form
After featuring honorable American citizens including Rosa Parks, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr. and Amelia...
Surfing therapy dog helps children with spinal muscular atrophy experience the joy of riding the waves
We've done our fair share of jumping in the waves and playing by the water this summer, but for children with spinal...
10 American moms who are competing for the Olympic gold in Rio
Image via Kristin Armstrong's Instagram page Kristin Armstrong Kristin Armstrong (no relation to Lance) has had...
“Bucket List Family” campaigns to open a school in India to help prevent human trafficking
Bucket List Family Campaign from Effect.org on Vimeo. Since last summer the "Bucket List Family" has been traveling...
Hospitalized kids play ongoing game of “Where’s Waldo?” thanks to a crafty construction worker across the street
Having treatments or surgeries in a hospital can translate into long hours of waiting, resting, and recovering....
10 year-old knits caps and delivers them to local children’s hospital to help kids being treated for cancer feel more comfortable
Garrett Lowry plays hard on the baseball field, but this thoughtful 10 year-old has another, more meditative way...
This handmade amusement park in a forest in northern Italy was built by one man over the last 40 years
Located in Battaglia, Italy in northern Italy, Osteria ai Poppi is firmly entrenched in nature, and that's one...
Hospital volunteer has quietly rocked and soothed hundreds of NICU babies for the past 11 years
Babies in the neonatal intensive care unit at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio have a lot of work...
First grader born without hands wins national penmanship contest
Handwriting is often a dreaded part of the elementary school curriculum, but for Anaya Ellick, a Virginia first...
Graduating high schoolers take “Senior Walk” through halls to inspire younger students
Graduating from high school seems like a far off and distant dream to kids in elementary school -- even if their...
Afghan teacher turns his bicycle into a mobile library and cycles for over an hour to bring books to children in remote villages
Teachers understand the value of reading and having books readily available to their students better than most...
8 year-old with brain cancer uses Make-A-Wish to clean up local parks
Over the years, the Make-A-Wish foundation has granted some amazing wishes -- from arranging the always-popular...
Somali teen earns a free education after wowing his small town by making electronic toys out of trash
On paper, it would be easy to write off Guled Adan Abdi's future and miss the latent potential: he's a thirteen-year-old...