Lake Belton High School volleyball team join seniors at Woodland Cottages What started as a simple chair volleyball game at a senior living community in Belton, Texas, has grown into a meaningful intergenerational friendship. The sporty seniors, who proudly call themselves “The Hit Squad,” regularly host friendly chair volleyball matches with members of the Lake … Read more
High school students repair and give away cars – Louisa County Public Schools / Facebook The heartwarming ceremony begins when the garage door opens and a class of teenage students present a newly-refurbished car with a big red bow to a single mother. For eight years, the presentation, delivered with a round of applause, has … Read more
Obi via Unsplash Whether you’re a student, an administrator, a farmer—or the journalists getting their teeth into the story of Kentucky schools’ movement to buy and serve local produce, the consensus is clear: the fajitas are great. At Boyle County High School, locally-raised beef marinated in cumin is heaped onto corn tortillas with queso, guacamole, … Read more
Brothers in India recycled a million kg of trash in 14 cities – OneStepGreener’s YouTube channel Youth comes with gifts: one of them is the inability to recognize when you should be intimidated. When two teenagers in New Delhi wanted to do something to improve the city’s waste collection, age and experience would have told … Read more
Teddy Bear Toss – Credit: Calgary Hitmen on Instagram Once a year, stuffed animals take flight inside an arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania, flying through the air in a cavalcade of color creating ‘sweet cuddly mayhem’ on the ice. For a quarter century, the Hershey Bears, a minor league team in the American Hockey League, has … Read more
CRYJ juvenile criminal justice center in Montana – submitted by CRYJ In Montana, a focus on restorative justice is reducing juvenile recidivism through a nonprofit program that engages them, rather than punishes them. The nonprofit believes that it’s actually far more challenging for juvenile offenders to look their victims in the eye and explain why … Read more
Ribal Zebian and his modular home on stage at a demonstration – credit, supplied by Mr Zebian A driven Ontario teen is determined to end homelessness in his city, and has designed a modular tiny home system to tackle the problem. Ribal Zebian is only 18, but he’s wasted no time in finding his purpose. … Read more
Courtesy of Pat DeReamer and Mary Wheaton, whose birthday card exchange earned a Guinness World Record On her 95th birthday, Pat DeReamer received a greeting card that was already 81 years old. It all started in 1944, when the Kentucky resident first received the card for her 14th birthday, after her family moved to Indianapolis … Read more
Neal Mohan, the CEO of YouTube speaks during a panel for the Summit for Democracy on March 30, 2023 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images YouTube’s CEO Neal Mohan is the latest in a line of tech bosses who have admitted to limiting their children’s social media use, as the harms of being … Read more
credit – Allyson Keiser With a little ingenuity, and some modifications to an old piece of tech, 11-year-old Desa Kaiser is back where she belongs: on the dance floor. Being paralyzed from the waist down is no impediment to the girl from Pennsylvania, who suffered the debilitating injury in a crash that saw her spend … Read more