Alexis Kauchick is a 17 year old high school senior at The Benjamin School in North Palm Beach, Florida. She worries about school and her studies, and she plans to go to college next fall just like any other senior in high school. However, unlike other teens her age, Kauchick is on a mission. She […]
Pro Athlete Encourages Positive Living
In his senior year at Arizona State University, Omar Bolden was a promising young cornerback who showed tremendous potential as one of the top NFL prospects. But in April 2011, the year before he was set to hit the draft, he suffered a torn ACL in practice that sidelined him for the remainder of the […]
Marine’s Wife Helping Kids Cope with Deployment of Parents through Personalized Books
According to senior vice president of Service to the Armed Forces of the American Red Cross, Koby J. Langley, deployment of parents can be extremely stressful to other members of military families. Repeated deployment can especially be a burden on families. Bridget Platt, now 31, knows this all too well having experienced it first-hand. Painful […]
Women in Baltimore Collect Diapers for Needy Families
Diapers. They are a need that we often don’t think about. However, they can be a significant expense for low-income families. Many families simply can’t afford them. Babies of these families are sometimes left for days in soiled diapers resulting in fecal impaction, infections of the urinary tract as well as skin diseases. The lack […]
Teen Raises over $400,000 for Research into Blood Disorder in Young Children
Sydney Martin started making beautiful rock necklaces when she was only eight years old. She started with rocks that she found along the beaches of Lake Michigan. This would prove to be an emblem of hope to thousands of children years after. A time of darkness At 10, Sydney’s world seemed to come crumbling about […]
California Woman Feeding Hundreds of Thousands
Komal Ahmad, 25, had her life planned out by the time she was in college. She had planned to join the Navy and had embarked on training by the time she was in college. However, all that would change after a chance encounter with an army veteran. Life-changing meal Ahmad had just returned from Navy […]
Moms’ Unique Solution to Finding Families for Older Foster Kids and Orphans
“I couldn’t sleep at night. I kept recalling the images of the children wasting away,” recalls Randi Thompson. The communications executive had taken a trip to Kazakhstan in 1993. She had visited an orphanage for children between 7 and 15 and was shocked by what she encountered. “The images haunt me to this day.” Terry […]
American Family Saves Hundreds of Lives in Papua New Guinea
“I want to dedicate my life to providing for people in need in Papua New Guinea. If you think that is something you can consider then we can continue dating.” Not your typical proposal, but that is what Mark Palm, then 20, proposed to Kirsten. Kirsten, who is now his wife, simply smiled and said […]
Maggie Doyne wins CNN’s Hero of the Year
Maggie Doyne, who was profiled recently by Hero Highlight, has won CNN’s 2015 Hero of the Year award. She was picked out of ten finalists to receive the award through an online vote, and will be granted $100,000 to put towards her BlinkNow Foundation, which she used to open the Kopila Valley School in 2010. […]
Giving ‘Invisible People’ a Second Chance
Life isn’t easy for any woman coming out of jail without an ID, family or friends. When they leave jail, they’re going back to the street. There’s nowhere else for them to go. They go into jail homeless and they leave homeless. The only life they know is surviving on the street. No one knows […]
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