Good News Notes: “Have you heard about The Closet? It’s located in a strip mall on Fairview Avenue in Boise. It looks like a teen retail shop, and it is. But, it’s so much more than that. It’s a nonprofit organization that provides free clothing to teens in need in 6th through 12th grades in…
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Teenager in foster care urges families to open up their homes, hearts to other teens
Good News Notes: “A teenager who is gearing up for adulthood and hopes to one day become a mentor to kids in the foster care system is urging families to consider becoming foster parents to other teens. Gabriel Helton was just 15 years old when he and seven other adopted siblings were removed from their…
Las Vegas teen’s nonprofit has donated 2,000 duffel bags filled with clothes to foster youth
Good News Notes: “Since learning that many foster kids don’t have clothes or shoes that fit them, Nijel Murray has made it his mission to solve this problem. Four years ago, Murray’s family welcomed a foster son, and when he arrived at their Las Vegas home, he carried his ill-fitting clothes and shoes in a…
Destiny Jackson has been homeless and in foster care in Philly. Now 50 colleges want her.
Good News Notes: “At last, Destiny Jackson, then 13, said to herself. After the abuse and the torment she’d endured over time, someone had called representatives from Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services into her family’s West Philadelphia home. Now they’ll see what I’ve been through, she believed. Now I’ll get out. But it didn’t happen….
Unique Back-to-School Campaign Expands Reach of LG 'Life's Good: Experience Happiness' Initiative
https://news.yahoo.com/unique-back-school-campaign-expands-080000205.html#
Teen Outreach Program Making A Difference
http://www.ubmedia.biz/news/article_ae8b14a8-736e-11e9-bdf6-db9b9bc8e786.html
Bristol's Youth Bus Provides 'Safe Space'
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-48200146
Helping Hands Club Helps Freeman Students Give Back to Aurora
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-freeman-school-helping-st-0414-story,amp.html
Teenage Boys Praised for Helping Fallen Elderly Man When They Thought No One Was Watching
https://people.com/human-interest/idaho-teen-boys-help-fallen-elderly-man/
Jim Thorpe teens raise $50K for cancer research
https://www.tnonline.com/jim-thorpe-teens-raise-50k-cancer-research