The 15-year-old plans to launch a nonprofit to expand donations across the Bay Area. Source: Los Gatos teen raised $900, donated 110 art kits to children’s hospital
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Teen battling brain cancer sworn in as police officer for the day
Chance Van Stippen is battling a rare brain cancer. Source: Teen battling brain cancer sworn in as police officer for the day
Beachwood teen’s fight with cancer leads to Sweet Dreams for Kids
Beachwood High School junior Dalya Berezovsky knows firsthand what it is like to be a little kid in the hospital, so in 2008, her family started Sweet Dreams for Kids Beachwood High School junior Dalya Berezovsky knows firsthand what it is like to be a little kid in the hospital, so in 2008, her family…
Gift of Life: UC freshman killed in hit-and-run gives others another chance at life
Cayden Turner was full of life and had a smile that could light up a room. CINCINNATI — Cayden Turner was full of life and had a smile that could light up a room. “She was my angel here,” her mother, S’keisha Rembert-Wilkerson, said. “Now, she’s more of an angelic angel.” Last Wednesday, the unthinkable…
Family tribute to ‘creative’ and ‘passionate’ girl, 18, following sudden death
A HUISH Episcopi family has launched a fundraising campaign in memory of their daughter, who died at the age of 18 last week. Alisha Louise Hooper has been described by her family as a talented artist who enjoyed her time in education and was passionate about raising awareness of epilepsy. She lived in Huish Episcopi…
‘He still has a smile’: Community comes together for Smiths Falls teen undergoing cancer treatment
When a Smiths Falls resident needs support, the community answers the call. That’s exactly what is happening for the Stanistreet family. The youngest, Aaron, was recently diagnosed with acute leukemia, and while he’s currently staying at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) with his family by his side, a move to Toronto’s SickKids hospital…
VIDEO: How kickboxing changed Dundee teen’s life after challenges of autism
Dundee mum Vicki Simpson-Price has seen her son transform from troubled teen to medal-winning kickboxer. Vicki is astounded at the physical and mental Vicki is astounded at the physical and mental health changes in 16-year-old Christian since taking up the sport last year. He was diagnosed with autism aged two and the family faced challenges…
Homeless teen lands a spot at college with his basketball skills
Jeremiah Armstead, 19, started his freshman year at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, earlier this month after being recruited to play basketball. A teen who spent most of his high school years homeless has started his freshman year at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, after being recruited to play basketball for the historically black college. Jeremiah Armstead, 19,…
Danbury 13-year-old learning to walk again after battling cancer, coma: ‘I had to be strong’
DANBURY — It was February when a frightened Jennifer French watched her barely 13-year-old son motionless and hooked up to tubes and pumps in the intensive care unit. “It was terrifying not knowing if he was going to ever recover from that,” she recalled. “We are grateful he did.” After months in a rehabilitation hospital,…
14-year-old Danica Minter gives her time to charity, working with special needs students
14-year-old Danica Minter, of Halethorpe, is the August 2022 winner of the Chick-fil-A Everyday Heroes award. HALETHORPE, Md. — Danica Minter knows how to land a strike. She’s played softball since she was three, throwing change ups, fastballs and drop balls. But life threw her a big curve ball in 2020 when she was diagnosed with Immune…