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Happiness an attitude of the heart
Looking from the outside in, Lacey Jones is an ordinary teenage girl. She is on her Jr. High cheerleading squad. She also competes on a competitive cheer team that takes her all over the State of Idaho and to...
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America Inspired: Bullied teen becomes talk show host, film star
At first glance, Cassandra Perkins may seem like the kind of girl who’s got everything. Beautiful, well-spoken and confident, it’s hard to believe that this Chapparrel High School freshman was bullied to the point of...
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Twelve Year Old Shanaya Fastje Saves Five Youths From Suicide
Shanaya Fastje may only be twelve years old but she has saved more lives that most adults.Fastje saves kids lives with words.Inspired by the Ellen Degeneres' show about kids who had killed themselves from being bullied, Fastje...
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Lauren Jones, Miss Maryland Teen
by Betty Hemby
Lauren Jones, 2011 Maryland Teen National American Miss
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The healing hands of Anna Lipscomb
by Lynne Erickson Valle
Anna Lipscomb
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Up and Coming Dancers 2011
by Sylvia McCleary
Up and Coming SF Ballet's Dancers 2011
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Gabe Marsh: Never Say Never
by Karen Petersen
Gabe Marsh just wants to be like the other kids, in water and on land. And he is!
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