Month November 2019

Inspirational Nugget: Katie Stagliano Katie Stagliano started Katie’s Krops, an organization growing food to help feed hungry people. Katie’s dream is to stop hunger. There are now 100 Katie’s Krops gardens across the United States and all are youth-based. Source:… Continue Reading →

Inspirational Nugget At the age of 14, Easton LaChapelle built his first robotic limb with Legos and fishing wire. Later, he built a functional prosthetic limb and used 3D printing technology to build it. He was invited by NASA to… Continue Reading →

Inspirational Nugget: Samantha Smith In 1982, a young American schoolgirl didn’t understand why the United States and the Soviet Union were enemies. She wrote a letter to the Soviet Union’s president, Yuri Andropov, asking why relations were so tense. Her… Continue Reading →

Inspirational Nugget: In first grade, Ryan Hreljac … In first grade, Ryan Hreljac heard about how people had to walk for miles to get dirty water in Africa. He decided he wanted to raise funds to build a well and… Continue Reading →

Inspirational Nugget: Alexandra “Alex” Scott Alexandra “Alex” Scott was diagnosed with a childhood cancer known as neuroblastoma. At the age of 4, she started her own lemonade stand to raise awareness about cancer. She raised $2,000 and started her own… Continue Reading →

Inspirational Nugget: Hector Pieterson In South Africa during the horrific Apartheid, Hector Pieterson was a 13-year-old black boy who got shot by a white police officer while protesting. When a picture was taken of his brother carrying him to safety,… Continue Reading →

Inspirational Nugget: Dylan Mahalingam encourages kids to play an active role in shaping their communities. He started his first foundation called Lil’ MDGs, non-profit international development and youth empowerment organization, at the age of 9. It’s gone on to help… Continue Reading →

Inspirational Nugget: Om Prakash Gurjar Freed Children slaves and made them received … Om Prakash Gurjar was thrown into slavery at the age of 5 in India. When he was finally freed, he was eager to fight against the institution… Continue Reading →

Inspirational Nugget: Winter Vinecki, 15 runs a marathon on every continent … Winter Vinecki set and achieved her goal of running a marathon on every continent before she turned 15. She even set the record for the youngest person to… Continue Reading →

Inspirational Nugget: Iqbal Masih, 12, free 3,000 children in slavery As a young 10-year-old living in Pakistan, Iqbal Masih was given over to laborers as a slave because his mother couldn’t pay her debt. Working long hours in a sweatshop,… Continue Reading →

Inspirational Nugget: Margaret E. Knight invents at the age of 12 After witnessing an accident at a textile mill, Margaret E. Knight got to work on her first invention at the age of 12. The device she made would automatically… Continue Reading →

Inspirational Nugget: Kelvin Doe, 15 taught himself engineering Kelvin Doe was a poor 15-year-old living in Sierra Leone who taught himself engineering. He figured out how to build generators using scrap around his neighborhood. He also built an FM radio… Continue Reading →