Sometimes, it takes just one determined person to launch a movement.
Mary Doerr, 17, a senior at Castilleja High School in Palo Alto, Calif., is working hard to mobilize teens nationwide in an effort to fight global warming. She has founded an organization called “Inconvenient Youth,” which takes its inspiration from Al Gore’s film “An Inconvenient Truth.”
The organization held its kick-off conference at Stanford University in August, and more than 80 teens from around the country participated. The group received tips on how to deliver presentations and move people to action.
The organization maintains a website that serves as a networking tool and offer links to resources that teens can use to help fight climate change. The website, http://inconvenientyouth.org, showcases the hundreds of teens who have already joined the movement. It also provides information about local chapters that are forming around the world.
For her determination and sweeping vision, Doerr is the recipient of this week’s TeenUp Award. Congratulations and good luck!
Friday, September 12, 2008
Friday, September 5, 2008
52 Ways to Help Your Neighbor
Philadelphia — There might be 50 ways to leave your lover, but Julie Zauzmer has 52 ways to help your neighbor.
The 17-year-old manages a website and podcast that tell people about ways they can volunteer, contribute, and help people in need. The information directs viewers and readers to a wide range of opportunities, including ways to generate charitable contributions simply by using a particular email account, places to contribute used shoes, and organizations that will link you up with a pen pal in a nursing home. She has even found a place that organizes volunteers who record themselves reading books out loud; the recordings are then sent to people who are blind or dyslexic.
Zauzmer came up with the idea for her website and podcast when she ran across Goodsearch.com on the Web. Goodsearch is a search engine that contributes money to the charity of your choice every time you conduct a search. Zauzmer was inspired by that concept and wanted to develop a way to make more people aware of such opportunities.
Zauzmer, who also performs as a volunteer clown named Zippy, hopes to be a professional writer someday. In the meantime, she’s working hard to help people in a lot of creative ways. Her website can be found at www.52ways.org. This year alone, more than 2,500 people have listened to her podcasts.
For her enterprising spirit and hard work, Zauzmer is the recipient of this week’s TeenUp Award. For an announcement about her award, see below.
The TeenUp Awards are directed by Michael Robert Evans, the author of the young-adult novel 68 Knots.
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The 17-year-old manages a website and podcast that tell people about ways they can volunteer, contribute, and help people in need. The information directs viewers and readers to a wide range of opportunities, including ways to generate charitable contributions simply by using a particular email account, places to contribute used shoes, and organizations that will link you up with a pen pal in a nursing home. She has even found a place that organizes volunteers who record themselves reading books out loud; the recordings are then sent to people who are blind or dyslexic.
Zauzmer came up with the idea for her website and podcast when she ran across Goodsearch.com on the Web. Goodsearch is a search engine that contributes money to the charity of your choice every time you conduct a search. Zauzmer was inspired by that concept and wanted to develop a way to make more people aware of such opportunities.
Zauzmer, who also performs as a volunteer clown named Zippy, hopes to be a professional writer someday. In the meantime, she’s working hard to help people in a lot of creative ways. Her website can be found at www.52ways.org. This year alone, more than 2,500 people have listened to her podcasts.
For her enterprising spirit and hard work, Zauzmer is the recipient of this week’s TeenUp Award. For an announcement about her award, see below.
The TeenUp Awards are directed by Michael Robert Evans, the author of the young-adult novel 68 Knots.
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Friday, August 29, 2008
Teen Trades Tix for Hospital Help
PITTSBURGH—Alexis Allen, 14, wants to build a hospital in Haiti.
Two years ago, she read about a Haitian girl who was unable to get necessary treatment for a tumor. The story spurred Allen to action, and she launched The Blue Lion Foundation to begin raising time and harnessing volunteer efforts to make the hospital a reality. She is focusing locally at first, helping Pittsburgh residents who are facing difficult challenges. But the hospital in Haiti is never far from her mind.
To raise money for the foundation, Allen is working on a book titled Dream Big. The book will feature interviews with such celebrities as Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell and former Miss America Erica Dunlap.
She also seized on a more immediate opportunity to raise some funds. When her father gave her tickets to see The Jonas Brothers, she decided that instead of seeing the band perform she would raffle the tickets online. All money raised by the raffle will go to the foundation.
For more information about the foundation, visit bluelionfoundation.org.
For her selflessness and determination to help others, Alexis Allen has been named a TeenUp Award winner. The awards are directed by Michael Robert Evans, the author of the young-adult novel 68 Knots, and they are given to teens who take the initiative to make this world a better place.
The awards are also announced via a YouTube video:
Two years ago, she read about a Haitian girl who was unable to get necessary treatment for a tumor. The story spurred Allen to action, and she launched The Blue Lion Foundation to begin raising time and harnessing volunteer efforts to make the hospital a reality. She is focusing locally at first, helping Pittsburgh residents who are facing difficult challenges. But the hospital in Haiti is never far from her mind.
To raise money for the foundation, Allen is working on a book titled Dream Big. The book will feature interviews with such celebrities as Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell and former Miss America Erica Dunlap.
She also seized on a more immediate opportunity to raise some funds. When her father gave her tickets to see The Jonas Brothers, she decided that instead of seeing the band perform she would raffle the tickets online. All money raised by the raffle will go to the foundation.
For more information about the foundation, visit bluelionfoundation.org.
For her selflessness and determination to help others, Alexis Allen has been named a TeenUp Award winner. The awards are directed by Michael Robert Evans, the author of the young-adult novel 68 Knots, and they are given to teens who take the initiative to make this world a better place.
The awards are also announced via a YouTube video:
Monday, August 11, 2008
Teen Tees Up for Children
Stafford, Va.—Supporting worthwhile causes suits Omri Glaser to a T.
The 17-year-old high school student has launched Om Tee, an organization that makes and sells T-shirts and donates all the profits to charity.
This is not Glaser’s first enterprise. He previously started a company that makes DVDs of students demonstrating their athletic skills. That firm, OG Video, also custom-makes DVDs featuring anything requested by his clients.
Glaser founded Om Tee in an effort to raise funds for Global Action for Children, an organization that helps orphans and other children who suffer the consequences of disease and war.
Om Tee’s products feature cartoon images of characters trying to deal with a sometimes bewildering and difficult world.
Glaser made 40 shirts in his initial batch, and they sold out quickly. For the second round, he made 400 of the T-shirts, which he sells through word-of-mouth and online at omtee.com.
For stepping up to help solve a problem, Glaser is this week’s winner of the TeenUp Award. Here is the YouTube video about his award:
The 17-year-old high school student has launched Om Tee, an organization that makes and sells T-shirts and donates all the profits to charity.
This is not Glaser’s first enterprise. He previously started a company that makes DVDs of students demonstrating their athletic skills. That firm, OG Video, also custom-makes DVDs featuring anything requested by his clients.
Glaser founded Om Tee in an effort to raise funds for Global Action for Children, an organization that helps orphans and other children who suffer the consequences of disease and war.
Om Tee’s products feature cartoon images of characters trying to deal with a sometimes bewildering and difficult world.
Glaser made 40 shirts in his initial batch, and they sold out quickly. For the second round, he made 400 of the T-shirts, which he sells through word-of-mouth and online at omtee.com.
For stepping up to help solve a problem, Glaser is this week’s winner of the TeenUp Award. Here is the YouTube video about his award:
Monday, July 21, 2008
Taking It To The Hill
Fourteen-year-old Jacob Froehlich suffered from leukemia as a child, an illness that kills one in five victims. But with the help of progressive treatments, including a bone marrow transplant, he has been free from the disease for seven years.
Froehlich has not simply rejoiced in his good fortune, however. The rising ninth-grader is now working hard to convince federal lawmakers to direct serious funding to leukemia research. He has made several trips to Washington, D.C., to meet with senators and representatives, urging them to support bills increasing the funding.
A bill providing $150 million for the research has been approved by the House, and it is waiting for the Senate to consider it. Froehlich wants to streamline the process and get the Senate to act soon.
He has met with numerous lawmakers, including Sen. Ted Kennedy (D–Mass.) just a few weeks before the Senator was diagnosed with brain cancer. He also chatted briefly with Sen. Barack Obama (D–Ill.).
Adjusted for inflation, funding for childhood leukemia research has remained relatively unchanged over the past several years. Froehlich hopes his efforts will change that stagnancy and bring much-needed additional funds to the cause.
For his courage and determination, Froehlich has been awarded the TeenUp Award. The award is given each week to a teen who is working to improve the world in significant ways. It is directed by Michael Robert Evans, the author of the young-adult novel 68 Knots.
For a video about Froehlich’s efforts, go to YouTube and search for TeenUp.
Froehlich has not simply rejoiced in his good fortune, however. The rising ninth-grader is now working hard to convince federal lawmakers to direct serious funding to leukemia research. He has made several trips to Washington, D.C., to meet with senators and representatives, urging them to support bills increasing the funding.
A bill providing $150 million for the research has been approved by the House, and it is waiting for the Senate to consider it. Froehlich wants to streamline the process and get the Senate to act soon.
He has met with numerous lawmakers, including Sen. Ted Kennedy (D–Mass.) just a few weeks before the Senator was diagnosed with brain cancer. He also chatted briefly with Sen. Barack Obama (D–Ill.).
Adjusted for inflation, funding for childhood leukemia research has remained relatively unchanged over the past several years. Froehlich hopes his efforts will change that stagnancy and bring much-needed additional funds to the cause.
For his courage and determination, Froehlich has been awarded the TeenUp Award. The award is given each week to a teen who is working to improve the world in significant ways. It is directed by Michael Robert Evans, the author of the young-adult novel 68 Knots.
For a video about Froehlich’s efforts, go to YouTube and search for TeenUp.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Teen Takes Steps to Help Others
Ryann Satterfield believes in tackling problems one step at a time.
The Albany, Ga., 17-year-old learned about conditions in rural West Virginia, where many families have no electricity, running water, or proper shoes. She recognized the need for decent footwear—especially for children in the winter—and she decided to do something about it.
Working with a missionary group called Global Outreach, she contacted local churches and launched a shoe-donation project. She educated people about the need and encouraged them to contribute. By the time the project ended, she had collected more than 730 pairs of shoes for West Virginia families.
This was not the first time Satterfield took steps to help peoples’ feet. Previously, she collected shoes for people in Africa.
For her enthusiasm and initiative, Satterfield is the winner of this week’s TeenUp Award. The awards are directed by Michael Robert Evans, the author of the young-adult novel 68 Knots, and they recognize teens who have tackled a challenge to help change the world for the better.
For a video about Satterfield’s award, see
If you would like to nominate someone for the TeenUp Award, please contact Michael Robert Evans at michaelrobertevans@yahoo.com.
The Albany, Ga., 17-year-old learned about conditions in rural West Virginia, where many families have no electricity, running water, or proper shoes. She recognized the need for decent footwear—especially for children in the winter—and she decided to do something about it.
Working with a missionary group called Global Outreach, she contacted local churches and launched a shoe-donation project. She educated people about the need and encouraged them to contribute. By the time the project ended, she had collected more than 730 pairs of shoes for West Virginia families.
This was not the first time Satterfield took steps to help peoples’ feet. Previously, she collected shoes for people in Africa.
For her enthusiasm and initiative, Satterfield is the winner of this week’s TeenUp Award. The awards are directed by Michael Robert Evans, the author of the young-adult novel 68 Knots, and they recognize teens who have tackled a challenge to help change the world for the better.
For a video about Satterfield’s award, see
If you would like to nominate someone for the TeenUp Award, please contact Michael Robert Evans at michaelrobertevans@yahoo.com.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Truckin' For Flood Relief
Tyler, Tex.—When Catherine Butschi learned of the recent flooding in her former home town of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the teen decided to help out. She was going to travel up there with her family to visit relatives, so she launched a drive to fill their mini-van with food and clothing for the victims of the floods.
She put up flyers around her current town of Tyler, Texas, asking people to contribute whatever they could. Her enthusiasm and determination were contagious, though. The people of Tyler donated enough supplies to fill two semi-trailer trucks.
The trucks, contributed by the CRST and Saia corporations, arrived in Cedar Rapids recently, and the clothing, food, and cleaning supplies in them were donated to the Boys and Girls Club, which set up a shelter for families displaced by the flooding.
For her energy and enthusiasm in bringing much-needed supplies to the people of Cedar Rapids, this week’s TeenUp Award goes to Catherine Butschi.
The TeenUp Awards are directed by Michael Robert Evans, author of the young-adult novel 68 Knots. The TeenUp Award is given each week to an American teenager who has taken the initiative to make a positive difference in the world.
The award is also announced each week in a YouTube video:
For more information, contact Michael Robert Evans, michaelrobertevans@yahoo.com
She put up flyers around her current town of Tyler, Texas, asking people to contribute whatever they could. Her enthusiasm and determination were contagious, though. The people of Tyler donated enough supplies to fill two semi-trailer trucks.
The trucks, contributed by the CRST and Saia corporations, arrived in Cedar Rapids recently, and the clothing, food, and cleaning supplies in them were donated to the Boys and Girls Club, which set up a shelter for families displaced by the flooding.
For her energy and enthusiasm in bringing much-needed supplies to the people of Cedar Rapids, this week’s TeenUp Award goes to Catherine Butschi.
The TeenUp Awards are directed by Michael Robert Evans, author of the young-adult novel 68 Knots. The TeenUp Award is given each week to an American teenager who has taken the initiative to make a positive difference in the world.
The award is also announced each week in a YouTube video:
For more information, contact Michael Robert Evans, michaelrobertevans@yahoo.com
Austin Teen is SpokesGirl for Abused Children
Megan Bentzin is devoted to children.
The Austin, Tex., teenager is a regular fixture at the Helping Hand Home, a facility for abused and neglected children. She reads to the children there, she participates in fundraisers, and she helps out any way she can.
Now Bentzin is pedaling across the United States to benefit Helping Hand Home as well. She is taking part in a program called The American Challenge, in which fifteen high school students are biking coast-to-coast. Bentzin is using her trip as a way to raise funds for Helping Hand Home.
The 3,000-mile trip began in Savannah, Ga., where Bentzin and the others dipped their bike wheels in the waters of the Atlantic. It will end six weeks later when they plunge screaming into the Pacific near Santa Monica, Calif. There is no support vehicle; everyone carries all their gear. And they have to work together through illness, injuries, equipment problems, and other challenges.
For her dedication and determination—and for turning an exciting adventure into a fundraising opportunity for a cause she believes in—Bentzin is the winner of this week’s TeenUp Award.
The TeenUp Awards are directed by Michael Robert Evans, author of the young-adult novel 68 Knots. The TeenUp Award is given each week to an American teenager who has taken the initiative to make a positive difference in the world.
The award is also announced each week in a YouTube video:
For more information, contact Michael Robert Evans, michaelrobertevans@yahoo.com
The Austin, Tex., teenager is a regular fixture at the Helping Hand Home, a facility for abused and neglected children. She reads to the children there, she participates in fundraisers, and she helps out any way she can.
Now Bentzin is pedaling across the United States to benefit Helping Hand Home as well. She is taking part in a program called The American Challenge, in which fifteen high school students are biking coast-to-coast. Bentzin is using her trip as a way to raise funds for Helping Hand Home.
The 3,000-mile trip began in Savannah, Ga., where Bentzin and the others dipped their bike wheels in the waters of the Atlantic. It will end six weeks later when they plunge screaming into the Pacific near Santa Monica, Calif. There is no support vehicle; everyone carries all their gear. And they have to work together through illness, injuries, equipment problems, and other challenges.
For her dedication and determination—and for turning an exciting adventure into a fundraising opportunity for a cause she believes in—Bentzin is the winner of this week’s TeenUp Award.
The TeenUp Awards are directed by Michael Robert Evans, author of the young-adult novel 68 Knots. The TeenUp Award is given each week to an American teenager who has taken the initiative to make a positive difference in the world.
The award is also announced each week in a YouTube video:
For more information, contact Michael Robert Evans, michaelrobertevans@yahoo.com
Monday, June 23, 2008
TeenUp Award: Making Half-Pipe Dream Come True
Ridgefield, Conn. — Skateboarding is fun, but it’s also expensive. Buying the board, the helmet, the knee pads, the elbow pads, and other gear can put the sport out of reach for some young people who might benefit from the social activity and exercise that skateboarding offers.
So Mitchel Fields, a thirteen-year-old from Ridgefield, Conn., decided to do something to help broaden access to the sport. He contacted skateboard companies throughout the country, asking them to donate gear that he would present to the Graham Dickinson S.P.I.R.I.T. Skate Park in his home town.
The project was daunting at first. Fields was nervous about contacting corporate CEOs and asking for donations. He worked with his father to develop scripts, and he rehearsed each phone call. He found that the people he spoke with were pleasant and impressed by his concern for others.
And his efforts paid off. Three skateboard companies—Sector9, Bareback Skateboards, and Skate One—agreed to contribute hundreds of dollars’ worth of equipment. Fields gave the gear to the park during an event held there on June 21.
The Graham Dickinson S.P.I.R.I.T. Skate Park offers free admission to people who can’t afford to skate there, but the cost of equipment still kept some potential skaters away. Thanks to the initiative and effort of Mitchel Fields, anyone can borrow the gear while they are at the park.
For his generosity and enthusiasm in broadening access to a sport he loves, Fields is the winner of this week’s TeenUp Award.
The TeenUp Awards are directed by Michael Robert Evans, author of the young-adult novel 68 Knots. The TeenUp Award is given each week to an American teenager who has taken the initiative to make a positive difference in the world.
Information about the award is available at teenupawards.blogspot.com. The award is also announced each week in a YouTube video:
For more information, contact Michael Robert Evans, michaelrobertevans@yahoo.com
So Mitchel Fields, a thirteen-year-old from Ridgefield, Conn., decided to do something to help broaden access to the sport. He contacted skateboard companies throughout the country, asking them to donate gear that he would present to the Graham Dickinson S.P.I.R.I.T. Skate Park in his home town.
The project was daunting at first. Fields was nervous about contacting corporate CEOs and asking for donations. He worked with his father to develop scripts, and he rehearsed each phone call. He found that the people he spoke with were pleasant and impressed by his concern for others.
And his efforts paid off. Three skateboard companies—Sector9, Bareback Skateboards, and Skate One—agreed to contribute hundreds of dollars’ worth of equipment. Fields gave the gear to the park during an event held there on June 21.
The Graham Dickinson S.P.I.R.I.T. Skate Park offers free admission to people who can’t afford to skate there, but the cost of equipment still kept some potential skaters away. Thanks to the initiative and effort of Mitchel Fields, anyone can borrow the gear while they are at the park.
For his generosity and enthusiasm in broadening access to a sport he loves, Fields is the winner of this week’s TeenUp Award.
The TeenUp Awards are directed by Michael Robert Evans, author of the young-adult novel 68 Knots. The TeenUp Award is given each week to an American teenager who has taken the initiative to make a positive difference in the world.
Information about the award is available at teenupawards.blogspot.com. The award is also announced each week in a YouTube video:
For more information, contact Michael Robert Evans, michaelrobertevans@yahoo.com
Sunday, June 15, 2008
TeenUp Award goes to publishers of cancer book
MURRYSVILLE, PENN.—Cancer hits families hard, and no one knows that more than Taylor and Kelsey Barner of Murrysville, Penn.
Taylor, 17, and his 15-year-old sister Kelsey pulled together 30 first-person stories from people who are battling cancer. They published the stories in a book titled In Their Own Words, using money that Kelsey contributed to the project. Taylor did the majority of the editing and proofreading work.
They self-published 300 copies of the book, which they are selling for $15 each. The proceeds are donated to cancer research, and to date, the project has raised more than $600.
Cancer survivors from Maine to South Carolina contributed their moving and uplifting stories to the book.
Copies can be purchased by contacting the Barners at thebarnerfamily@comcast.net.
For their creativity and energy in carrying out this extraordinary publishing effort, Taylor and Kelsey Barner of Murrysville are the winners of this week’s TeenUp Award.
The TeenUp Awards are directed by Michael Robert Evans, author of the young-adult novel 68 Knots. The TeenUp Award is given each week to an American teenager who has taken the initiative to make a positive difference in the world.
Information about the award is available at teenupawards.blogspot.com. The award is also announced each week in a YouTube video; just visit YouTube and search for TeenUp.
For more information, contact Michael Robert Evans, michaelrobertevans@yahoo.com
Taylor, 17, and his 15-year-old sister Kelsey pulled together 30 first-person stories from people who are battling cancer. They published the stories in a book titled In Their Own Words, using money that Kelsey contributed to the project. Taylor did the majority of the editing and proofreading work.
They self-published 300 copies of the book, which they are selling for $15 each. The proceeds are donated to cancer research, and to date, the project has raised more than $600.
Cancer survivors from Maine to South Carolina contributed their moving and uplifting stories to the book.
Copies can be purchased by contacting the Barners at thebarnerfamily@comcast.net.
For their creativity and energy in carrying out this extraordinary publishing effort, Taylor and Kelsey Barner of Murrysville are the winners of this week’s TeenUp Award.
The TeenUp Awards are directed by Michael Robert Evans, author of the young-adult novel 68 Knots. The TeenUp Award is given each week to an American teenager who has taken the initiative to make a positive difference in the world.
Information about the award is available at teenupawards.blogspot.com. The award is also announced each week in a YouTube video; just visit YouTube and search for TeenUp.
For more information, contact Michael Robert Evans, michaelrobertevans@yahoo.com
Monday, June 9, 2008
Entertaining the Troops!
CLEVELAND, Tenn.—Sixteen-year-old Kaylee Radzyminski got the message. She talked to American troops returning from overseas, and she noticed that they said they missed their families the most—and American music and movies second.
So Radzyminski founded Tunes 4 the Troops, an organization that collects CDs and DVDs for distribution to American troops around the world. She gathered up her collection of discs and sent them to American forces overseas. Then her friends donated their music and movies as well. Radzyminski began arranging drop-off sites for other contributions, and during the last three years Tunes 4 the Troops has sent more than 200,000 discs to American servicemen and servicewomen.
She has arranged additional support from the Cleveland High School, Home Depot, and Outback Steakhouse. She spends about two hours every Saturday at the Post Office, preparing the discs for shipping to American forces overseas.
For seeing a need and getting up to deal with it, Kaylee Radzyminski of Cleveland, Tenn., is the winner of this week’s TeenUp Award.
The TeenUp Awards are directed by Michael Robert Evans, author of the young-adult novel 68 Knots. The TeenUp Award is given each week to an American teenager who has taken the initiative to make a positive difference in the world.
For more about the award, see the YouTube clip:
For more information, contact Michael Robert Evans, michaelrobertevans@yahoo.com
So Radzyminski founded Tunes 4 the Troops, an organization that collects CDs and DVDs for distribution to American troops around the world. She gathered up her collection of discs and sent them to American forces overseas. Then her friends donated their music and movies as well. Radzyminski began arranging drop-off sites for other contributions, and during the last three years Tunes 4 the Troops has sent more than 200,000 discs to American servicemen and servicewomen.
She has arranged additional support from the Cleveland High School, Home Depot, and Outback Steakhouse. She spends about two hours every Saturday at the Post Office, preparing the discs for shipping to American forces overseas.
For seeing a need and getting up to deal with it, Kaylee Radzyminski of Cleveland, Tenn., is the winner of this week’s TeenUp Award.
The TeenUp Awards are directed by Michael Robert Evans, author of the young-adult novel 68 Knots. The TeenUp Award is given each week to an American teenager who has taken the initiative to make a positive difference in the world.
For more about the award, see the YouTube clip:
For more information, contact Michael Robert Evans, michaelrobertevans@yahoo.com
Friday, May 23, 2008
Reggae for Darfur!
We’ve all heard about the horrible things going on in Darfur—murder, genocide, chaos.
Well Brady Brickner-Wood, a ninth-grader at Oyster River High School in Durham, New Hampshire, GOT UP and did something about it.
He organized a concert with the reggae band State Radio, pulled together a great audience, and raised two thousand dollars for the Genocide Intervention Network.
The concert took a lot of work, and others like it have been held all over the country to help the refugees who have had to flee Darfur.
More than 200,000 refugees live in makeshift camps because of the brutal crisis in Darfur, and thanks to Brady Brickner-Wood, some additional much-needed support is heading their way.
For his vision, hard work, and dedication, this week’s TeenUp Award goes to Brady Brickner-Wood of Durham, New Hampshire.
I’m Michael Robert Evans, the author of 68 Knots. And believe me when I tell you… If you want to make a difference in the world, you have to GET UP.
See you next week.
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68 Knots is a young-adult adventure novel set on a schooner off the coast of Maine. To contact Michael Robert Evans, send an email to michaelrobertevans@yahoo.com.
View the YouTube announcement of this award:
Well Brady Brickner-Wood, a ninth-grader at Oyster River High School in Durham, New Hampshire, GOT UP and did something about it.
He organized a concert with the reggae band State Radio, pulled together a great audience, and raised two thousand dollars for the Genocide Intervention Network.
The concert took a lot of work, and others like it have been held all over the country to help the refugees who have had to flee Darfur.
More than 200,000 refugees live in makeshift camps because of the brutal crisis in Darfur, and thanks to Brady Brickner-Wood, some additional much-needed support is heading their way.
For his vision, hard work, and dedication, this week’s TeenUp Award goes to Brady Brickner-Wood of Durham, New Hampshire.
I’m Michael Robert Evans, the author of 68 Knots. And believe me when I tell you… If you want to make a difference in the world, you have to GET UP.
See you next week.
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68 Knots is a young-adult adventure novel set on a schooner off the coast of Maine. To contact Michael Robert Evans, send an email to michaelrobertevans@yahoo.com.
View the YouTube announcement of this award:
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