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Zach Bonner

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Zach Bonner, 11, is walking to the White House to raise awareness of homless children in the U.S.
Zach Bonner, 11, is walking to the White House to raise awareness of homless children in the U.S.

It all started during Hurricane Charlie. Zach Bonner, then just 6 years old, took his little red wagon

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Damien Declerck

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Damien Declerk, 25, is a mission coordinator with Operation Smile.
Damien Declerk, 25, is a mission coordinator with Operation Smile.

“Everything OK, Damien?” I ask him every other time he zips in front of me with a different box of papers, equipment or toys. “Yeah, yeah,”

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Allen Vartazarian

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“Fame! I want to live forever!” The song “Fame” from the musical of the same name tapped into two things a lot of people want. And 24-year-old Allen Vartazarian recognized that sometimes the quest of

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Elizabeth Torres

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“We won’t stumble. We’ve come to save the world.” It sounds a little different, but it means the same thing in Spanish: “Hemos venido a salvar el mundo.”

That’s a line from Elizabeth Torres’ poem “Heroes,”

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Chelsey Shannon

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Chelsey Shannon, 17, writes for the 'Louder Than Words' book series for teens.
Chelsey Shannon, 17, writes for the ‘Louder Than Words’ book series for teens.

Chelsey was 6 years old when her mom died of leukemia. She was 13 when her father was murdered. Desperate, but hard-pressed to

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