Posts Tagged ‘Kids amp; Teens’

Wheelchaired Rapper Inspires

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
!--paging_filter--pWhile some rappers tend to talk about gang life and violence, one teen is putting a positive spin on the music genre by using his experience living with muscular dystrophy as a target=_self href=http://www.guideposts.com/inspirational-voicesinspiration/a for his lyrics./p pAustin Puckett, a teenager from Springboro, Ohio, is used to wowing the crowd with his musical gift, although he admits that some people may be a bit skeptical when he takes the stage, according to the Dayton Daily News./p pa href=http://www.guideposts.com/story/wheelchaired-rapper-inspiresread more/a/p

And a Child Shall Lead Them

Thursday, December 17th, 2009
!--paging_filter--pUniversity of Cincinnati football player John Goebel has endured a disappointing 2009 season./p pEntering his junior year, he figured to be one of the teamrsquo;s primary running backs. But a torn hamstring and a broken hand put him on the bench./p pa href=http://www.guideposts.com/story/university-cincinnati-football-team-finds-inspiration-from-cancer-patientread more/a/p

Volunteers Send Christmas Cheer

Thursday, December 17th, 2009
!--paging_filter--pThousands of families have rallied around 7-year-old Nate Elfrink to make sure he has a Merry Christmas, according to theem Columbus Dispatch/em./p pElfrink was diagnosed with a brain tumor when he was 20 months old. After three surgeries, numerous rounds of chemotherapy and radiation, the tumor kept coming back. /p pa href=http://www.guideposts.com/story/volunteers-send-christmas-cheerread more/a/p

High School Student Recruits His Friends for Cancer Walk

Saturday, November 21st, 2009

!–paging_filter–pWatching his mother from the sidelines as she completed a three-day walk while a target=_self href=http://www.guideposts.com/health-wellness/living-with/cancer?lid=BFTliving with cancer/a is what inspired 16-year-old Sean Feeney to do the same./p
pNow that he’s of age, ABC News reports that Feeney recruited 11 of his friends to form Team Impact. The group will walk in the 60-mile event and has hopes of raising $30,000, with 85 percent of the total profits of the event going towards a href=http://ww5.komen.org/ target=_blankSusan G. Komen for the Cure/a./p
pa href=http://www.guideposts.com/story/high-school-student-recruits-his-friends-cancer-walkread more/a/p

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Thursday, November 1st, 2007

!–paging_filter–pMy name is Nicholas Rider. I’m 14 and last year I published my first book. How’s that? you ask. Well, it started with my grandfather./p
pGrandpa was a veteran of World War II, and maybe because I loved building model airplanes, I always used to ask him about what he’d done in the war. He was pretty modest about it. quot;Not a whole lot,quot; he said. /p
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