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According to a story in the Monterey Herald, Tharon Trujillo was at home with his baby sister when she tripped over a rug, and actually fell through the screened portion of a sliding door. Baby sister was uninjured, but the event really had an effect on Tharon, who decided that the family must get a gate that fits into a conventional sliding patio door.

So, dad and son scoured the internet looking for such a gate, but came up with nothing. An undeterred Tharon went to the garag

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We are so pleased to announce that the Sparkle Effect was successful in their Pepsi Refresh challenge! They made it to the top 10 which means their organization will receive $25,000 in order to expand the program!

Congratulations to Sarah Herr and Sarah Cronk!

Read more about the Sparkle Effect here.

Here's a story to inspire.

Cameron Cohen was an 11 year old kid in a hip to toe leg cast. He had a benign bone tumor, and was successfully treated and released from the hospital. But because of the cast, he had a lot of time on his hands and nowhere to go.

Always interested in computers and programming. Cameron one day decided he would tackle learning a new programming language, and started to work on an iPhone app. Cameron watched iTunes Universi

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The Sparkle Effect is in the running during February 2010 for a $25,000 grant from Pepsi Refresh.

Read more about the Sparkle Effect, founded by inspiring kids here, and read an interview I was lucky enough to do with them

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The power of instantaneous information can't be summed up any better than it is by this story. Charlie Simpson learned of the earthquake in Haiti and wanted to help, so he decied he would ride his bike 5 miles and get people to sponsor him. His dad helped him set up an Internet page.

Before he knew it, Charlie's page had raised over $160,000 dollars for UNICEF.



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