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Gordon Simmons Singapore Kids Focus on Kindness

Here’s a neat one. The city of Singapore is on a mission to become kinder. Interesting enough. Visit here to get an idea of what the movement is all about. http://www.kindness.sg/

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Added by Gordon Simmons on April 20, 2010 at 1:13pm — No Comments

Nisha Varghese Clean Water For All: A Basic Human Right Or Is It?

HI Everyone

My name is Nisha Varghese, I am 19-years-old and I started the Clean Water For All Campaign because I strongly believe access to clean water is a right of every human being and not a luxury of a fortunate few. What do you believe? The Clean Water for All Campaign runs from the 5th March 2010 through to the 5th September 2010. The campaign has the following objectives:

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Added by Nisha Varghese on April 19, 2010 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

Gordon Simmons Amazing guitarist

I've been playing guitar for 30 years, and I'll never be as good as this inspiring kid!

Amazing. I promise to follow up and find out more about her. Continue

Added by Gordon Simmons on April 14, 2010 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Gordon Simmons Shea's Bakery: A Huge Success

You'd be properly impressed if I told you that 15 year old Shea Gouldd opened her own bakery and made it a stunning success.

Shea has deals in the works with two major companies to co-brand her baked goods, recently just won the Young Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award given by the National Association of Women Business Owners, and donates good to a local soup kitchen and other carities.

Impressive, indeed. Here's her website:

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Added by Gordon Simmons on April 10, 2010 at 1:19pm — No Comments

Gordon Simmons Jessica Watson Attempts to Sail Around the World!

Boy! I must have been asleep at the wheel. Jessica Watson of Australia is more than 170 days into her attempt to sail around the world and I'm just finding out about it!

When she makes it, she will become the youngest person ever to do it solo.

Last year, I blogged about Zac Sunderland who was then the youngest to complete the trip.

He was 16. Jessica is 15.

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Added by Gordon Simmons on April 8, 2010 at 7:30am — No Comments

Gordon Simmons Emily's Smile Boxes receives $1000 Grant

Last year I had the pleasure of interviewing Emily herself of Emily's Smile Boxes. (You can read the interview here).

Emily provides children in the hospital with some much needed joy. Her smile boxes contain stickers, crayons and notepaper, and many other items that kids can use to stay occupied while they are either waiting for family members or hosipitalized themselves.

On May 1st, 201

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Added by Gordon Simmons on March 29, 2010 at 8:20pm — No Comments

Gordon Simmons 13 Year Old College Student Claims Age Discrimination at UConn

Reported by the Associated Press


Colin Carlson has always been an exceptional kid. Reading at the age of two, finishing the Harry Potter series by the time he was four, taking psychology and history classes at UConn when he was nine, and now, claiming that university is discriminating against him because of his age.


Colin has a plan, and

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Added by Gordon Simmons on March 27, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Gordon Simmons 5 Year Old Phoebe Inspires Her Community and Feeds 120,000 People!


Watch the video from awesome site www.goinspirego.com:


As Toan Lam explains in his excellent story featured here on the Huffington Post, a young girl wants to know how her family can help those less fortunate--specifically those who are served by her local food bank. With determination and the belief that she really could help,

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Added by Gordon Simmons on March 20, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Gordon Simmons Tharon Trujillo Invents the Lock n Block to help Keep Children Safer

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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Added by Gordon Simmons on March 7, 2010 at 1:36pm — No Comments

Gordon Simmons The Sparkle Effect Got Enough votes to Receive $25,000

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.

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Added by Gordon Simmons on March 4, 2010 at 9:15pm — 1 Comment

Gordon Simmons 11 Year Old iPhone Programmer Always Demonstrates Thoughtfulness

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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Added by Gordon Simmons on February 16, 2010 at 7:00am — 2 Comments

Gordon Simmons The Sparkle Effect Needs Your Vote!

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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Added by Gordon Simmons on February 6, 2010 at 1:35pm — 2 Comments

Gordon Simmons 7 year old Charlie Simpson Raises over $160,000 dollars for Haiti

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. This story warms the heart, not only because of the kid's insp… Continue

Added by Gordon Simmons on January 26, 2010 at 10:21pm — No Comments

Gordon Simmons Future Grand Master Painter Keiron Williamson

Keiron Williamson is now 7 years old. On a family holiday, this young man asked for some paper to draw on. He seemed to like the harbor scenes he was seeing and wanted to get them down on paper. Keiron's mom said the drawings were about what you would expect from a six year old. But a family friend saw some of Keiron's later painting and recognized some real talent. She offered to get him lessons, and that's when Keiron's talent began to show through. Of course, what's the use of talking about… Continue

Added by Gordon Simmons on January 26, 2010 at 7:02am — No Comments

Gordon Simmons Small Child - Big Dreams for Sudan

Reprinted from this site: Rochester, N.Y. – Although he's just six years old, one boy is dreaming of a Christmas filled with school supplies and other donations for children on the other side of the world. "It’s almost on the other side of the world," Josiah Bertou said. In home school, Josiah uses a globe to learn about the country of Sudan. Children his age in Su… Continue

Added by Gordon Simmons on December 16, 2009 at 1:42pm — No Comments

Gordon Simmons Students are helping kids get more this Christmas

By: Ashley Drane Posted: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - 12:43pm Some local students are helping area children have a Merry Christmas. The Zanesville Campus Student Coucil sponsored it's 22nd Adopt-a-Child Chirstmas party. Students from Mid-East Career and Techonology Centers raised about $3,000 for the project through donations. The students visited their adopt… Continue

Added by Gordon Simmons on December 10, 2009 at 8:50pm — No Comments

Gordon Simmons Aaron Fotheringham: Inspiring Athlete

Would you call this kid “disabled?” I don’t think so! Aaron Fotheringham is an extreme athlete; you know, one of those people who has a need for speed and will figure out a way to jump, flip, slide or fly over things you and I wouldn’t dream of attempting. And Aaron is good at what he does. He’s been featured on CNN, The Carson Daly Show, and Secret Millionaire. As Aaron tells it, his older brothers took him to a skate park when he was 8 years old, and he was hooked from the get-go. It didn’t… Continue

Added by Gordon Simmons on November 25, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Gordon Simmons The Sparkle Effect on Oprah!

Some really great news: Sarah Cronk emailed me Monday to tell me that The Sparkle Effect was to be featured on The Oprah Winfrey show Tuesday, November 24th! Here's a link to Oprah's site, and The Sparkle Effect feature: http://www.oprah.com/media/20091118-tows-cheerleaders. Sarah Cronk and Sarah Herr have worked really hard to get their program of the ground, and this spot will really help get the word out about the wonderful… Continue

Added by Gordon Simmons on November 24, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Gordon Simmons No More Sleepless Nights

Necesity is the mother of invention as the saying goes, and Kate Evans demonstrates that axiom with her new invention, the Light Sleeper. When Kate was a student, she often had trouble falling to sleep.

Kate devised the idea when she was in school, finding herself restless after hours of studying. The Light Sleeper is a device that tracks a small light a… Continue

Added by Gordon Simmons on November 17, 2009 at 12:24pm — No Comments

Gordon Simmons Love Knows No Boundaries--Notes Left Behind

Wow! Talk about pulling at your heartstrings. There is nothing more tragic than the death of a child, but somehow this story leaves the reader feeling awe at the wisdom of children and the power of love. In 2007, 6 year old Elena Desserich died of brain cancer. But before she did, according to the recent Yahoo article she left hundreds of notes for her parents and sister hidden all around the house. She hid them i… Continue

Added by Gordon Simmons on November 4, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

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