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These Lovejoy High School Seniors Are Running for a Good Cause
Lovejoy is a fitting name for the 5A Collin County high school where three seniors are raising awareness on an…
Meet Terry Stotts, the Dallas Special Ed Teacher Equipping Kids To Give Back
Terry Stotts has 35 years of teaching under his belt—or more precisely, his tool belt. As the construction technology teacher…
Shayna’s Place and Hugs Greenhouse Hire People of All Abilities
Shayna’s Place at Sylvan Thirty is hiring people of all abilities to bus tables, serve food and run the DJ…
Meet the McKinney Firefighters who are Teaching Kids About Life and Fire Safety
Retired McKinney firefighter Brent Rollins certainly puts a new spin on the term “send in the clowns.” In 1993, he…
How Executive Director of Frisco Arts is growing the arts community in Collin County
Tammy Meinershagen is on a mission to prove that the arts are the heart and soul of any city. Since she took the…
Meet the 11-Year-Old Girl Behind the Nonprofit HeARTS of Maya
Maya Delgado is a triple threat. At 11 years old, she’s a singer, an actress and a philanthropist. Through her…
Social Activism with Kids in Tow
When Dallas resident Leona Schale wanted to walk in the Families Belong Together march this past June, she planned to…
The Surprising Face of the Homeless in North Texas
Tracy Cross, whose name has been changed at her request, and her husband worked hard to make ends meet and cover…
Meet the 12-Year-Old Boy Advocating for Health Care
Cancer survivor, activist, author—an impressive resume for a 12-year-old. Luis Collazo was diagnosed with retinoblastoma (cancer of the retina) at…
Golfing for Good
At just 10 years old, McKinney’s Avery Zweig has won over 160 golf tournaments and is currently ranked the No….
Community Garden Kitchen Wants To End Hunger in Collin County
The seeds for the Community Garden Kitchen were planted in 2014 when the project’s president, Angela Poen, and friends came together over the…
Helping Collin County’s Homeless Get Clean
We may laugh about going a few days without a shower (thank goodness for dry shampoo!), but for Collin County’s homeless people, staying clean…
Get to Know Tricia Clifton, the Woman Helping Collin County’s Most Vulnerable Kids
We all care about the safety of our kids, but there are some people who go a step further to…
Meet the Frisco 8-Year-Old Who’s Trying to End Homelessness
After learning what homelessness is on a trip to Austin when he was 3 years old, Frisco’s Jake Garrett-McCann knew…
Get to Know Ben Sandifer, the Dallasite Protecting the City’s Historic Green Spaces
On weekend mornings, you’re likely to find Ben Sandifer bushwhacking trailways through the Great Trinity Forest or wading through secluded…
How Pageant Queen Ocielia Gibson Empowers Girls With More Than A Pretty Face
Ocielia Gibson, former Miss Black USA and founder of More Than A Pretty Face teaches young girls a message of true beauty.
Why Every Child Needs a Mentor
Mentors can benefit kids of any age and background. Here’s how to find a role model your kid can look up to.
Meet the Man Helping Collin County’s Homeless Get Clean
Meet Lance Olinski, founder and CEO of Streetside Showers, a mobile service that provides homeless people with free showers and hygiene products.
What’s Next for Café Momentum and Chad Houser
Café Momentum founder Chad Houser breaks down barriers by hiring youth ages 15–19 after their release from juvenile detention. We caught up with Houser to talk about the program’s success and a new project in the works as he continues to change lives, one meal at a time.