by Samuel Jackson | Mar 3, 2025 | LLA Winner
Madeline Van Ert Rochester, Minnesota The Dale Earnhardt Foundation’s Legend Leadership Award is bestowed annually to up to seven winners who identify a problem affecting society today and present a powerful and plausible solution to address this issue. Madeline has...
by Samuel Jackson | Mar 3, 2025 | LLA Winner
Promising Pages Inc. Concord, North Carolina The 2012 Legend Leadership Award winner is Promising Pages: a revolutionary, one-of-a-kind early literacy and self-esteem boosting program based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Promising Pages helps kids see books...
by Samuel Jackson | Mar 3, 2025 | LLA Winner
Hidden Dangers Uncovered - Amber Adams Concord, North Carolina Amber Adams focused on the problem of toxins in our everyday lives, which adversely affect our health. Her project, “Hidden Dangers Uncovered”, helps raise awareness in both young and old of toxins in our...
by Samuel Jackson | Mar 3, 2025 | LLA Winner
Olivia's Birds - Saving The Gulf - Olivia Bouler Islip, New York When Olivia Bouler’s grandparents in Alabama described how the oil spill would harm Gulf Coast wildlife, the fifth-grader began to cry. “I couldn’t stand it when I heard about the birds,” said...
by Samuel Jackson | Mar 3, 2025 | LLA Winner
Discover, Connect, Take Action - Girl Scouts of Palm Glades Council Jupiter, Florida The Florida Everglades agricultural area is the heart of the state’s sugarcane, rice and vegetable crops. In a period of 14 months during 2004 & 2005, the area was hit with 3...
