Legend Leadership Awards Winner

The DRIVE One program, in Roseville, MI outside of Detroit, was founded on the principal that all students deserve the right to vocational education if they so desire.

When Corinne was 11 years old, she saw a man who was homeless on the streets of her hometown, wearing only jeans and a t-shirt on a freezing cold day. Immediately, Corinne felt a need to help him.

Seven year old Will Lourcey from Fort Worth, Texas saw a man on a street corner holding a sign that read “Need A Meal.” He knew he needed to do something about it, so he formed the nonprofit, FROGs, Friends Reaching Our Goals.

What started as a 4-H youth project for 10 year old Mackenzie “Kenzie” Hinson, from Mt. olive, NC, soon evolved into Make A Difference Food Pantry which fights hunger in North Carolina. Pantries are set up like a mini grocery store and food is labeled with nutritional information so healthy choices can be made.

Instruments in the Attic is a Donation & Outreach Program of George Mason University and Mason Community Arts Academy that refurbishes donated musical instruments and give them back to the community through enriching outreach programs.

Hanna Maier, from Prospect Park, PA, was inspired by her own experience with bullies to establish an awareness and kindness campaign in her community.

When Mandi Simon was 7 years old, she designed and presented a business plan to raise money for kids in-need.

At the age of 9, Nolan decided he wanted to partner with Mandi Simon and her charitable foundation and bring the programs to Sioux Falls.

Leah Strelsin, Claire Opel, and the staff of Thoreau, New Mexico’s “Summer Youth Corporation” organize and implement programs that explore and develop areas of interest and activities for children.

At the young age of eight Brooklyn decided to write her storybook “The Adventures of Earth Saver Girl, Don’t be a Litterbug” to educate kids about the Earth in a fun way.

Madeline has never had a lack of motivation to volunteer. This high school senior from Rochester, MN is head-over-heels passionate about community service.

Promising Pages: a revolutionary, one-of-a-kind early literacy and self-esteem boosting program based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Amber Adams focused on the problem of toxins in our everyday lives, which adversely affect our health.

When Olivia Bouler’s grandparents in Alabama described how the oil spill would harm Gulf Coast wildlife, the fifth-grader began to cry.

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 major hurricanes.

Since the age of 15, Jami Harper has been involved in environmental protection, actively recycling items and speaking to groups about protecting water. In 2004,

Kyle and Brady Baldwin are brothers from Green Valley, California who love to read, among other things.

What started out as a Girl Scout community service project to conduct a book drive with a goal of collecting 1,000 books

In 1995, at the age of 10, Aubyn Burnside conceived and launched a local project to provide foster children with dignity

Since 2004, the Cribs for Kids program has supplied, free of charge, over 6,000 cribs to needy and at risk families

As one of 10 children, Brenda George has personally suffered from homelessness and hunger during her lifetime.

Welland Burnside conceived this program following the loss of his young friend Alex, who died of cancer.

Organized in 1992, The Child Connection was founded to assist in the recovery of missing and exploited children

As a high school student, Matthew Rich was distressed at the number of trees being lost around his home county to urbanization

This chapter began a program to improve students’ knowledge of forestry management and land conservation

Innovative program to help alleviate racial tensions in an area where Native American children attend community schools

New interactive and sensory materials for environmental education are now provided for use by blind and handicapped students.

Ann Marie Nowak is an inner city school teacher who brings nature to her inner-city students

Non-profit organization created to coordinate the distribution of surplus venison from hunters to hungry families

Innovative leadership program offering experiences and training for NYC students to take civic action,