When Connie Sobczack's older sister died after years of struggling with bulemia, Connie took action to prevent other women from meeting the same tragic fate by forming The Body Positive, which promotes body acceptance at all sizes. More »
When Hurricane Katrina blew New Orleans apart, local mother Becky Zaheri formed a group called Katrina Krewe to clean up the mess. More »
We've seen enough of Paris to last a lifetime -- but the famous heiress' grandfather, Barron Hilton, is redeeming the family name by pledging his fortune to charity. More »
For years, Jewish autistic children have been shut out of important religious rituals like bar and bat mitzvahs. But now, a woman named Elaine Hall has formed a group to give them the celebrations they deserve. More »
Seven-year-old Jack Witherspoon isn't old enough to use a knife -- but that didn't stop the leukemia patient from cooking up a storm, raising thousands for a children's cancer center. More »
These days, plenty of school children around the United States are filling up their free periods with jamming guitar solos, pounding drums, and Axl-caliber wailing, thanks to a nonprofit organization by the name of Little Kids Rock. More »
Inspired by the brave acts of a twelve-year-old boy from Pakistan, seventh grader Craig Kielburger and his brother Marc created Free the Children, an organization where children could help end child slavery around the world. More »
Thanks to a generous philanthropist, all parents in Maine will receive money to start a college fund for their newborn babies. More »
A nonprofit group called AniMeals has collected over 40 tons of pet food in an eight-month period, which is distributed to shelters and rescue groups all over Montana. More »
For most of us, a single marathon would be the challenge of a lifetime. Not Tim Borland: This amazing athlete ran in 63 straight marathons to help cure a rare children's disease. More »
Majora Carter, a lifelong resident of one of New York City's most polluted areas, the South Bronx, is on a mission to make her neighborhood green. More »
When Scott Fifer traveled to Tanzania for a volunteer vacation, he encountered a unique group of talented acrobats at a local orphanage. Thanks to his hard work, the orphans got the adventure of a lifetime last year, when they came to the United States to train with Cirque du Soleil -- and he's even started a nonprofit organization to help them and other African orphans for years to come. More »
When Jill Youse, a mother from Minnesota, discovered that she could donate her extra breast milk to African orphans, she made it her mission to get other nursing mothers to chip in, too. Now, her organization, the International Breast Milk Project helps mothers like her save children's lives. More »
Emmanuel Jal fought as a child soldier in Sudan at the age of nine and survived a 3-month trek across the African desert. Today, he's one of Africa's biggest rap stars -- and he's working hard to make sure that other children in Africa don't share his painful experiences. More »
If you had 4 billion dollars, would you give it all to charity? Learn about the man who did -- and the other ultra-generous philanthropists who are following in his footsteps. More »