When I saved up money to buy a cruiser.  I gave it to my brother so he could buy a dog. I felt really good about myself. Brody, 15, USA

That day I looked outside and it finally had stopped raining and there was a rainbow outside that was my magical moment. Kelsey, 15, USA

My family was visiting China, and we were on our way back from a local market when a little girl about six years old, dressed in rags, came out from behind a tree and started begging for money.  We kept walking, but then I thought about how she was the same age I was, and [...]

I was running on the beach one afternoon, and I noticed a little sea turtle squirming in the sand. I picked the little fellow up and carried him to the water’s edge. I waited as he stumbled into the ocean. Just knowing that I saved this turtle from death or getting tortured by a seagull [...]

The other day I was riding home on my school bus. There were two second graders who had fallen asleep with their heads resting on one another’s. One child was a Caucasian girl. The other child was an African American boy. I knew they were best friends because my mom was friends with the girl’s [...]

Over the summer, I participated in a group filled with many people of my community to help others in my community and surrounding communities who, sadly, couldn’t help themselves. This group was called Erasing the Lines. Throughout the time, we were organized in groups who would travel across my town and many towns neighboring us [...]

My magical moment was at Dairy Queen! (My favorite restaurant).I am currently an employee at Dairy Queen and one slow day during my shift, a frail elderly woman shuffled into the restaurant and could barely read the menu. I spent about ten minutes reading it for her and helping her decide what she wanted. She [...]

My magical moment was when I was going grocery shopping in Wal-Mart, and this elderly man could not reach the loaf of bread he was trying to get. I went over to him and asked him if he needed any help, and he said yes that would be so very helpful. After I reached up [...]

Last week I went to the hospital and seeing all of the sick children there made me very sad. At about noon, I started to eat my lunch in the waiting room when I noticed a young child who didn’t have anything to eat for lunch. I shared the sandwich that I was eating with [...]

I went on a mission trip this summer and at the end of the trip I looked at all the houses we had helped fixed up and all the families we had built connections with, and it was a very memorable and magical moment I will never forget. Caroline, 15, USA