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Ky. Teens Mow Lawns for Free
It was meant to be a punishment. Kentucky mom Barbara Wilson said that she tried to punish her son Travis Durham by making the teen mow lawns for free. She told Travis to mow a couple of their neighbors’ yards. However, according to WDRB, Travis ended up loving the job so much that by the time…
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Tenn. Teen Offers to Carry Groceries in Exchange for Food, Receives Outpouring of Support
Chauncy Jones Black, 16, is well on his way to getting the help he needs to build a better life for himself since he approached a man at a Kroger store in Memphis, Tenn., earlier this month, asking to help carry the man’s groceries in exchange for food, Fox59 reports. Matt White told his friends…
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Classmates Pay for Teen’s Mom to Fly From Nigeria to Baltimore to Attend His Graduation
When Michael Tertsea was 14, he was offered the opportunity to get an education and play basketball at the John Carroll School in Bel Air, Md. To pursue his dreams, he left his village in Nigeria and his mother, the Washington Post reports. Four years later, the towering 6-foot-10 teen, who has received a full scholarship…