The Littlest Volunteers
Written By Jeff Wagenheim
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The winners of our first annual contest.
What do you wish for your child's future? The parents we talk to aren't fixated on big-time professional or social success. What's most important is raising a good citizen of the world. So how do you teach a child to be a caring member of the community? Nature offers a head start: Kids want to help. This may be less a display of compassion than a declaration of independence — "I do it!" — but it sends them in the right direction.
It was in this spirit that we invited readers to enter our Littlest Volunteers contest and tell us how their children have helped others. Now we're happy to announce that with help from the nonprofit Points of Light Foundation, we've chosen 13 winning families. Three Grand Prize winners will get a $5,000 award from The Walt Disney Company for their chosen school or charity; 10 First Prize winners will receive $1,000 to donate. Read on for some success stories, surprises, and maybe a little inspiration. It could be your family next year.
Find out how to enter the 2008 Littlest Volunteers contest.
Grand Prize Winners
- Kate, Evan, and Dylan Houston, 8, 5, 4, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Nathaniel and Madelyn Dohm, 4 and 3, Geneva, Illionios
- Gabriella Alvarez, 6, Colbert, Washington
First Prize Winners
- Michael Anderson, 8, and Stephanie, 4, and Jennifer Yates, 16, Fremont, California
- Kailey and Madison Zwinge, 7 and 4, Cotati-Rohnert Park, California
- Haley and Shayna Frank, 5 and 7, and Zach and Tyler Tomkinson, 7 and 2, Monroe, Michigan
- Marshall and Mallory Hall, 7 and 6, Evendale, Ohio
- Antonio Kuebler, 2, Pikesville, Maryland
- Logan McCaghren, 4, Union Hill, Alabama
- Brady Poehler-Sands and Samantha Sands, 6 and 1, Derry, New Hampshire
- Tora Waisanen, 3, Wasilla, Alaska
- Wylie, Wyatt, and Elsie Wiebe, 3, 2, and 1, Starbuck, Minnesota
- Lexie Wilder, 3, Las Vegas
