T1L1 students donating books for Colorado fire relief
Community Orgs

T1l1 Students Reach to Children Impacted by Fires in Colorado

Teach One to Lead One impacts the lives of students, teaching them to be leaders and to do the right thing regardless of their situation. That was evidenced recently at Tarver Elementary School in Thornton, Colorado. Last November, a fire damaged three homes near the school.  One was completely destroyed.

T1L1 Atlanta Metro Impact on Students
Community Orgs

T1L1 Atlanta Metro makes Huge Impact on Students

This  past  year,  Emily  Fede, Program  Coordinator,  and Robert  Pledger,  Area  Manager, have done a great job of opening up new opportunities for students to get mentors in the Atlanta Metro area. For in-stance, they have coordinated four programs through North Cobb High School where T1L1 mentors meet with students

T1L1 Mentoring Change in Joshua
Kids in Need

A Change in Joshua

“Defiant, disruptive, attention issues, outburst of anger.” Those were the words that described a fourth grade student named Joshua. Ask any teacher and they will tell you, one student like Joshua in your class will challenge your ability to teach the rest of your students. Ask any school administrator and

T1L1 mentors celebrating small wins for youth
Kids in Need

Unleash a Chain Reaction

Dr. Lori Maldonado Get ready to witness an explosion of positive energy as we unlock the incredible potential of celebrating small wins in children’s and youth’s lives! These seemingly tiny victories hold the key to an unstoppable chain reaction of success, motivation, and unhindered enthusiasm. Picture this: a child demonstrates

T1L1 students preparing meals for global communities in need
Kids in Need

Empowering Hearts and Filling Plates

Empowering Hearts and Filling Plates Over 70 Hamilton Heights High School, Middle School, and Eastwood Middle School students joined forces during their Teach One to Lead One (T1L1) service project to show us the way! These inspiring young leaders teamed up with International Disaster Emergency Service (IDES) to prepare over

Baby Boomers Must Teach and Trust
Kids in Need

Baby Boomers must Teach and Trust

The new generations are here to stay Much has been written and shown lately about the Millennial and Snowflake Generations. ‘Millennials‘ are those who became of legal age around the year 2000 and ‘snowflakes/homelanders‘ those who were born into the 2000’s. Other names have surfaced for these generations but those

Mentoring Inspiration from Mother Teresa
Kids in Need

My mentor, Mother Teresa

I was privileged to meet Mother Teresa four times before she passed away in 1997. You could say I caught my passion to mentor kids from Mother Teresa. On one of those occasions, she encouraged me to “Go back to your own ‘Calcutta’ and ‘be Jesus’ to your people.” Basically

Is It Ok to Care for Fido – Investing in the Next Generation
Kids in Need

Is It Ok To Care for Fido?

Isn’t it interesting how much time, effort, and money goes into the pet-caring industry? I like pets such as dogs and cats (I’m not into snakes and lizards), but what I like even more is our next generation. Just stop and think about what our world will look like if

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