Kids Shine is a feature of Chapelboro.com where we highlight the kids in our community that are doing amazing things every day. Whether it's a service project, an award, or public recognition, we want to tell the world! Do you have an amazing kid that you want to highlight? Let us know!
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Local Student Gives 2,000+ Hours For Hope
Chapel Hill High School junior Fan Huang has devoted well over 2,000 hours to HOPE Gardens over the last three years. http://www.nchopegardens.com She volunteered 1,200 hours in the summer of 2010 and since then has lost count of the many, many hours she has spent helping HOPE Gardens thrive. It is her passion. Get the full story...
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Ferrer-Lorenzo Named Intel Semifinalist
East Chapel Hill High School Senior Edgar Ferrer-Lorenzo has been named a Semifinalist in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search. Get the full story...
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9-Year-Old Earns Presidential Award
Nine-year-old Kristin Lewis has been awarded the Presidential Volunteer Service Gold Award for volunteering 100 hours in a 12-month period. Get the full story...
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Local Girl Scouts Earn Silver Award
Katherine Hand of Chapel Hill and Anna Smith of Carrboro have been awarded the Girl Scout Silver Award, the second highest achievement in Girl Scouting. The Girl Scout Silver Award represents a girl's accomplishments in Girl Scouting and her community as she grows and works to improve her life and the lives of others. Get the full story...
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Cydni Baldwin's Girl Scout Gingerbread House
Cydni Baldwin, who placed in the top 10 at the 2008 National Gingerbread House Competition, is at it again. This year she has entered a very special gingerbread house in the Raleigh Area Gingerbread House Competition. Baldwin's gingerbread house is celebrates 100 years of Girl Scouting. Get the full story...
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Six FPG Authors
Six students from Frank Porter Graham Elementary have been selected to move forward to the district competition in the 2011-2012 Young Authors' Project, "The Treasures of North Carolina," presented by the North Carolina Reading Association. Second graders representing FPG include: Noam Saad, Sophia Kschwendt and Martin Dokholyan. Get the full story...
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Ferrer-Lorenzo is Siemens Semifinalist
Edgar Ferrer-Lorenzo, a senior at East Chapel Hill High School, has been selected as one of nine semifinalists from North Carolina in the Siemens Competition for Science, Math and Technology. A record number of students entered this year's competition, which awards scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $100,000. Get the full story...
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LIU WINS TOP AWARD IN CHINA
Jenny Liu, an 8th grade student at Phillips Middle School, participated in the Overseas Youth Chinese Cultural Knowledge Championship and won the "Best Performance" award. Get the full story...
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Hillsborough Girl Scout Earns United Way Award
The Women’s Leadership Council of United Way of the Greater Triangle recently honored Sarah Kendall of Hillsborough as one of “Emily’s Stars,” an award which recognizes outstanding young teenage girls who have demonstrated personal growth and made a positive difference in their community. Click here for more!
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Chapel Hill Girl Scout Earns Silver Award
Girl Scouts - North Carolina Coastal Pines has awarded Kendall Cunningham of Chapel the Girl Scout Silver Award, which is the second highest achievement in Girl Scouting. Click here for more!
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Chapel Hill and Carrboro Girl Scouts Receive Silver Award
Shelby Boast, Lucille Conrad, Margaret Hassel, Elizabeth Jessup, Olivia McBride and Lily Newton of Chapel Hill, and Sadie Frank and Catherine Nansalo of Carrboro, have been awarded the Girl Scout Silver Award, which is the second highest achievement in Girl Scouting. Click here for more!
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Hillsborough Girl Scout Earns Gold Award
North Carolina Coastal Pines has awarded Sarah Rosemond of Hillsborough, N.C., the Girl Scout Gold Award, which is the highest achievement in Girl Scouting. Click here for more!
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United Way Awards Two Local Teens
The United Way of the Greater Triangle's Women's Leadership Council has awarded the 2011 Leadership Award to LaSharrica Walker of Phillips Middle School and Paige Chavis of East Chapel Hill. Click for more.
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Gold Medals for Orange County 4-H'ers - Kids Shine
Two Orange County 4-H’ers earned gold medals during this summer’s 4-H Congress in Raleigh.
Congress is the high point of the 4-H year, bringing young people from across the state to the North Carolina State University campus and Raleigh for four days of activity and competitions. Click for more on these amazing kids.
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Haylee Borden - Kids Shine
Haylee Borden of Mebane won the Gold Medal in the "Engine category" (9-10 year old division) at the 4-H Congress in Raleigh this summer. Click to read more about Haylee.
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Michael Bennett - Kids Shine
Local composer/organist/pianist Michael Bennett performed at the prestigious Summer Music Festival at Cherry Hill in Warren County, NC. in July. Click to read more about Michael.
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The WCHL Morning News with Ron Stutts
