Harris' Heroes: Latest News, Pictures & Videos

Animal Crusaders helping homeless animals
1/23/13 6:08 PM
A group of elementary school students from Alexandria started a club this year dedicated to improving the lives of homeless animals.
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ScholarCHIPS helps students with incarcerated parents
1/9/13 4:17 PM
It’s for a very personal reason that 19-year-old Yasmine Arrington formed "ScholarCHIPS."
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Chef Alli Sosna formed Microgreens to teach kids to eat healthy on a budget
12/12/12 6:06 PM
Chef Alli formed the non-profit "Microgreens" and shows children how to cook healthy meals on a tight, but very realistic budget of just 90 cents a person.
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'Packaged With Care' program helps local special needs students help others
11/28/12 5:57 PM
Some local special needs students are turning the tables and becoming the ones to reach out and help others.
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Lauren's Luggage helps other victims of fire
11/14/12 9:17 PM
A fourth grader and her family lost everything in a fire. Soon after, she started her own organization to help other fire victims.
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Tony Bell uses boxing gym to help kids
10/24/12 6:03 PM
A former D.C. police officer uses his boxing gym to mentor under-privileged kids.
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Corcoran program helps boost confidence for local youth through art
10/10/12 6:11 PM
For 20 years now, young people in our area have learned to grow as people and artists, thanks to mentors from the Corcoran Gallery of Art in D.C. and Corcoran’s College of Art and Design.
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College Tracks helps Montgomery County students get into college
9/26/12 6:34 PM
Staff and volunteers at College Tracks guide underprivileged students through the very complicated and deadline driven college application process and also help them get scholarships.
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Madisson Tully provides fresh produce for the needy
9/12/12 6:11 PM
Madisson has been growing her own backyard garden and also collecting fresh produce from the public. She heads out twice a week to deliver the food to a food bank.
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Mountain View High track team knits hats for cancer patients
1/16/13 6:07 PM
The boy's track and field team at Mountain View High in Stafford has a very unusual pre-race ritual: to relax, they knit hats for cancer patients.
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Chase Dreams Not Boys helps empower young women
1/2/13 6:07 PM
Korinn Carter founded the organization Chase Dreams Not Boys to empower young minority women who are missing that all-important positive influence in their lives.
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Chi Chi Monet, local rapper tackles serious issues, makes a name for herself
12/5/12 10:09 PM
The music industry is overwhelmed with new talent, but a young, local rapper is making a name for herself.
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Woodridge Warriors Youth Organization helps kids
11/26/12 11:41 AM
Helping to found the Woodridge Warriors Youth Organization, coach Mason Clark wanted to create an after school environment that would keep kids out of trouble and teach them how to excel on and off the field.
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Let's Help Kids makes sure other kids don't go without
11/7/12 6:00 PM
A third grader founded Let's Help Kids to make sure other children don't go without birthday presents and other gifts.
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Just Tryan It helping families deal with childhood cancer
10/17/12 6:04 PM
One local 9-year-old boy is doing all he can to help families dealing with cancer - even as he is going through treatment.
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The Children's Science Center teaches science, technology
10/3/12 6:03 PM
The Children's Science Center travels to schools around Northern Virginia teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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FAIR Girls helps victims of trafficking
9/19/12 6:12 PM
Fair Girls, which stands for Free, Aware, Inspired and Restored Girls, helps young women get jobs and get into college.
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Northern Virginia Therapeutic Riding program helps kids develop motor skills
9/5/12 6:55 PM
This is no ordinary therapeutic riding program. Special needs kids who can’t speak are learning how to use their voices at this Northern Virginia Therapeutic Riding program.
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