Kenan Pala created a huge impact in the community of San Diego at only 11 years of age. He saw that people under the age of 18 often could not serve their communities through non-profits and charities. This bothered Kenan so he decided to do something about it. He created his own charity to support the homeless community and allowed children of ages 5 and above to come and help serve the community. Kenan’s charity raised over a million dollars in its two years and has been growing ever since. Kenan shows that children at his age and younger not only have the capacity but the ability to make a change for the better in their environment. One can no longer give the excuse of being too young!

Cory Nieves was just six when he started dreaming up an idea. He was tired of riding the bus to school everyday so he wanted to start saving up for a car. So, he started selling hot cocoa and lemonade to gain some money. However, this was just a shoe in for hi later idea that gave him the money he needed for a car. With his mother and aunts help, he created a cookie that had all natural ingredients. Over a couple months they perfected this recipe and soon the cookies took off. At age seventeen Mr. Cory was running a full blown business. They were selling to Whole Foods, Williams Sonoma, and J. Crew and Pottery Barn. Now, Cory wishes to go college and hopefully invests in his upcoming future with all the money that he has made during his now childhood endeavors.