Usually, when a father asks his sons if they want to go for a little bike ride, he doesn’t mean across the country, but that’s exactly what James, John and father David Mackovjak are doing. Starting June 28th David and his amazing kids will leave Puget Sound and arrive at Virginia Beach August 9th.
It sounds like the trip of a lifetime, and would deserve to be mentioned here on its own merits, but the Mackovjaks are using the experience to help others, and that makes it all the better. The trip is a fund-raiser that will benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound, and the Wounded Warrior Project. This is one inspirational family.
You can get the whole story here: http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jun/17/central-kitsap-father-sons-prepare-to-pedal-from/
We wish John, James and David the best of luck on their trek.
Please visit their site at: www.riding4hope.org and help any way you can.
Do you know an inspiring young person? We’d love to hear about him or her. It’s easy to toot a horn for your inspiring kid. Post a blog on my site, submit a story for inclusion in my book “Kids Who Inspire,” or email me at gordon@kidswhoinspire.com.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Friday, June 5, 2009
Like many inventions, SmartButtons were created to solve a problem.
Joel Williams, Jr. has a younger sister, and when she was 3 he noticed that she had difficulty identifying the correct shoe for each foot. He thought it would be a great idea to invent a device a kid could use by herself that told her if the shoe she had was a right she or a left shoe.
So at age 11, Joel invented SmartButton to do exactly that. Joel is now 14 and has seen his invention become not just a reality, but a lucrative one at that. The device attaches to each shoe, and all a kid has to do is press a button to hear “This is my right shoe” in English or Spanish.
You can visit his site here: http://smartbuttonshoes.com/index.php
According to the Temple Daily Telegram, the invention won Joel Black Enterprise magazine’s Teenpreneur award.
Even as the SmartButton is selling well, Joel has been so inspired by the experience that he wants to inspire other kids to think creatively to solve problems. To that end, he has created a motivational DVD about the experience and sells that at his site also.
Congratulations to Joel on his success!
Do you know an inspiring young person? We’d love to hear about him or her. It’s easy to toot a horn for your inspiring kid. Post a blog on this site, submit a story for inclusion in my book “Kids Who Inspire,” or email me at gordon@kidswhoinspire.com.
Joel Williams, Jr. has a younger sister, and when she was 3 he noticed that she had difficulty identifying the correct shoe for each foot. He thought it would be a great idea to invent a device a kid could use by herself that told her if the shoe she had was a right she or a left shoe.
So at age 11, Joel invented SmartButton to do exactly that. Joel is now 14 and has seen his invention become not just a reality, but a lucrative one at that. The device attaches to each shoe, and all a kid has to do is press a button to hear “This is my right shoe” in English or Spanish.
You can visit his site here: http://smartbuttonshoes.com/index.php
According to the Temple Daily Telegram, the invention won Joel Black Enterprise magazine’s Teenpreneur award.
Even as the SmartButton is selling well, Joel has been so inspired by the experience that he wants to inspire other kids to think creatively to solve problems. To that end, he has created a motivational DVD about the experience and sells that at his site also.
Congratulations to Joel on his success!
Do you know an inspiring young person? We’d love to hear about him or her. It’s easy to toot a horn for your inspiring kid. Post a blog on this site, submit a story for inclusion in my book “Kids Who Inspire,” or email me at gordon@kidswhoinspire.com.
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