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Kids Are Heroes has partnered with Charity-Choice.org to provide you with the ability to give a gift that really matters. Give these gift cards just like you would a commercial gift card. The only difference is that these gift cards turn your gift-giving into philanthropy. Your 100% tax-deductible purchase will benefit Kids Are Heroes (50% pre-designated) as well as other charities supported by our heroes (50% selected at redemption). You choose the denomination. The recipient gets to choose which charities become the beneficiary of the card. | |
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Here is a list of participating heroes and their charities. The recipient will be able to choose the beneficiaries of your donation from this list. (Click the 'Go' button at the bottom of the page to get started.) |
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MaryMargaret is the founder of Kids Are Heroes. She has also been featured on the site several times. She is an avid protector of animals and loves to help people as well. She held a 'Webkinz' drive for young cancer patients, a sleepover/pajama drive for homeless kids and recently purchased 250 MP3 players for the kids at Children's Hospital in Washington D.C., ending a year of asking for donations and volunteering. |
| MaryMargaret O'Neill | Kids Are Heroes | |
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Dylan Mahalingam is the founder and CEO of Lil’ MDGs, a unique international development and youth empowerment organization. Dylan, now 14, founded Lil' MDGs, a non-profit based in New Hampshire, when he was 9 years old; Lil’ MDGs mission is to leverage the power of the Internet to educate, engage, empower, and inspire children in all corners of the world to help meet the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). |
| Dylan Mahalingam | Li'l MDGs | |
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Riley Carney is passionate about literacy. When she was fourteen years old she learned that 120 million children do not have access to education and so she created a nonprofit called Breaking the Chain with the goal of breaking the bonds of illiteracy and poverty for children around the world. Thus far, she has raised enough money to build a school and a water purification system, and provide alternative income sources and basic medical supplies for a village in Kenya and a village in Sierra Leone. She is currently raising money to adopt another village in Sierra Leone. |
| Riley Carney | Breaking the Chain | |
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Alana Ethridge, a 12-year-old student, actress and philanthropist, is best known from season one of "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader." What makes her a Hero is that she has taken her celebrity and created a foundation called Alana’s Achievers, to help young kids between the ages of 4 and 16 develop positive goals in life and more importantly, help them work towards achieving their dreams. Alana's Achievers focuses on the importance of a good education and healthy lifestyle by promoting the benefits of a solid education, healthy eating habits and an active life that includes fitness. Kids will be rewarded for keeping their grades up, having perfect attendance, and good citizenship. |
| Alana Etheridge | Alana's Achievers | |
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Daniel has been raising money for The Smile Train, an organization that trains doctors, in over 75 poor countries in the world, to perform lip and cleft palate surgeries. Children receive free surgeries and their lives are forever changed for the better. Daniel has raised over $20,000.00 by performing eye shocking amazing yo-yo tricks, performing at festivals, parties, shows and street performing and asking for donations. He is also sponsored by a yo-yo company and sells yo-yos where all the profits go toward The Smile Train. |
| Daniel Dietz | The Smile Train | |
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Tina Sue Alexander is such an inspiration to others. She is one of the PEACE (Parents Educating Arkansas about Children with Epilepsy) Sibling Ambassadors. She has spoken before her 5th grade class about what it is like to have a little brother with epilepsy. Tina Sue helps set up and take down at all PEACE events and does hand outs at school. Tina Sue inspired one of her friends so much that her friend entered Tina Sue as one of the Vilonia Middle School Heroes and wrote an amazing story about how Tina Sue helped cheer her up when her baby sister died and when her dog died. Tina Sue reaches out to children with all kinds of disabilities and helps them feel included. |
| Tina Alexander | P.E.A.C.E. | |
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Ricky lives with an Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorder, a distinct disease which affects the gastrointestinal track, rendering the patient unable to tolerate food protein. Because of Ricky's battle to obtain an accurate diagnosis he has decided to take his experiences and make a difference for others. In 2009 he initiated the Racing for a Cause campaign. As a dirt track go-kart racer, Ricky is using his racing platform to educate everyone he meets about these disorders, as well as raise money to support APFED (The American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders) in educating physicians and the general public about these disorders. |
| Ricky Springer | APFED | |
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