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• Hawaii teen creates a garden for needy neighbors

  June 7, 2015 2:56pm

  Talia Abrams, 16, secured $10,000 with the help of her mayor, state senator and representative to start a pilot garden of fruit trees and vegetables.

• San Diego teen empowers girls to become feminist advocates

  May 21, 2015 2:56pm

  Lily Greenberg Call helped found Girls Give Back, a leadership group for teenage girls.

• N.J. teen creates sports leagues for kids with disabilities

  May 10, 2015 2:48pm

  Zach Certner’s athletics program for special-needs children grew into a nonprofit with programming five nights a week.

• N.Y. teen advances research on the cancer she survived

  April 30, 2015 5:01pm

  “Who better than a patient with this specific disease?” asked Elana Simon, explaining why she chose to research a rare form of liver cancer.

• Paige Alenick sinks her teeth into dental hygiene drive

  April 16, 2015 11:38am

  By collecting and distributing more than 153,000 toothbrushes, this teen is giving people in developing countries a healthy smile.

• Val Weisler’s ‘Validation Project’ empowers bullied teens

  March 19, 2015 12:09pm

  Val Weisler started a website that connects teens with mentors to learn skills that can be applied to community service and their careers.

• Zoe Butchen uses Taylor Swift song to fight Parkinson’s

  March 12, 2015 12:29pm

  14-year-old Zoe Butchen has raised over $50,000 for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research with the help of a hit song.

• Yaniv Sadka gets teens involved in the fight against cancer

  March 5, 2015 12:37pm

  As a Los Angeles high school student, Yaniv Sadka started Teens Curing Cancer, a club that has raised $12,000 so far.

• Noah Levinson raises money, awareness for troubled teens

  February 26, 2015 11:48am

  The Teen Heroes column is sponsored by the Helen Diller Family Foundation. To learn more about the foundation’s $36,000 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards, visit http://dillerteenawards.org. WASHINGTON (JTA) —After taking a class on Jewish ethics at his synagogue, 17-year-old Noah Levinson was left wondering about the future of those less fortunate than himself. “We are…

• Gabriella Cooperman chips in with Cookies for Charity

  February 19, 2015 12:45pm

  The Illinois high school freshman’s event to help special needs kids get equestrian therapy has brought in more than $47,000 over nine years.