18-year-old Harvard Freshman Vinay Trivedi, of Philadelphia, has founded an organization called Senior Link–a program that aims to provide computers and the education to use them to the residents of senior homes.  On the surface, this program aims to teach the elderly the basics of computer usage; however, the program inevitably serves as a means to connect on a personal level with our elderly citizens.  Vinay and his family are extremely close.  So, it is no surprise that the inspiration behind Senior Link rests in the memory of his late grandfather.  Vinay has big plans for this non-profit.  His goal is to spread this program throughout communities.  He wants Senior Link to be able to provide seed money to other teens acrosst he country in order to give them a head start in developing similar programs. Currently, Adam Elmarakby and Aushim Kokroo are working with Vinay to help manage the operation and to train the teen volunteers.

To critics that say teens don’t take on important causes, 16-year-old Rebecca Kantar will beg to differ.  The leader of Minga–a non profit led by youth dedicated to ending the global sex trading of childre–Kantar works to educate the community and empower people to end this global crisis.  Rebecca heads fundraising events, speaks and universities, and develops workshops raising appx. $16K this past spring.  You can follow her cause @ http://www.v3.mingagroup.org/