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Continuing to Do Good: News from a Few Former Barron Prize Winners
We love staying in touch with our prize winners and are inspired by the good work they continue to do in the world. We recently caught up with a few of them and have highlighted here some of the great things they’re doing these days. Kudos to our winners, past and present, who continue to demonstrate what it looks like to live lives of courage, compassion, and hope!
Service in the Summertime
Summer is here, at long last, bringing with it a break from school and the gift of more time. As you contemplate how to spend your days, consider hatching a plan to help the world in some way. Here, we offer ten tips for launching a service project, gleaned from our years of supporting young people as they work to change the world.
“It Put Us on the Map”: A Former Barron Prize Winner and Current Judge Shares the Significance of Winning the Barron Prize
We love following our Barron Prize young heroes as they grow their projects and find ways to do even more good in the world. Such is the case with Ashley Shuyler Carter, who was among our very first prize winners back in 2001. At that time, she was a determined...
Crafting a Strong Barron Prize Application
We’re just a month out from our Barron Prize application deadline (April 15) and are fielding lots of questions about what makes a strong application. Here’s how we reply! We hope this information is helpful to those of you working on your application and those who...
Where Are They Now? 2018 Edition
Our first “Where are they now?” post highlights some of our earliest winners – still making a difference in the lives of kids today!
Celebrating Goodness:
A Barron Prize Young Hero Writes about the Value of Winning the Prize
We’re continually inspired by our Barron Prize young heroes and the good work they’re doing in the world. We’re also often inspired by the words they write. This is the case with Ray, one of our 2017 winners who blogs regularly on his website. Ray founded Ray United...
Barron Prize is Doubling Down on Goodness
We’re thrilled to announce that Barron Prize founder and author T.A. Barron is “Doubling Down on Goodness” by doubling the Barron Prize award money from $5,000 to $10,000 per winner! The award increase is part of a new year-long social campaign, #SparkGoodness, that...
New Barron Prize Blog!
Here at the start of a brand new year, we’re excited to launch something brand new on the Barron Prize website – a blog! In it, we’ll share more about the ideas we hold dear: the power of every person to make a positive difference to the world; the importance of young...