Her paintings are sought after by collectors and are beginning to fetch six figures. They have been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show and Lou Dobbs/CNN. Edward Solomon, Co-Founder and Director of the International Museum of 21st Century Art, says, "Akiane's innocence, her vision, passion, and compassion all comes through in her paintings and poetry. I believe this young gifted artist is destined to leave her mark in the world of art."

When Akiane was 7, she suddenly started writing extraordinarily accomplished poetry, usually on spiritual themes. Vladislovas Blintrubas, the great Lithuanian poet wrote, "Akiane is a literary phenomenon in the history of poetic art. I doubt there has ever been a literary child genius of such maturity, lyrical virtuosity, and spiritual transcendence! Her rare gift will be engraved forever in the history pages of the world's literature. I see the cosmic hope and meaning of life in her widom-saturated imagery. I am speechless!"

Akiane's goal is to set up a foundation to distribute a substantial part of the income from the sale of her paintings and her upcoming book to help poor children. She says, "I have been blessed by God. And if I'm blessed, there is one reason and one reason only, and that is to help others."

His first Grandma Kit and a single rose went to Linda who was terminally ill with cancer. They cried together and Cody made a new friend, one who would change his life forever. Linda has since passed away, but her memory remains with Cody. Shortly afterward, when he delivered kits at Christmas time, he was called "Santa Cody".

While Cody was a student at Holy Cross School in Kemptville, he learned that Ottawa's CJOH-TV newscaster, Max Keeping, was undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. To brighten Max's day, Cody used his own money and presented Max with a personal Comfort Kit, and a large homemade card with 400 signatures. Cody telephoned Max's friend and fellow news-anchor Carol Anne Meehan to ask if he could spring this surprise on Max. She was delighted to help. When Cody presented the personalized kit, Max was speechless for a change. Sometime later, Max accepted Cody's invitation to MC his 2nd Annual Poor Boy's Supper which resulted in raising $7,250, some of which is used to fund Comfort Kits. When Cody learned that 10-year-old John needed a leg amputation, he presented John with a Comfort Kit filled with "fun stuff".

Cody's been named Junior Citizen of the Year, Spencerville Optimist Club's Junior Volunteer, Hal Anthony Citizen of the Year, CIBC Young Miracle Maker, and was the youngest recipient of the Governor General's Caring Canadian Award. He's been invited to participate in the Canada Day Parade and was the Marshal at the Christmas Parade.

Cody is a a black belt in karate, yellow belt in Jiu Jitsu, plays the piano, loves to bike, swim, skate, loves art, science, math, and reading books.

This could be frustrating for anyone, but for 9-year-old Scott it was the inspiration for an invention. Scott had an idea. Why not combine multiple cards into one? So, he designed a magnet card system whereby companies such as retail stores, hotels, and gasoline companies could give the card holder an additional magnet strip for an already existing plastic card. The additional strip would contain the information for that specific company only. One card would be multi-functional and would streamline the number of cards most people carry in their wallets.

Scott named his invention the Security One Card. He was granted a patent at age 9. Shortly afterwards, he won the 2004 LeTourneau University Invention & Design Contest. He was named 2004 Innovator of the Year by the Maryland Daily Record and won the 2003 Student Ideas for a Better America Competition. He has been spotlighted by the media such as CNN, ABC World News, Nikkei Marketing Journal, and Baltimore Magazine.

Anthony started this program to put a smile on the faces of people who are going through a really tough time in their life. He wanted the patients to be able to pick out a new hat while still in the hospital. He felt this was helpful, especially if the patients weren't feeling well enough or didn't have sufficient funds to buy a hat once they left the hospital.

Anthony has succeeded in creating many smiles and continues to keep his program going strong.