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Bracelets for Birds! Teen Helps Wildlife Affected by Oil Spill

When the oil spill endangered marine and bird life off the Gulf of Mexico this summer, sixteen-year-old Shannon Pugliese didn’t just stand by and watch…she took action! She is selling rubber bracelets, which are imprinted with the phrase “Oceans Include Lives,” and is putting the funds toward helping wildlife. Teen Voices’ Laura Paquette spoke with Shannon about her summer of action!

Jessie Mehrhoff Takes Out the Trash — for Good!

Sick of seeing the trash in your school cafeteria overflow with paper plates, cardboard milk cartons, plastic forks, and day-old pizza? So is Jessie Mehrhoff! She founded Green Teens USA, which gives teens ways to help the environment.