Check out local coverage from this year's 14 Under 14 awards:
Click here to watch KCRG's recap of this year's 14 Under 14 Awards.
Click here to read about each honoree via The Gazette's article: "Kids recognized for positive leadership, kindness with 14 Under 14 awards." Fifty teachers nominated students in Cedar Rapids schools for the award. A selection committee at Kids First narrowed that down to 14 honorees, said Jenny Schulz, executive director of the Kids First Law Center. This is the second year of the award.
Taft Middle School seventh-grader Kalli Gallagher smiles as she reads "Animal Rescuers" to a level two class at the school in northwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, March 2, 2023. Kalli, 12, started a Best Buddies pogram on her own. She reads to students with developmental disabilities daily as well as sits and visits with them during lunch. Kalli also helps with "super sports" activities during their phsysical education class. Kalli is being recognized as one of the 14 Under 14 leadership award recipients from Kids First. This is the second year for the student leadership award program. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)