Not only do we have young authors on the Upper West Side, but there are young philanthropists and scientists here too. Once they’re in charge of things, maybe they’ll reverse all the damage we did to the world. We can only hope!
The three children pictured above helped raise money for Nepal following the deadly earthquakes there. “Sadie Tolson, Rylee Landau, and Jolie Landau–three Upper West Side kids, ages 11, 11, and 7– donated their time and effort to raise money for the people of Nepal. The three girls planned a bake sale and lemonade sale, adding necklaces to the “menu” too. Blondies, dairy-free banana bread, chocolate covered marshmallows, cupcakes, and strawberry lemonade made the menu. Their goal was $100 but Upper West Siders came out wonderfully to 91st and Riverside to generously support Nepal and the girls. In total, the kids raised $410.65. Monies will go to the American Jewish World Service and Doctors without Borders. It’s amazing what happens when upper West Siders come together. And it’s amazing to watch the next generation make us ALL proud!”
Kenneth Shinozuka, a 16-year-old Upper West Sider, developed sensors to alert family members to the movements of relatives with Alzheimer’s disease, to keep them from getting lost. “The sensor Shinozuka developed attaches to a sock and sends an alert to the caregiver’s phone every time the wearer stands up,” the Post reports. He won won $50,000 at the 2014 Google Science Fair and went to he White House Science Fair a couple months ago. This kid already has a company to commercialize the idea and is giving TED talks!
Nathan and Max Murray donated a full set of baseball equipment to baseball teams from Detroit as their Bar Mitzvah projects. They traveled to Detroit to meet the teams they helped, and play some baseball. And one of the teams will be traveling to New York at the end of this month to play Nathan’s team in Riverside Park. Check out Nathan’s Facebook page for the project here and Max’s page here.
It’s so nice to see positive news! Nice work!
Great for this kids! Good work.
I remember doing the same thing when I was a kid on Upper West Side
These are awesome stories! Thank you for these.
Now isn’t this a better way to start our Weekend than the normal bickering over real estate and crime, etc?
Thank you WSR! More like this please…:)
i couldn’t agree more.
i know those girls’ parents, and they also philanthropic. Chips off the ol’ block. Three cheers to WSR for this story.
I love this! Kids are amazing and inspire me literally every day.
Did those girls have the necessary permits to set up that cupcake outlet? Did the Health Department give them a passing grade for their food handling and storage? Did they obtain their federal tax number for quarterly filings? Has Workman’s Compensation been notified that this business has been initiated? What kind of example is this supposed to be for all the other children? How do we know that they only raised $410.65? How do we know that they aren’t skimming “under the table”? Who is their accounting firm?
OK….I’m now turning off the sarcasm.
Good for you girls. You did an honorable thing.
And composers too! For example, my class for middle-school composers at Kaufman Music Center: https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/composercraft/
Permits are indeed required for these activities. It is against the law to set up a lemonade/cupcake/whatever standing the sidewalk/wherever in Manhattan. This is not a comment to disparage these kids, but they should be taught that there is a legal way to do things.