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Since May, volunteers have spent hundreds of hours creating a camp for dozens of kids ages 8 to 17 can enjoy from the comfort of their own home. 

Every Monday through Thursday at the corner of John R and Harper in Detroit, you will find Maddie's Snack Bar ran by 11-year-old entrepreneur Madison Young who is raking in the bucks just to give them away.

A medallion ceremony was held Sunday, which is normally part of a fun-filled day with hundreds of bikers raising money for activities like Christmas parties and Easter parties to celebrate children with autism and their families.

The medallion ceremony is a special part of the event every year. Ride Ambassador Rachel Adams presents kids and even adults with autism with a Ride for Autism medal. Here is how she described it in the past.

Christina Legendre and her husband work in the medical field. They know how a little gratitude can go a long way, especially as we enter the fifth month of this pandemic and the political unrest that has followed.

"When my daughter was born, I felt the love that I was missing," said Michael Phillips, Jr. 

Maltese lives on a fixed income and cannot get credit after filing for bankruptcy opened up. 

Despite beating cancer as a kid, Emily Grombala finds herself still fighting the disease years later. That hasn't stopped her from working to help other charities who assist kids going through similar struggles. Together, her and her friend collected 21,000 returnable cans - leading to a big check donated to Wish Upon a Teen

The bond between two metro Detroit women, whose daughters are best friends, is about to get even bigger after they've matched up for a living liver donation.

Plans for a brick and mortar store are on hold for now, so she was grateful to have a mystery donor pay for her to deliver this special treat - for free - to these frontline workers.

Clayborn is the head of The Drew Crew. In early June, we told you about their annual golf outing being cancelled due to COVID-19. That meant losing about $40,000 that normally benefits people living with paralysis. 

The Tejano musician sang and played the guitar and 12-string guitar, moved from Texas and serenaded Michiganders in the 1950s with his band Los Primos.

"It just takes one opportunity and one chance to show what we can do - and all they have to do is encourage us to be the best we can be, and that's what we do for our players," he said.

Cooper Eckert was paralyzed from the chest down after jumping into his family's pool last May. Since then, he's worked every day to regain mobility in his body. With some success, Cooper is striving to be back in the water come next fall.

It is a distraction from the devastating dementia these older adults are dealing with.

A Shelby Township, Mich. couple got married in a Beaumont Health nursing unit after the groom spent 35 days on a ventilator there fight for his life with COVID-19.

Elena is a book critic and at 11 years old, she has been offering her opinion on literature for two years now. Her friend's mom, who is an author, planted a seed.