Amazing Kids! Online Magazine September 2010 issue is live!

Happy Back-to-School, everyone! We hope you all had a fun summer. Looking for some fall reading fun? Look no further than the September issue of the Amazing Kids! Online Magazine, "News! Read All About It"!

Read fascinating interviews with professional journalists, and kids journalists alike. Check out the yummy kid-suggested recipes in our CookNook section, and view some stunning photography and artwork created by some amazing young artists. So much to see, we couldn't possibly cover it all in this blog, so you'll have to see for yourself: amazing-kids.org.

Do you have a favorite article from this issue? We'd love to hear from you! You can email Sean, our new Student editor, at: editor@amazing-kids.org.  Enjoy!

Amazing Kids! Reporter Adora Svitak to host TEDx Redmond Conference

Past Amazing Kids! of the Month
Jordan Romero and Zach Veach Featured Speakers

 Amazing Kids! is proud to announce that one of our very own Amazing Kids! Reporters, 12 year old Adora Svitak, is hosting TEDx Redmond, the first-ever all-kids TEDx conference on September 18 in Redmond, Washington!  And if you're a kid or teen between the ages of 10 and 15, and will be in the Redmond, Washington area on September 18, you're invited to attend TEDx Redmond for FREE!

Adora is an internationally-acclaimed author, educator and speaker who has appeared on national news shows like CNN, and national talk shows like Oprah and Good Morning, America.  Adora was the youngest person to speak at the annual TED conference in Long Beach, California (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-bjOJzB7LY)

TED conferences are amazing events that bring together the top luminaries and thinkers of the day to hold talks on a vast array of topics.  You can view every TED speech ever given for FREE on the TED.com website!)

TEDx conferences like the one Adora is organizing are independently organized TED events.  The exciting difference about this TEDx conference is that it will feature only kids and teens as the speakers!

Amazing Kids! has been helping Adora and her mother Joyce line up some of our past Amazing Kids! of the Month to join them as speakers, including now 14 year-old Jordan Romero, the youngest person ever to climb Mt. Everest (check out our interview with Jordan) and 15 year old Zach Veach, Oprah's spokeskid for her "No Phone Zone" and an Andretti Autosport race car driver (Zach was our July Amazing Kid! of the Month).

Simply visit the TEDx Redmond website and click on "Attend" to register:  http://www.tedxredmond.com

If you can't attend, not to worry, as you will be able to visit the TEDx Redmond website after the event to watch videos of all of the talks from the event.

For more information, send an email to: info@tedxredmond.com.

Amazing Kids!' Hollywood Bowl Ticket Giveaway!

Calling all Southern Californians! Love music? Love fireworks? Then Amazing Kids! has a ticket giveaway for you!

We’re holding a sweepstakes contest for all of our So Cal music lovers who are able to answer the question below. Each individual that answers the question and e-mails it to us at info@amazing-kids.org will be entered in a drawing for an amazing prize: 2 tickets to see the world-famous Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. The LA Philharmonic will be performing their acclaimed Tchaikovsky Spectacular with fireworks, an annual Bowl tradition!

The question is:

"Who are the two winners of the 2nd Annual Launch My Dream! T-Shirt Design Contest and what are their dreams that Amazing Kids! will be helping to launch in the coming weeks and months?"

*Hint* We’ve been tweeting, blogging, and facebooking about these two amazing girls over the past couple of weeks!

Email us at: info@amazing-kids.org

Hurry and send us your answer! The Amazing Kids!' Hollywood Bowl Ticket Giveway ends on Wednesday August 18^th, at 5pm!

How to Purchase Tickets:

For families who still wish to see the show, but who don't win the tickets, you can purchase tickets for the August 20 and 21st performance on the Hollywood Bowl website at:

http://www.hollywoodbowl.com

Here are the details:

LA Phil Presents Tchaikovsky Spectacular with Fireworks

August 20-21, 8:30pm at the Hollywood Bowl

Featured Artists:

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Bramwell Tovey, conductor

Baiba Skride, violin

USC Trojan Marching Band, Dr. Arthur C. Bartner, director

Tchaikovsky and fireworks – a beloved Hollywood Bowl tradition! This year’s spectacular features the great Russian composer’s Violin Concerto, as well as the 1812 Overture complete with roaring cannon and blazing pyrotechnics.

For tickets and information, visit HollywoodBowl.com.

Good luck and happy listening!

The Amazing Kids! Team

P.S. If you’re a Southern Californian and you didn’t hear about this Giveaway via e-mail, that means you aren’t on our mailing list. Subscribe today by visiting http://www.kintera.org/AutoGen/Contact/ContactUs.asp?ievent=215218&en=ewIVL9NOJaLSL8MQJhKWKjM2KfIXJeNTKlJ9ImM3KmIYLePZLkJSIbM4JAI!

Complete! -Celebrate Our Earth with An Amazing Kids! Giveaway!

Time's up! Congratulations to our winners, Ryan Traynor and Haley Bumbarner, age 11. Thanks to all who entered, and special thanks to our sponsors, National Geographic Kids and American Girl!

Calling all kids! Do you love the Earth and want to see it be even greener and cleaner? Join Amazing Kids! and tell your friends all of the cool things we’re doing to raise awareness on how to take care of our planet in a fun, practical way! Check out these awesome sites for kids! Learn about saving our planet through games, articles and blogs from leading kids’ organizations!

Learn all about kids who are getting involved in helping the environment grow and succeed at National Geographic Kids’ Green Scene blog -- http://kidsblogs.nationalgeographic.com/greenscene/

Play Recycle Roundup and Creek Cleanup for some good, green fun, or learn how to Start a Garden! or host a Camp Out! With National Geographic Kids’ fun tips! Also, get your mind moving with this kid-friendly article: Drinking Water: Bottled or From the Tap? .

Join Lanie, American Girl of the Year, for fun games that get you thinking about our planet, here!

Last, but certainly not least, Amazing Kids! is hosting a Love Our Earth Giveaway for the next week or so! Below are our partners, who have donated the awesome prizes!

American Girl has generously donated a Lanie Doll and Book Combo, value of $95.00!

National Geographic Kids has generously donated 2 subscriptions of their awesome-tastic magazine for kids! If you haven’t checked it out, yet, ask your parents to check it out, here!

Grand Prize Package: Boy

Grand Prize Package: Girl

Here’s how the Giveaway works:

Who Can Enter: Kids up to age 18

What: 2 Grand Prize Packages (1 Boy Package – includes a 1 year (10 issues) National Geographic Kids Magazine Subscription and 1 Super Soaker and 1 Girl Package – includes a 1 year (10 issues) National Geographic Kids Magazine Subscription and 1 Lanie Doll and Book)

TIME'S UP! (Deadline: May 30^th. All complete entries will be entered into a random drawing and two winners (one boy and one girl) will drawn at random and announced via this blog in early June.)

Important: If you’re under 13, please include your parent’s contact email and a sentence that says they give you permission to enter to the contest.

Send your:

Name (first and last!)

Gender (Boy or Girl)

Age

And the Answer to this Question:

In the NEW issue of the Amazing Kids! Online Magazine, May: Kids Doing Good! (http://www.amazing-kids.org), what job does Dr. Ellen Letvin have (as described in our interview title)?

Send your entry to: info@amazing-kids.org to enter; if you’re under 13, please include your parent’s contact email and a sentence that says they give you permission to enter to the contest.

Time's Up! :) Congratulations to our winners!