Daily Herald | by Robert Sanchez   August 23, 2010

Kendall Ciesemier was 11 when an idea to donate $360 to sponsor one child in Africa blossomed into a charity that would raise money for thousands of kids affected by AIDS. In that time, she met a former president, appeared on "Oprah" and raised more than $830,000 through her Kids Caring 4 Kids organization. But a few years later, the motivation that called her to action was starting to wane.

Check out this Q&A at seventeen.com with Kendall Ciesemier, Founder of Kids Caring 4 Kids.  Kendall chats about how KC4K got started, why she’s passionate about helping kids in Africa, how she juggles her busy life in high school, and what she’s thinking about for the future.

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July 5, 2010

By GIOVANNA BREU for the New York Times Published: June 3, 2010

It was one of the first meetings of the Kid’s Advisory Board of Children’s Memorial Hospital, and 17-year-old Kendall Ciesemier was telling the high-priced architects designing the new $915 million hospital that they needed to go back to the drawing board.

By Staff reports Geneva Republican
Posted Feb 09, 2010 @ 07:11 PM Geneva, IL

Channel One News recently aired a segment on Kids Caring 4 Kids on its netowrk.  Channel One, the leading television news network for teens nationwide, is delivered daily to nearly six million teens in approximately 8,000 middle schools and high schools across the country

Check out the segment on YouTube!

By Karen Schwartz Special to the The Chicago Tribune

Like many kids her age, Wheaton North junior Kendall Ciesemier, 16, maintains a busy schedule. In addition to attending classes, she runs cross country, serves on the student council executive board, and helps plan outings for special-needs students at her school.

Don't miss Lisa's inspiring interview with a 16 year-old Millennial with a huge heart!

Kendall Ciesemier is now 16 years old and a junior at a suburban Chicago high school. But when she was just 11, she championed a cause to raise awareness and funds for AIDS orphans and African children in need. It all started in 2003 when she saw an Oprah Christmas special about the plight of AIDS orphans in Africa.

Five Questions with Kendall Ciesemier, Founder of Kids Caring 4 Kids by Cosmogirl.com

Kendall Ciesemier runs cross country, is on student council, writes for the school newspaper, and founded Kids Caring 4 Kids to help needy kids in Africa. Did we mention she's only 16?

July 27, 2009 - HeraldTimesOnline.com 

By Bob Zaltsberg H-T Editor | zaltsberg@heraldt.com 

Stories worth telling are everywhere.

That’s a key lesson all of the 500 or so teens who attended the annual Indiana University High School Journalism Institute this month should have learned.

One of those stories sat across from me in the Wright Quad dining hall last week when I was there to interact with some of the students.