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At just 19, Chanice McClover-Lee launched Baked by Chanice in D.C.’s Brookland neighborhood — all while juggling college responsibilities. Now she’s got three employees and just got a big catering order from Target.

Make-a-Wish granted Dylan her own synthetic hockey rink in the basement of her family’s home — and she also got a special greeting from the Caps’ TJ Oshie.

After losing their home, two cats and two dogs in a devastating fire, a Maryland family didn’t have the resources to celebrate their kids’ birthdays. But the community banded together to throw a party for their special day. News4’s Molette Green reports.

When in-school therapy services stopped due to the pandemic, one D.C.-area mom took advantage of time at home to focus on life skills for her daughter with cerebral palsy. Melissa Mollet is covering Moms on the Rise all week on News4.

A young man has launched a new baseball league to prove there’s no limit to what people with autism can accomplish — and now Alternative Baseball is coming to Loudoun County. News4’s Melissa Mollet reports.

Carmen Brothers helps reunite humans with their lost pets, using a tracking dog in her quests.

Extra-Ordinary Birthdays is a nonprofit that throws birthday parties for children experiencing homelessness, but it had to rebuild after arson.

The organization Extra-Ordinary Birthdays makes it their mission to ensure children experiencing homelessness don’t miss out on a fun childhood milestone. But they need help to rebuild after a devastating fire and the pandemic. News4’s Molette Green reports.

After a photographer captured beautiful photos of an anonymous couple under the cherry blossoms, he turned to the internet for help finding them. And the public delivered.

A photographer capturing the splendor of the cherry blossoms also captured a beautiful photo of newlyweds. The only problem was that he had no idea who they were. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

News4’s Molette Green teamed up with Washington Football Team President Jason Wright to surprise a talented young sports caster with a dream interview.

News4 teamed up with Washington Football Team President Jason Wright to surprise a talented young sportscaster with a dream interview. George Johnston is just 8 years old, but this third-grader already makes his own show “G4 Sports Talk!” right from his Brookeville, Maryland, home studio. “I love research, especially research about sports. It got to the point where I could…

“Dear future me. Right now, there is COVID in the whole world.” That’s the opening line of 7-year-old Dominick River Choi’s letter to himself about the pandemic. Dominick started journaling about a year ago and his latest prompt was to write to his future self. In the letter, he wishes the virus would go away and yearns to go...

A year into the pandemic that’s been so hard on so many, News4’s Juliana Valencia sits down with one D.C.-area 7-year-old who wrote a letter to himself about living through COVID. In his message, Dominic captured feelings that will resonate with many of us.

After several days of noticing the same man sitting in a car in a parking lot near his home, Steven Nava discovered the man was one of his substitute teachers from high school.

An awesome gesture from the 2020 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year.

What started out as a small family food drive in Northern Virginia has turned into a massive effort to fight food insecurity in the region. Amber Marchand, a mother of four, started Be the Good Project in June, as the pandemic made it hard for families to get food on the table. It has expanded to hundreds of volunteers and…

What started out as a small family food drive in Northern Virginia has turned into a massive effort to fight food insecurity in the region. News4’s Molette Green reports.

After hearing an 80-year-old delivery driver in the D.C. area was injured in a carjacking, a customer went the extra mile to help. News4’s Melissa Mollet reports.

The call reporting a stolen vehicle came in to the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia on Jan. 8 — and whoever took the truck also stole birthday presents for a girl turning 2 the next day. Deputy S. W. Martin, a seven-year employee with the Amherst County Sheriff’s Office, jumped on the case. Whitney Edwards, an Amherst resident and…