Children Mending Hearts is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering disadvantaged youth through educational and arts programs that build empathy and global citizenry.

Recently, our partnership organization, With You Japan, created by IndyCar driver Takuma Sato, held an event to give some of Japanese children the outdoor playtime they have been missing out on.

While I'm well aware we don't live in a cave, strong partnerships and alliances will be the only way to exact a true measure of change.

Laws, rules and regulations don't exist in Haiti. They are created on the spot to support the need for greed and survival. Is it simply too late for the people of Haiti?

Children Mending Hearts is a global arts exchange between at-risk children in America and children living in conflict zones that educates, empowers and encourages children and gives them a voice.

Nine-year-old Ruben had one dream, to go to football camp. With Children Mending Hearts, we've arranged for him to go to Deion Sanders' camp this summer, and meet Chad Ochocinco, his idol.

Nine-year-old Ruben St. Hilaire, Jr, who lives with this mother in a homeless shelter in New York City, received an autographed jersey from Ochocinco ...