Elephants, lions, and rhinos, but its also home to a tiny and deadly insect, the anopheles mosquito. Actually, its not the mosquito that kills, but the disease the mosquito carries malaria. In fact, more than 600,000 people in tanzania die each year from malaria. Thats equal to losing every man, woman, and child living in the city of baltimore, maryland. To High School Student unacceptable. Captain of his new jersey football squad, he worked with his parents and teammates to kick off a unique fundraiser. They call it tackles4tanzania. Hi, thomas. Welcome to teen kids news. Hi. Thanks for having me on today. So, what inspired you to take on fighting malaria in tanzania . Well, actually, its a funny story. I was on a plane ride home from china, and next to me was a canadian businessman. I struck up a conversation with this man, and he told me all the disease, but he told me all about it who it killed, how it worked, and regions where it was most prevalent. A few days later, i went down to the jersey shore with my family. On this day, there was a breeze coming off the bay, which caused mosquito nests to get riled up, and my ankles were attacked by mosquito bites. Football preseason was only a couple of days away, and i knew i had to do something with this newfound information. Everything kind of just clicked. I talked to my parents, talked to my coaches, talked to the administrators, and tackles4tanzania was born. It was a really simple idea, and i got to work. So, how exactly does tackles4tanzania work . Well, actually, its a really simple process. Individuals pledge a certain amount of money it can be as low as a penny, it can be as much as a dollar for every solo tackle the Football Team makes during the season. At the end of the season, tackles are counted, and notifications are sent to participants. Once all the money is collected, we send a check to nothing but nets, who distributes the nets in tanzania. We chose to partner with nothing but nets because theyre really well respected and had a up in tanzania. Why are nets so needed in tanzania . Why dont people just buy their own nets . Are they very expensive . No, theyre not expensive. They just dont have the resources available. Theyre only about 10, but unfortunately, with the extreme poverty in tanzania, its hard for them to get access to nets. Did you find that people were eager to donate . Or was it a little hard at first . Well, at first, it was a little hard. I mean, people we had to get clearance with the state. We had to get clearance with the school. But after all those obstacles excited and enthusiastic to donate. Once they heard about how many people were ravaged by this disease, people lined up to donate. It was really great, and weve raised over 7,000 in our first two years. So, 7,000 at about 10 a net, does that mean you bought about 700 nets . Yep, we bought about 700 nets that were distributed to tanzania, and we saved countless lives. So, what have you personally learned from this experience . Well, i learned that to follow your dreams and to make does pay off. I mean, i combined my two passions football and giving back and i created something that helped save lives. Anybody can do it. Im just a teenager from new jersey. So, if i can do it, anyone can do it. Thomas, youre heading off to college soon. Will you continue to stay involved with tackles4tanzania . Oh, yeah, definitely. Weve already expanded from my high school, pingry, to include three other independent schools in the area, and were looking to grow even more. Were looking to go from a state thing to a regional to a national foundation. At william and mary, im trying involved there, and well see where it goes. William and mary being the school youre going to . Yes, im attending william and mary. Terrific. Best of luck to you. Thank you. I appreciate it. For more information, please visit www. Tackles4tanzania. Org to get involved. Nothing but nets is an International Effort to fight malaria. They welcome motivated teens who are willing to come up with ideas for fundraising. So, if youre looking for a good service project, reach out to remember, every net can save a life. For teen kids news, im emily. Heres a pop quiz. Whats meant by pop culture . Ill pop back with the answer [ theme music plays ] not far from where the Baltimore Orioles play ball, there is a Museum Dedicated to all kinds of play. Geppis Entertainment Museum is . . Pop culture is popular culture. Its movies, radio, television, books, comics, the gamut of all the things we enjoy. . . Games and toys are part of pop culture, too. This amazing array of artifacts all belonged to a man named stephen geppi. His collection got to the point where he looked at it and that they like this stuff. So why dont i put it out so everybody can enjoy it . So, what are the top five things that teens shouldnt miss when they come here . Well, scott, let me show you. Come on. . . As you can see on the walls of our museum, we have several pictures spanning the eras of each room 1928 leading into 1945 over here. Because the exhibits are organized by date, you can see how our culture changed through the Television Era in the 1950s. Also, over here we have the 60s revolution a lot of fun stuff going on in there. And 1971 to 1990 is where the first surprise is. [ fanfare plays ] the number5 artifact is whats called a onesheet, the kind of movie poster displayed in a movie theater. If youre a star wars fan, youll see theres something strange going on here the original title of return of the jedi was supposed to be revenge of the jedi. And before they had a chance to make this decision, they had already promoted the movie as revenge of the jedi for a short period of time. I wouldnt have known one of my favorite movies had a different title before. Oh, when i was a child, that was commonplace on the playground to talk about why revenge got turned to return. People said that a jedi would never, ever want to have revenge. The buddhaesque jedis. [ fanfare plays ] in our next room, revolution 1961 to 1970, we have a very special, very fun, very handson number 4 rock em sock em robots. Hey i remember this game. But i didnt know its been around since the 60s. Not only has this game the present day, but at the time, you knocked my block off became a classic saying. You knocked my block off. . . Attraction number 3 is for kids who ask, how can i be strong like a superhero . The answer is. [ fanfare plays ] the superman golden muscle building set. Wow. 1954. Peter puppet playthings, a wonderful musclebuilding kit that not only has everything you but also shows that superman will personally fly into your house and show you how to use his superman muscle building set. Well, i can quit my gym membership. [ rim shot ] dont go away. Well be right back with the top two attractions at geppis Entertainment Museum. Were at geppis Entertainment Museum, also known as the museum of pop culture. Andy is the museums assistant curator. Weve been counting down the top five attractions that teens shouldnt miss when coming to visit. Number 5 was the star wars poster with the discarded movie title. Number 4, the battling rock em sock em robots. Number 3 helped kids in the 1950s spring into action with supermans muscle building kit. [ fanfare plays ] for our next piece, number 2, one of the great scifi toys. This was actually one of the first toys that tied in directly to a newspaper comic strip. The toy gun is 80 years old. To protect the metal, andy wears gloves. When this item was introduced at macys, they expected it would be popular, but they didnt expect 5,000 people would line up to get it. Daisy manufacturing. 1934. [ zaps ] the geppis Entertainment Museum got its start with a collection of comic books, and thats where we end our tour a case full of comics, each introducing a famous character for the very first time. [ fanfare plays ] for our number one. Number one. Our comic room. Our number one is number ones action comics number one, debut of superman, walt disneys comics and stories number one, the start of an illustrious comic career for donald duck and Detective Comics number 27, the numberone appearance of batman. Rareedition comic books like these have sold for millions of dollars. [ Cash Register dings ] fascinating. Youll not only get a kick out of it. So will your mom and your pop. [ chuckles ] at the geppi Entertainment Museum in baltimore. [ dramatic music plays ]. Im scott for teen kids news. While the first cy young award was given out in 1956, the first reliever to ever win the cy young award wasnt until 1974 when Mike Marshall won it that year, he posted a record of 1512 with 21 saves, a 2. 42 e. R. A. , and 143 strikeouts. The next relief pitcher to win the cy young award and the First AmericanLeague Pitcher to do so was sparkey lyle of the new york yankees in 1977. That year, he won 13 games, saved 26 games, had an e. R. A. Of 2. 17, and struck out 68 batters. This report is brought to you by nintendo. Big excitement at e3 as nintendo gives the world its first look at the wii u version of the legend of zelda breath of the wild. This game is a boundarybreaking, openair adventure from nintendo. It marks a new pinnacle in the franchise. Nintendo also announced a new series of amiibo figures based on characters from the game, including the first with flexible parts. Plus, nintendo treehouse live premiered its live game play from pok . Mon sun and for more nintendo news, go to e3. Nintendo. Com. This Important Message is brought to you by the National Road safety foundation. . . [ indistinct chatter ] cool party. What do you guys want to drink . Can i have a headon collision with a concussion twist . [ tires screech ] [ glass breaking ] make mine a fatal accident with no survivors. [ tires screech ] [ siren wails ] and you . A designated driver, please. Awesome. Youre a life saver. Dont go anywhere. Theres lots more to tell you about on teen kids news. Its one of the scariest places well ever experience, and most ous or four years there. Im talking about high school. Thats the subject of this weeks video from the website hooplaha. [ boing, boing ] hooplaha high school is hard. Its so important for us to have that approval at that age from our peers. If school could be the place where they came to and they got support, that would be a gift. Good morning good morning all right. We just want to officially welcome you to challenge day. Maybe some of you have someone here you dont like very much. Maybe you used to be really close, something crazy happened, and now you dont even talk to each other anymore. Today were gonna ask you to set all that stuff aside. [ cheers and applause ] today, students get an opportunity to let go of all of their labels, the stereotypes, and get to see each other as human beings. Students feel safe enough just to be themselves and to express themselves and share things that they typically wouldnt share otherwise. And throughout that process, they start to realize that were way more alike than different. When they walk in, a lot of them think, what im holding, what im going through in my life, the feelings i have, im the only one that feels this way, and people dont ununderstand me. When they go through these activities, they realize that so, heres how this activity works. Its called cross the line. Crossing this line, its gonna tell a story about your life. All right, everyone, just take a deep breath, please. In silence, please cross the line if you have ever been hurt or judged because of the color of your skin or your cultural background. In silence, please. As people cross the line, you can feel lights going off, like oh, wow. I realize im not alone. Ive seen miracles. Ive had a few students go to our school board, and one of them last year stated, you know, i wouldnt be alive. Challenge day just gave her an opportunity to, for the first time, to talk about what shes going through, what shes dealing with. When someone is willing to share something, you feel Something Else within you that makes you feel comfortable. Like i can talk about this. Its okay. Its okay to feel this. Its okay to cry and show things that in society arent really looked upon as okay. They talk about lowering the water line and being 100 of who you are. They talk well, your image is challenge day alive, we have to lower it down and be 100 all the time, but i think in doing that, youre gonna change the world. Teenagers, in my opinion, are the freethinkers of our world, and if we can remind them of their power at this age, we have no idea what those students will end up doing with their lives as adults. And if we can just remind them, i believe that they will step into that power. . . [ upbeat music plays ] speak of the week is when we get to hear what you have to say. Heres this weeks question. . . Nasa recently sent a space probe to take photos of pluto. It cost almost a billion dollars to do that. So, what do you think . Should the government spend spent on education and wiping out poverty . Probably getting rid of poverty and all of those other things because i think that thats, like, more important for us right now. I think the government should give the funds to education. It might actually help us in the long run, and it might improve upon education. We dont know until we try. [ chuckles ] i think that they should spend this money because they should to explore the new planets and try to figure out there or if theres water or anything like that, so, yeah. Saving the earth right now is a better idea. Of course, the government will be quick to point out that many of todays musthave products come from the Space Program for example, paint that protects against rust, eyeglass lenses that are scratch proof, the insulin pump used by millions of people with diabetes, solarpower devices, supplies, and even the personal computer. Guess you could say that that list is literally out of this world. With speak of the week, im eden. Want to spice up your lemonade . Ill show you how when teen kids news continues. Weve got another easy recipe to impress your family and friends with courtesy of the Culinary Institute of america. Icecold lemonade can certainly quench your thirst, and this one has a twist with mint and honey. It makes it just a little bit more special. Ill show you how to make it. First thing youre gonna do is boil one cup of water. And youre gonna steep 2 tablespoons of honey into the water just like that. Okay. And youre gonna throw in some mint leaves in there as well. Let this sit for about flavors are combined. And well just give this a stir. Okay. Great. Next, were gonna make our mint ice cubes. Theyre really easy to make. Ive filled up a tray with water, and all i have to do is put a couple little pieces of mint in each of the ice cubes. So, when they melt in the lemonade, it gives it a bit more of flavor. Okay, just like that. Great. This is really refreshing on a nice cool day a nice hot day, not a cool day. And the mint makes it really nice and bright with the lemon. Now were gonna cut some wheels just for the garnish with parents permission. Make sure you can do that. Use a knife, and you slowly cut little wheels. Watch your fingers. Great. And here i have 3 cups of water. Im gonna add my mint ice cubes that i already have made. Oh ice cubes everywhere. Okay. Just like that. And youre gonna add the juice of 5 lemons. Perfect. Some lemon wheels. Youre gonna give that a stir. Mmm. This smells really good. Okay. And add some more mint leaves for some color. Water thats been mixed with the honey and pour that right in. Be very careful. Its gonna be hot. Okay. And give it one last stir. Okay. Now all i have to do is just grab a glass and pour it right in. And enjoy. Mmm. Thats super good. At the Culinary Institute of america, for teen kids news, im nicole. That looks really good. Well see you again next week with another edition of teen kids news. See you. Write to us at announcer the following is a paid presentation for cize, brought to you by beachbody. This is the end of exercise. Get ready to cize it up. 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