Christa Barfield left a career in health care and became an urban farmer.

Since forming in 1996, Friends For Friends has given away almost $2 million in donations.

Rehan Staton had a difficult upbringing but put himself through the University of Maryland while working as a sanitation employee.

In a workshop led by the Studio K.O.S. collective, high school students "jammed" through selections of Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man," building on his words to create art. It's a technique seen in museums around the world.

“She had a snaggletooth and an underbite, and I said, ‘That’s the girl for us!‘ ”

“We tried to keep track of what states we’d heard from, and it got hard to manage. We got cards from Alaska and Utah. We don’t know people in Alaska and Utah.”

“If you were to Google ‘scientists,' everyone you would get would look more like Albert Einstein, but so many more people do science,” she said. “Literally anyone can be a scientist. You need to apply yourself, and you need to work hard. We’re not all geniuses.”

Connie Kleinschmidt works at a Rite Aid in Upper Darby.

“Petals Please brings so much happiness to us old folks living alone,” senior citizen May Hiltebeitel said. “In fact, the only next best thing is your grandchildren coming to visit.”

Chuck Dillon's Highlights illustration is based on a real block in Northeast Philly. Find the hidden "Tacony." The artist, a Father Judge alum, always tries to hide a "Tacony."

Summer is the hungriest season of the year for children because schools are closed and lunches aren’t available.

The pop-up cinema, opening Friday with "The Goonies," will use the Fairgrounds, the paved area outside the convention center where Cirque du Soleil performed last summer.

She Rock She Rock was founded in 2007 and is taking a virtual approach this year.