The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Charity's Youth Movement

Children and teenagers take on nonprofit leadership roles

By Domenica Marchetti

Aubyn Burnside had a simple reason for starting her charity, Suitcases for Kids -- to provide the 300 or so foster-care children in her home of Catawba County, N.C., with their own luggage so they would not be forced to carry their belongings in plastic trash bags each time they moved.

Ms. Burnside had learned...

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