{"id":817,"date":"2009-12-17T14:30:41","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T14:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/12\/the-most-inspiring-person-of-2009meet-zach-bonner.html"},"modified":"2009-12-17T14:30:41","modified_gmt":"2009-12-17T14:30:41","slug":"the-most-inspiring-person-of-2009meet-zach-bonner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/freshliving\/2009\/12\/the-most-inspiring-person-of-2009meet-zach-bonner.html","title":{"rendered":"The Most Inspiring Person of 2009:Meet Zach Bonner!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congratulations go out to Zach Bonner, the extraordinary 12-year-old who today became Beliefnet’s youngest-ever Most Inspiring Person of the Year award-winner!  Watch the photo montage and interview above (or click here to read the interview<\/a>), and prepare to be inspired by the breadth of projects he’s undertaken over the past 6 years (yes, that’s right–since he was 6 years old!) on behalf of homeless children, including a 1,200-mile “My House to the White House” walk he completed this year.<\/p>\n

What I love most about Zach is the powerful simplicity of his message:  that any person, no matter how young or old, rich or poor, stressed or bored, has something<\/i> to give…and can make a difference.  <\/p>\n

Congratulations, Zach, on the generous purpose and meaning that you’ve discovered in your life, and the inspiration you’ve shared with all of us.<\/p>\n

Like what you see? <\/strong>Click here to subscribe<\/strong><\/font><\/a> and get Fresh Living in your in-box every day.<\/p>\n

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