50. One Is Greater Than None

There is certainly strength in numbers but it has to start with one. In this case, a group of 14-year-old girls who were inspired to help others after seeing an episode of Oprah about children being sold into slavery and servitude in Africa, started their charity work by saving one child. The girls, from Merrick and Lynbrook, founded One is Greater than None, a nonprofit that would do more than raise money, it would raise social awareness as well. That was one year ago, and since that time, the group has gained international notoriety for their service, and last year the organization was working with the International Organization of Migration to save more than two dozen children in Ghana. Leave it to our youth to lead us. And we have a simple answer for those who ask, “How does someone make it on to the Power List?” It is One is Greater Than None’s motto that is the main requirement to make this list: “Do Anything. Do Something.”