It started as a seed of an idea and a desire to help others. It's grown to become a significant fundraiser and winner of a 2023 Character Counts award. Grace McCunn was a fifth-grader in Ames when she ...

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — Inspired by her mother's favorite phrase -- "Just do it" -- Mary Albaugh found her calling more than a decade ago with a needle and thread. It's something that has changed lives.

As part of its unique annual Hands-on-Opera education and youth performance program, Opera Parallele (OP) will present the world premiere of Amazing Grace, by OP composer-in-residence Christopher ...

The Amazing Grace Lemonade Race started when Grace McCunn, then an Ames fifth-grader, held an actual lemonade stand on the corner of her street. It’s grown to be a 5-kilometer race, now in its sixth ...

You know those songs that you just kind of know? You sing along without even thinking about the lyrics. Well, we're going to explore the history of one of these songs today. It's heard around the ...

As we look at another New Year’s Day, it’s a good time to reflect on a song that unites rather than divides us: the Rev. John Newton’s hymn “Amazing Grace.” The hymn first appeared in Newton’s New ...