Greta Herbertz
Current Age: 14Favorite YPress Story: Befriend a Child, Save a Life
Stories by Greta
No one had to ask them twice
By Quinn Andrews, 17, Ellen Flood, 14, Greta Herbertz, 14, Hrishikesh Deshpande, 16
By Quinn Andrews, 17, Ellen Flood, 14, Greta Herbertz, 14, Hrishikesh Deshpande, 16
Some decisions were hard to make, but not for Joey Coachys, seen here with his mother.
8th-graders came through for city
By Quinn Andrews, 17, Hrishikesh Deshpande, 16, Ellen Flood, 14, Greta Herbertz, 14
By Quinn Andrews, 17, Hrishikesh Deshpande, 16, Ellen Flood, 14, Greta Herbertz, 14
“I felt like I did my part."
Vox Pops: The 2012 Election
By Greta Herbertz, 14, Justin Herring, 12, Pete Shirley, 18
By Greta Herbertz, 14, Justin Herring, 12, Pete Shirley, 18
"Did you vote for Obama in 2008, and will you vote for him in 2012?"
Befriend a child, save a life
By Greta Herbertz, 13
By Greta Herbertz, 13
Brenai Stockton, 12, says mentor Tonja Eagen helps her make good decisions. She’s somebody to talk to about things that I really don’t like to talk to my mom about.”
Helping hands give children a leg up
By Victoria Kreyden, 16, Greta Herbertz, 13
By Victoria Kreyden, 16, Greta Herbertz, 13
“The research is pretty clear that youth who are in positive, long-lasting, intensive relationships do better over time in all of those areas we talked about: academic, behavioral and psychological,” according to Professor Jean Rhodes of the University of Massachusetts, Boston.