Watch the video. Read the story. Answer the questions.
Story:
Santa Monica, California (9/14/10) - A 12-year-old Florida boy who has been walking across the nation for nearly six months to raise awareness of homeless children is set to reach the finish line today in Santa Monica.
Zach Bonner has walked nearly 2,500 miles from Tampa, Fla. in what he calls the "March Across America.'
"There's an ancient Chinese proverb: 'A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step,' Bonner said. "Most people don't walk a thousand miles, or 2,500, but what it really means is that we all need to take that first step to get something big done. If I've helped even one homeless child, I hope I've accomplished that.'
Zach -- who won the President's Volunteer Service Award -- began the walk on Christmas Day, joined by his mother and brother.
Zach started a nonprofit organization called Little Red Wagon Foundation. It creates projects to help struggling kids.
Zach began his efforts at age 6 by collecting bottled water to give to victims of Hurricane Charley in 2004.
Questions:
1) Where did this story take place?
2) When did this story take place?
3) How many miles has Zach walked?
4) Why did he walk so far?
5) What is the name of the non-profit foundation that Zach started?
6) Where did Zach start walking?
7) What is the name of the city where Zach will stop walking today?
8) How old is Zach?
Info from Beverly Hills Courier. Video from MSNBC.
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