Distinguished Finalist

Anna Lipscomb, 14, of Overland Park, Kan., a freshman at Heritage Christian Academy, has raised nearly $50,000 through sales of her CD, "Anna from the Heart," and donated the proceeds to the Global Orphan Project, which helps orphans from Haiti. Anna, who wrote the song "Heart for Haiti" after a trip to Haiti before the tragic earthquake in January 2010, conducts benefit performances and is planning additional fund-raisers to support the orphaned children.