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Teenager 'Inspires Selfless Service through Mentorship'

After feeling overwhelmed when helping out with a wildfire disaster relief effort, Shaun Verma says as a 13-year-old, he "came up with the idea of starting a leadership organization that would create a sustainable impact." Sponsored by Grape-Nuts.

  About this sponsorship: In honor of the 60th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary’s historic ascent of Mount Everest, Patch and Grape-Nuts are teaming up to highlight those who inspire people around them to climb their own mountains.  When he was only 13, Shaun Verma, a high school senior, founded the nonprofit MDJunior, an organization that brings together health-care professionals and students to nurture a mentoring relationship. MDJunior focuses on underserved communities and developing countries. In 2012, MDJunior was awarded special recognition by the White House, the President's Council on Service & Civic Participation. It was also nominated as a certifying organization for President’s Volunteer Service Program and was awarded the …

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Join the MDJunior Walk for Babies Today

Student who founded MDJunior says more babies die from preterm-related problems than from any other single cause.

Nestlé Says Milton High Senior Among Very Best in Youth

Shaun Verma of Alpharetta, who founded a medical mentoring organization when he was 13, continues to gain attention for MDJunior.

The teenage founder of MDJunior has another honor to accompany his Greatest Person of the Day designation by Huffington Post. Shaun Verma, 17, was recently named a winner in the 2013 Nestlé Very Best In Youth competition. Verma is one of 18 students selected in a search for  the most outstanding youth leadership in America. Nestlé will donate $1,000 in the name of each winner to the charity of his choice. The company also awards winners a trip with a parent or guardian to Los Angeles for the Nestlé Very Best In Youth awards ceremony. The trip includes round trip coach air travel, hotel accommodations for three nights, and spending money. Each contestant will receive a certificate of achievement from Nestlé. “Nestlé USA is dedicated to …

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Student-Led Group Plans Medical Mentor Mission to Honduras

Milton High student Shaun Verma's MDJunior has plans for volunteer students and medical professional in the Central American country.

  Spring Break for a group of high school and middle school students will be spent out of the country, but not at some resort. The members of MDJunior will head to Honduras with healthcare professionals on a global medical-mentor mission. Shaun Verma, the Milton High student who founded MDJunior, said previous high school attendees call this a life changing experience. And now there is an opportunity for other students to participate. “MDJunior” is a student led 501 ©3 non-profit leadership society, which "Inspires Selfless Service through Mentorship." It focuses on local and global initiatives via its chapters – bringing together health care professionals with middle & high school students, to build a mentoring relationship – all with a …

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