CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV)- Ten high school students from across the Charlotte area taking on a pretty big mission.

"I saw a video about child slavery in Ghana about three and half years ago now and my heart just broke," said Madi Vincent.

Since watching that video in 2009, Madi travels every summer to Ghana to help rescue child slaves.

"There's an estimated seven thousand child slaves working on Lake Volta and these kids their ages range from four years old to 14 years old," said Madi.

Parents sell their children into slavery either because they are destitute or because they believe that they are sending their child to receive an education.

Seeking help for these children, Madi convinced a group of her friends from different schools to start a fundraiser.

That led to the formation of Ghana Rock, a nonprofit program run by local teens.

Foxfire Village, NC (WBTV)- For the 2nd straight year, the Forestview Jaguars have claimed the 3A state championship in golf as they won by 22 shots over Burlington High School.

Forestview would have 3 golfers in the top 11 finishers to pace their championship run.  Will Long would win the individual state title after shooting a 6 under 66 today.  Long will play his college golf at Auburn next season.

Joining Long in the top 11 for Forestview were Will Blalock who was tied for 5th, Drew Jurs who finish in 8th, and Alex Taylor who finish tied for 11th.

Other local golfers who finished in the top 11 include South Point's Nick Stafford would finish in 2nd just one shot behind Long, South Rowan's Davis Richards would finished tied for 3rd,  Charlotte Catholic's Ethan Mead finished 9th, and Colton Naslund who finished tied for 11th. 

The summers are busy for this Charlotte teacher.

When Courtney Blosser is not in her first grade classroom, she is busy at a Charlotte YMCA.

"If you can offer them any extra support than you should do that," said Blosser.

Last summer, she signed up be a teacher volunteer for the Y readers program.

The Huntintowne Elementary School teacher volunteered six weeks and fell in love with her job.

"I love reading," said Blosser. 

"I want our children to love reading and I think that for some of our struggling readers that is an amazing program."

The YMCA's Y Reader's program is just one month away.

"This summer we are going to be located at 10 schools across the greater Charlotte area," said Blair Campbell, YMCA communications and partnerships specialist.

The program preps students for the next reading level and helps struggling readers retain information usually lost over the summer.