Nathan Hidajat

  • Assembly offers thrills for Ames students, Google representatives

    Harry Potter. That was the first name called out when Google’s PJ Anderson and Drew Rowny asked a room full of elementary school students to name a children’s character. Anderson and Rowny traveled from Silicon Valley to Ames last week to honor Nathan Hidajat for being chosen as a regional prize winner in the Doodle…

  • Hidajat named regional finalist in the ‘Doodle 4 Google’ competition

    Once again, young Nathan Hidajat has made the local technology news, this time as a regional finalist in the “Doodle 4 Google” competition. In March, the internet giant invited students in grades K-12 to submit a drawing along the theme of “What I’d like to do someday…” Hidajat’s entry, which related directly to the charity:…

  • As charity: water campaign nears end, Hidajat cited as ‘Young Hero’

    Back in February, we shared the story of Nathan Hidajat, who decided before he turned 8 that he wanted to give up his birthday for charity: water after watching the video of Scott Harrison on stage at Big Omaha 2010 (see our post Ames 2nd Grader, Nathan Hidajat, raises $1k for charity: water in 7…

  • Sunday Video: Obama mentions charity: water at Prayer Breakfast

    Despite the fact that here at Silicon Prairie News we’re very much in the midst of preperations for Big Omaha 2011 one of our favorite parts of Big Omaha 2010 keeps showing up in the news. We ran two posts this week telling the story of Nathan Hidajat, a second grader in Ames, Iowa who…

  • More on Hidajat’s charity: water campaign – interview with father

    Yesterday, we posted about Nathan Hidajat, a second grader in Ames, Iowa who gave up his 8th birthday in a fundraising effort to help charity: water, a charity that works to provide clean drinking water to people around the world who don’t have access to it. Nathan decided to give up his birthday after seeing…

  • Ames 2nd grader, Nathan Hidajat, raises $1k for charity: water in 7 days

    Not many can deny that Scott Harrison, founder of charity: water, is a moving speaker. Harrison’s story of personal renewal, his dedication to providing clean drinking water to those who don’t have it, and his ability to redefine how we look at philanthropy has moved people all over the world; from the 500 people in…