In 1992, CJ Martin got in trouble at school. His "punishment" was to take part in a Leadership Class. Proving he had learned his lesson in a BIG way, he concocted the idea of holding a talent/beauty pageant to raise money for hospitalized children. But this talent pageant had a twist - the GUYS put on the show and the GIRLS manage them.

Kids Helping Kids was born! Fast forward to the present day: students from 16 local highschools in our Oregon counties labor for three or more months to fund-raise and create an event that has become a permanent tradition for the schools. The students who choose to participate do so for different reasons. By pageant night, however, they are all in it for one reason - saving lives.