Trottier sixth grader Kaasinath Balagurnath wants to make a difference in the fight against world hunger. While a fifth grader at Neary, Kaasinath created a team on the UN-sponsored website freerice.com, where he and his fellow students answered trivia questions to earn donations of rice for those in need. At last check, Kaasinath and his team had donated nearly 100,000 grains of rice.

Southborough natives Robin and Kerry Kendall are worlds apart. Robin is here in Southborough and Kerry is deployed with Special Forces in Afghanistan. But later this month they’ll both make a journey to cross home plate.

With the season of charity runs, walks, and rides, upon us, there are no shortage of stories of Southborough residents going above and beyond to do their part for causes they hold near and dear. It began earlier this week when a number of our neighbors braved the heat to run the Boston Marathon for their favorite charity.