at Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. He also has given a lot. As Mr. Al Jumaili adapted to his new American life, he carved out time to help other people. He wanted to make a difference in his new community. “I grew up in a helpful family,” says Mr. Al Jumaili. “When something is not normal, we help out.” He volunteers for the Red Cross, a group he chose because it helps save people’s lives. His job is to try to make people feel comfortable while they are donating blood. “I tell them not to be nervous,” Mr. Al Jumaili says. He also keeps an eye on them to make sure they feel OK. He helps to organize blood drives, too. “Everybody wants to save somebody’s life,” he says. Now he has set his sights on becoming a volunteer firefighter. He plans to take the firefighting test and possibly join a volunteer company when he is in college. “It’s a good thing to do for my community,” he says. In high school, Mr. Al Jumaili joined Scouting and earned about three dozen merit badges—more than needed—to become an Eagle Scout. To meet the service requirement for that top rank, he volunteered to help St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill by digging a drain, cleaning, and making repairs. Mohammed Al Jumaili A life spared, now helping others The day was Jan. 13, 2006. Mohammed Al Jumaili was celebrating his 11th birthday with his family. About noon, some American Marines stopped by his home in Fallujah, Iraq, to mark the occasion and give him and his cousins some candy. Soon after the Marines left, a car bomb exploded near where the young boy and some of his cousins were playing. One cousin died in the blast and he himself was injured seriously. He was transported to a Baghdad hospital, where his right leg was amputated. He still has shrapnel in his left leg. Since that day, Mr. Al Jumaili, now 18, has coped with a lot. After his mother voiced pro-American feelings on a TV news report, they received a death threat. They left Iraq in 2009 for the United States, where the government allowed them to make a new home. He and his mother now live in Glenside, Pa., and he has undergone surgery four times and received three new prostheses