Hannah isn’t the only young child to reach a fairly large audience. Charlie Simpson, a 7-year-old London boy, has been making news for a bike ride that has raised more than $200,000 for UNICEF’s Haiti fund.
But far more common are the thousands of classrooms, sports teams, and community groups – often led by one or two kids – that are coming together and creatively pooling their resources:
• Caitlyn Sather, a fourth-grader in Marietta, Ga., encouraged her school to hold a pajama day, in which kids were allowed to wear pajamas if they donated at least $2. She also has started collecting shoes for the Soles4Souls drive.
• Kate Lyn Sutherland, a 15-year-old 4-H club member in California, organized a fundraiser that raised more than $1,000 for the Red Cross.
• Three 8-year-old friends in Milan, Mich. – Sophia Morelock, Emily Runkel, and Maxine Tewsley – held a yard sale and bottle drive, raising $191.11 for the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.
• Max Mines, a 12-year-old boy in Philadelphia, is organizing kids to busk – play music on the street – during the second week in February and to donate their earnings to Doctors Without Borders.
