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SunsetMom wrote on Feb 23, 2009 9:56 AM:
Very impressive for a young girl to have so much compassion. Way to go!
Teen helps families keep cupboards full
Saturday, February 21, 2009 | 3 comment(s)
Food banks have seen a growing demand for their services. But there have also been signs that giving has increased to meet the need.
That’s what Sydney Vaughn found when she prepared food and gift baskets that she donated through the local Court Appointed Special Advocate office earlier this winter.
“I thought it would be harder than usual,” said the 13-year-old Coos Bay girl, who has been assembling baskets on her own for about five years.
Instead, people went into their pantries and opened their wallets. She filled her living room with about $1,500 worth of food, which she packaged into boxes for three different families, one with 10 members.
Included in the donations were gift cards to local restaurants totaling $150 that were donated from the Marshfield High School student body.
Dale Reiber, a CASA volunteer, said his group picks the families who receive Sydney’s donations. They try and find children who were placed in foster care, then returned to their birth parents. In addition to food, the packages include toys and children’s clothing.
“I like that I got to help someone that isn’t able to have a Christmas ’til I gave (a basket) to them,” Sydney said.
That’s what Sydney Vaughn found when she prepared food and gift baskets that she donated through the local Court Appointed Special Advocate office earlier this winter.
“I thought it would be harder than usual,” said the 13-year-old Coos Bay girl, who has been assembling baskets on her own for about five years.
Instead, people went into their pantries and opened their wallets. She filled her living room with about $1,500 worth of food, which she packaged into boxes for three different families, one with 10 members.
Included in the donations were gift cards to local restaurants totaling $150 that were donated from the Marshfield High School student body.
Dale Reiber, a CASA volunteer, said his group picks the families who receive Sydney’s donations. They try and find children who were placed in foster care, then returned to their birth parents. In addition to food, the packages include toys and children’s clothing.
“I like that I got to help someone that isn’t able to have a Christmas ’til I gave (a basket) to them,” Sydney said.
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