THE HEART OF A 14 YEAR OLD........

As co-founder of a non-profit foundation that benefits families with kids born with heart defects we are often touched by the stories and generosity we encounter. Yesterday however my heart was touched not only from the aspect of the foundation but also as a mother. I received a call from a woman who explained to me that her son had found $300 in a parking lot of a store. He and his father turned the money into the store as anyone should. Recently the store called and said that no one had claimed the money and it was her sons to come in and pickup. Over the next few days her son, who I might add is 14 years old, informed his parents that he wanted to donate half of the money to charity. Being the amazing parents that these people must be they told there son that they thought that was a great idea and that he should do some research and chose 3-5 charities to donate to. To make a long wonderful story short, in stages this young man did his research and ended up choosing CCF as the sole recipient of the funds and not only that but decided to donate all $300 because in his words he would just buy a bunch of crap with his half. He had also done enough research to determine he wanted to donate $150 to Coopers Cause and $150 to Raelynn's Rock Stars! If that wasn't enough, he also decided that his friends at schools should also donate enough money to match his donation. He asked his principal and was told he could present the idea to the student council and it could be voted on. This was the reason for the phone call to me because he wanted some fliers regarding CCF to hand out at his presentation. I was greatful for the donation but I was just so proud of this young man!!!! As a parent this is what you dream of. We are so fortunate to get to experience so any amazing things. We have to be the most fortunate family ever!!!!!