If you volunteer in the community, let me know. If you have
a friend who is a kid hero, let me know. If you are looking
for someplace to make a difference, let your adult know and
find someplace to get involved.
Kid Heroes make a difference
for local organizations
By Dave Woods • dwoods@OfficialKidsMag.com
MAKING A
DIFFERENCE
Bella and Brooke Pierce started
volunteering at an early age.
The two sisters from Rogers
show no sign of slowing down
their community involvement
any time soon.
"So far I've volunteered at
the animal shelter," Bella, a
student at Elmwood Middle
School, said. "I rang bells
for the Salvation Army at
Christmas. I've served meals
to homeless people for
Salvation Army and I've
packed snack packs."
Bella's little sister, Brooke,
has the volunteer spirit,
too.
"I rang the bell at
Christmas and it was
freezing," the 7-year-old
Tucker Elementary student
said. "At the animal shelter
I played with dogs and cats
and I fed them bacon treats. There were
kittens and a puppy and a husky and a
terrier mix. One was named scruff
and he was the terrier mix."
While the Salvation Army
and local animal shelters
have benefited from their
volunteerism, Samaritan House
and other charities have
enjoyed the girls can-do kid
hero attitude.
Bella said she was left with
a good feeling after packing
weekend snack packs for local
school kids.
Snack packs are a nationwide
effort to make sure school-age
kids don't go without meals
on weekends. Backpacks are
stuffed with packaged food
that kids can take home
to supplement weekend
meals.
"That made me
feel good," Bella
explained. "I
would pack
them and later in the week
I would see teachers bring
them into the classroom and
give them to the students. Even though I
never told anyone, it really made me feel
good for myself."
Brooke feels the same way.
"It's not for you," she said. "It's for
other people."
Bella and Brooke's friends know they
volunteer and think it's a good deal. The
sisters know what they do to help those
in need is important. What they didn't
know is that it might even be cool.
"Volunteering isn't weird and isn't
just for old people," Belle said, giggling.
"That's what I thought at first. That it
was just for old people and a little weird.
I didn't think it would be as fun as it is.
It makes you feel good knowing that you
did something good for other people."
6 • Off icial Kids Mag • MARCH & APRIL 2018
