You Can Too!These stories are jam-packed with inspiration, tips and advice on how kids can give to their favorite causes.
Evan's Neighborhood Eight-year-old Evan Johnston lives on the kind of street where all the families know each other and the kids play in each other’s yards after school. It’s a safe street for strollers and Big Wheels, skate boards and street hockey. A perfect street for trick-or-treat, holiday decorations, and Fourth of July barbecues. A friendly street.
Evan’s second grade teacher asked her students to think about ways they could help others less fortunate, Evan decided to raise money for a good cause. Read More »
Sabrina's Shootout Eight hundred hot dogs. Five hundred T-shirts. One-hundred-thirty customized gift bags. When Sabrina Kelley, 9, throws a party, there’s nothing small about it. Sabrina’s Shootout, an annual fundraiser for Children’s Hospital Boston, is the high point of her calendar—even better than a birthday.
Each September she hosts 400 guests for a day of mini-golf, arcade games, inflatables, clowns, face painters, and more. She serves popcorn, hot dogs, pizza, cotton candy, and her favorite, cherry slush cones. Families playing mini-golf compete for prizes in a golf “shoot-out,” but all the kids who complete 18 holes win a gift bag of toys and treats Sabrina designs just for them. Read More »
Eddie's Walk Eddie Yankow, 10, knows the importance of dreaming big. He’s a Red Sox fan and Little League first baseman who’d love to play pro ball one day. He also wants to be a cardiologist or brain surgeon.
Eddie’s been a cardiac patient at Children’s Hospital Boston since he was an infant. Every year he and his parents travel to Boston for his checkup—a major trip since they live on Nantucket Island. After appointments with his doctors, Eddie and his mother go to a bookstore and buy books for every child staying on the hospital’s cardiac floor. Eddie knows he’s lucky his annual visits are brief. Read More »
Charlene's Bat Mitzvah Charlene Swain took her first dance class at 3, and quickly discovered she would rather be dancing than anything. Broadway became her dream. So, at age 9, when she began complaining she was too tired to go to class, her mother became alarmed. Doctors at Children’s Hospital decided Charlene needed a pacemaker—a tiny clock-like device implanted in her heart to help it beat regularly. Her surgery was so successful she went home from the hospital the next day. To help her adjust, she attended Pacemaker Camp, a weekend event held each summer for Children’s Hospital pacemaker patients. “It was so much fun—we swam and had sports and games and a casino night. We learned we can be active and have fun just like any other kid,” she says. A few months later, Charlene entered her first regional dance competition and won a gold medal. Read More »
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