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After seeing the
devastation in Haiti on the news, one fourth-grade girl
decided to do something about it, reports MNN.
10-year-old Christa Wood says watching the after effects
of the earthquake made her feel she had to do something.
She began thinking of ways she could help children in
Haiti, and she decided on something she knew would bring
her comfort in a rough situation: stuffed animals.
Wood created a stuffed animal drive at her school, and
the idea caught like wildfire. Before she knew it,
drop-off stations had popped up at major stores,
businesses and restaurants, for the many who wanted to
participate in what is being called ‘Hugs for Haiti.’
So far, nearly 600 stuffed animals have been donated
from U.S. children who were not using them anymore. Wood
believes these stuffed animals will make the Haitian
children who receive them "feel safe and give them
something to love.”
This faith in action is being coupled with aid from
Buckner International. Buckner will send the stuffed
toys to Haiti with the other necessities they are
collecting and sending to Haitian children.
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