Sage Goodall said he wants all of the children in Ukraine affected by war to feel the 'hug' of a stuffed toy.
The 11-year-old is partnering with businesses and the YMCA to collect stuffed animals to send to kids from the war-torn country.None of that, however, compares to the size of his heart, a heart measured in stuffed animals.“CNN came on and it was saying about all these kids from Ukraine because of all their houses being blown up,” he said.Each donated stuffed toy will go to a child impacted by the war.
“They need to feel what the normal kids of the world feel, when they can hug onto something when they feel scared or sad,” Sage said.Then the YMCA of Northeast Florida got involved. Its branches became donation sites, and each new toy became like a hug from thousands of miles away.“We didn’t know it would be this big,” she said. “To walk in here and see this, it’s heartfelt.
With the response comes a message from Sage to his fellow kids: Every child is special - show kindness. “Everyone is the same,” Sage said. “They’re just human beings, that God created them. They need to realize, ‘Don’t think about yourself, think about others before you.’”Sage and the YMCA said they managed to collect nearly 6,000 stuffed animals to ship to Ukrainian children.Copyright 2022 WJXT via CNN Newsource. All rights reserved.
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