A 15-year-old boy has raised over $13,000 in donations for homeless veterans, special needs children, and first responders by selling and donating wooden flags he carves himself
Want more inspiring, positive news? Sign up for The Good Stuff, a newsletter for the good in life. It will brighten your inbox every Saturday morning.In 2019, Lorenzo Liberti met a homeless veteran while serving meals at a food pantry with his church youth group. The tenth grader from Lakewood Ranch, Florida, couldn't understand how someone who had served the country ended up abandoned, he says."He inspired me to be the change and make a difference," Lorenzo says.
That's over 1,000 hours of work he has spent carving and painting.Lorenzo's mother is a healthcare worker in the Sarasota Memorial Hospital network. When the pandemic first rocked the nation, he saw"the dedication have to the communities," and decided to include them in his mission, he says."We went to war against the virus. Our new soldiers are wearing scrubs instead of camouflage," he says."I thought it would be fitting to honor our new heroes with my flags.
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