After seeing what life was like for poor children in Honduras for herself, Erica Cale, 15, decided she had to do something to help.
She and her mother Nancy Cale founded the non-profit organization Helping Hearts Helping Hands in Honduras, she said to Clarkston Girl Scouts at their April 10 service meeting.
On their missions trips, Erica and Nancy bring clothes, food, vitamins, personal care items and toys to children, who have nothing to play with but rocks and sticks they find in the road, Nancy said.
‘The simplest things we bring down just excite them and make them really happy,? she said.
The Cales are hoping to start a pen pal program for the older children. The children range in age from babies to mid-teen.
?[The organization] gives kids appreciation when they look at what life is like when you have nothing,? Nancy said.
Erica’s goal is to open an American run orphanage by 2010 so the children can be adopted into American families. She would like to become an adoption attorney.
For more information or to help out call 248-660-4507 or visit www.helpingheartshelpinghands.org .
Also at the meeting, graduating seniors Lindsey Chapman, Heather Haynes, Jenn Lumetta, and Amber Raffler were honored for their service, includingd leadership of younger troops and fashion shows.
Haynes also received the Gold Award for the work she did at the Springfield Township Senior Center. She taught a three-week class on making chocolate. At the end she gave them a booklet so they could make chocolate with their grandchildren.
Alison Kitchen, Caitlyn Harvey and Kat Gawronski received Silver Awards for sessions they planned for day camp.