Six-Year-Old Girl Raises Money to Help and Feed the Homeless in Missouri

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By Fatima Virrey , Parent Herald Aug 22, 02:28 am

Paris Williams is a young girl from Missouri who created a non-profit organization that aims to feed the homeless.

The six-year-old girl is full of aspirations to help those who are in need. She sells T-shirts and facemasks to gather funds for her foundation.

Paris and her family have already given away more than 500 care packages in their community.

The inspiration behind the young girl's foundation

One of Paris' favorite books is "One Boy's Magic" by Cari Chadwick Deal.

According to her mom, Alice Marshall, Paris reads books about giving at school. One day, Paris came home and told her mom, "I want to give back to the homeless. What can we do to help the homeless?"

After that, they thought of making care packages that they could give away.

Creating the care packages

The care packages that Paris Cares Foundation makes are filled with food, drinks, and other essential items. They give these away to the homeless at Downtown St. Louis in Missouri.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, they give away the care packages through non-contact drop-offs.

Paris' parents are the ones who put up the care packages. However, Paris personalizes these care packages with drawings and notes.

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Six-Year-Old Girl Raises Money to Help and Feed the Homeless in Missouri

Aside from the care packages and feeding the homeless, she has also helped feed the essential workers.

Part of Paris' plans for the future, the young girl plans to conduct a hot-food drive for Thanksgiving. Also, she wants to buy toys for children this Christmas.

How to help or donate to Paris Cares Foundation?

Paris sells Tshirts and facemasks. People may buy these products through this Bonfire.com.

Also, her foundation is open for donations since November of last year. A GoFundMe page accepts all the donations for her foundation. The first two goals in the GoFundMe page has been completed. Right now, the campaign aims to raise 3500 US Dollars for their causes. The campaign has already raised 3,320 US Dollars, as of writing. After raising $3500, she also aims to raise 7,000 dollars for the foundation.

All of the proceeds are expected to be used in feeding the homeless and sending care packages.

The proud mom

In an interview with Fox2, Alice shared how proud she is of her six-year-old daughter.

Paris is only about to enter first grade, but her intentions to help her community is already this big.

Alice said, "With everything that is going on in the world. And to think that there is a small child who has such a big heart. She wants to give, she wants to help others."