Walking home with her family after a hockey game one night, 11-year-old Caleigh Fagan of Moncton, N.B., saw a homeless man sitting alone who 鈥渓ooked very sad and not comfortable.鈥�
The image stayed with her.
鈥淪he started saying, 鈥業 want to do something, what can I do?鈥欌�� says Chandra Dempsey, Caleigh鈥檚 mother.
Using her own money, Fagan created 鈥淐aleigh鈥檚 comfort care kits,鈥� portable care packages with essential items she could hand out to the homeless people in her community.
鈥淢y parents always say if you feel like it鈥檚 a good thing to put your money towards, you can do it,鈥� Fagan says.
鈥淚 felt like that was a very important thing to put my money towards.鈥�
Fagan also got her school, Lewisville Middle School in Moncton, involved by going to her teacher Mr. Bishop.
Fagan brought a three page proposal along, laying out costs, her objectives and ideas for fundraising and collecting items for the kits.
鈥淪he was really serious about this,鈥� says Bishop.
Each homeroom class is putting together their own kits, with school activities such as PJ Day, Slipper Day and Jersey Day being coopted to collect items -- but more donations keep coming in.
鈥淧eople are just leaving stuff at our door,鈥� says Fagan. 鈥淣obody even knows who it鈥檚 from.鈥�
