Boy, 9, Sells Toys To Raise $2.85 For Giffords (what a great kid!)

[LynneSin]

Boy, 9, Sells Toys To Raise $2.85 For Giffords

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/20/isaac-saldana-sells-toys-for-giffords_n_811788.html

Nine-year-old Isaac Saldana of Tucson, Ariz., was so upset when he heard about the shootings in his hometown that he felt compelled to do something in response.

"Me and my brother were about to go walk the dog when we saw them saying on TV that a little girl and Gabrielle Giffords got shot," he told HuffPost. "I just thought, whoa! I didn't know that people carry around guns here in Tucson. It scared me a little."

Saldana said he decided the best way to help would be to gather some of his toys from home, as well as a bracelet his father had brought him after one his deployments as a U.S. Marine, and sell them at school to raise money for Giffords.

"I felt really bad about Gabrielle being in the hospital and getting shot, so I just wanted to help her," he said.

After raising a total of $2.85, Saldana put the money into an envelope with a get-well card and mailed it to Giffords' hospital room. His mother, Aracely Saldana, said she had no idea what he was up to.

[helderheid]

1. Love it!

[ananda]

2. Wow. He didn't know that people in Tucson carried guns.

Just wow.

[GSLevel9]

3. fortunately...

Rep. Giffords has a fantastic health care plan and will not suffer monetarily from the assault.

She will receive the finest physical and psychological care for the rest of her life.