Money Young Philanthropists People Children Donate Girl 11 Year Old

Normally we think of "philanthropists" (people who donate a lot of money to help others) as wealthy, older adults who have achieved great success in life and now are ready to "give back to society" (make contributions to the people and organizations that have helped one achieve success), but some philanthropists are actually "quite" (very) young.

Some young children are passionate about helping other children with serious "medical conditions" (health problems). For example, one 12-year-old girl, Abby Miller, has become a "street performer" (someone who performs on city streets in the hopes that other people will give money to him or her), singing to collect money that will help another child pay her medical expenses. And an 11-year-old boy, Cameron Cohen, designed an iPhone app, and some of the "proceeds" (money made by selling something) are donated to buy things for children who are in the hospital. And a nine-year-old boy named Harry Moseley sells bracelets to raise money for brain tumor research.

Other young philanthropists are "motivated" (made to want to do something) to raise money for "conservation" (protection of the natural environment). An 11-year-old girl, Olivia Bouler, saw a TV program about an oil spill and wanted to help the animals that were affected by it. She began making drawings of birds and giving them to people who donate money to the National Audubon Society (a nonprofit organization that protects birds; see English Café 284), and her work has raised more than $200,000 for the organization.