A Moving Picture

Posted by Gabe on February 24, 2012 under Featured Hero, Kids are Heroes | Be the First to Comment

To date we have featured 279 heroes from 9 countries on the Kids Are Heroes® website. We are all so proud and amazed by all of them. But a picture sent by our newest hero’s mom really got to me.

Raegan Junge, (pictured below) is a 7-year-old girl with a huge heart. Seeing the devastation suffered by the tornado victims in Joplin, Missouri and other places, Raegan had to do something. She made bracelets to sell and donated $450 for victims in Alabama. She learned of an elderly couple who had lost their home due to the destructive storm in Joplin which left them living in a shelter. The husband is a veteran. Raegan decided that she wanted to sponsor them. Her mom drove her 8 hours from Iowa to meet them personally and hand deliver the check for $1600.00 that Raegan had personally raised. (To see all of what Raegan accomplished, visit her feature on the Kids Are Heroes website here.)

So why did this picture affect me so much? Seeing the sheer devastation in the background representing lives being torn apart balanced by a little angel who had taken it upon herself to help out and do something really moved me. If the legacy of our generation is represented by shocking, tasteless and sensational reality TV that we so care about then at least there does seem to be hope for the future if Raegan and our other heroes have anything to do with it. Keep it up, young lady we are so proud of you.