{"id":1281029,"date":"2022-02-08T09:40:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T14:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1281029"},"modified":"2022-02-08T09:40:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T14:40:47","slug":"eleven-year-old-raises-4k-for-childrens-shelter-i-love-knowing-im-helping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eleven-year-old-raises-4k-for-childrens-shelter-i-love-knowing-im-helping\/","title":{"rendered":"Eleven-Year-Old Raises $4K for Children&#039;s Shelter: &#039;I Love Knowing I&#039;m Helping&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feleven-year-old-raises-4k-for-childrens-shelter-i-love-knowing-im-helping%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1281029&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Olivias-Annual-Hot-Cocoa-Stand-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">An 11-year-old girl in West Palm Beach, Florida, is working hard to help children in her own community get the support they need.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, Olivia Knowles gives a check to workers at Grandma\u2019s Place, a shelter for abused and neglected children that also offers short-term care for children with disabilities and the people who watch over them, CBS 12 <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/morning-show\/hometown-heroes-11-year-old-girl-raises-thousands-of-dollars-for-local-childrens-shelter\">reported<\/a> Monday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI love bringing it here and knowing that I\u2019m helping people,\u201d Olivia explained.<\/p>\n<p>The generous child set up a hot chocolate stand in her area when she was six-years-old thanks to some help from relatives and friends.<\/p>\n<p>Video footage from 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jMAwzmwghFg\">showed<\/a> Olivia ready to serve the warm drinks:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n[embedded content]\n<div class=\"interstory_second_desktop\">\n<p>However, this year\u2019s donation blew everyone away because it was over $4,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt brings me to tears, it really does. It\u2019s amazing what she does and each year it continues to build and build,\u201d said&nbsp;Joan O\u2019Connell, who is president of the board at Grandma\u2019s Place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo have someone so young be so kind and caring and also the awareness that there are children out there that are less fortunate than your average child,\u201d Joan continued.<\/p>\n<p>The Olivia\u2019s Annual Hot Cocoa Stand social media page&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=329844949027985&amp;id=100807271931755\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;Sunday the effort raised $4,331 in donations:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have so many THANK YOUs, HUGS and HIGH FIVES to send to you!!! Such a special day for so many!\u201d the post read:<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=329844949027985&amp;id=100807271931755\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100807271931755\/posts\/329844949027985\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>DONATION DAY!!!!! Last Monday was Donation Day at Grandma\u2019s Place.  What a feeling it is to walk through their doors\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100807271931755\">Olivia\u2019s Annual Hot Cocoa Stand<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100807271931755\/posts\/329844949027985\/\">Sunday, February 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now, the entire neighborhood looks forward to that one big night each December.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had Santa come this year, we do a sweet treats stand, we do a scavenger hunt and yeah it\u2019s a lot of fun,\u201d Olivia commented.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The event raises money so the children staying at Grandma\u2019s Place can enjoy a special day, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo get this kind of money gives us the chance to do a little something extra for our children that we haven\u2019t necessarily budgeted for,\u201d Joan explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just makes me feel so great knowing kids out there that maybe aren\u2019t as fortunate as us get to do amazing things,\u201d Olivia said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An 11-year-old girl in West Palm Beach, Florida, is working hard to help children in her own community get the support they need. 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