Random Act of Kid-ness: Trading Hair for a Home

This week’s Random Act of Kid-ness comes to us all the way from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where 12 year old Natasha Moraes de Andrade cut and donated her over 5 foot long hair (!) to earn money so that her family could buy a house. Natasha, who currently  lives in a small, window-less room in a shanty town, plans on using the $4,800 she got for selling her hair toward a new family home.

Read more about Natasha’s struggle with her hair and the eventual decision to donate it for good here.

Random Act of Kid-ness: Lemonade Stand for a Sick Dad

This week’s Random Act of Kid-ness comes to us from Gladewater, TX, where 6 year old Drew Cox opened a lemonade stand to raise money for his dad’s cancer treatments. His dad Randy was diagnosed with Seminoma cancer 3 months ago. Drew charged only 25 cents per cup of lemonade when he opened last Saturday, and by the end of the day he raised $10,000!

Read more about Drew’s lemonade stand and how you can donate money toward his dad’s treatment, click here.

P.S. This story reminds us of one of our very first Random Act of Kid-ness highlights (and one of our biggest blog supporters on Facebook!). Just wanted to give another shout out to Jack and Eric’s Pirate Lemonade Stand!

Random Act of Kid-ness: Good Deeds All Year Long

This week’s Random Act of Kid-ness comes to us from Montclair, NJ, where 3rd grader Julia Diamond-Rotman has been raising money for the American Red Cross for almost a year. After Julia heard about all the natural disasters, from floods to tornadoes, occurring around the world last summer, she decided she had to help those in need. She raised over $100 and just presented the money to the Red Cross last week.

Julia also cut and donated her hair to Locks of Love last year, when she found out one of her close family members was diagnosed with cancer.

We think that Julia is just an all-around kind kid who would do anything for those in need. Read more about her and her efforts here. And as always, let us know if you have a suggestion for our next Random Act of Kid-ness.

Random Act of Kid-ness: Saving His Sister From A Fire

This week’s Random Act of Kid-ness comes to us from Louisville, Kentucky, where 10 year old Antoine Burks ran back into his burning home after he realized his 6 year old sister was still inside.

Says Antoine:

“The fire came right to us, and I didn’t know what to do, and it burnt my leg, so that’s when I ran out and I saw Trinity needed help, so I ran back in. I am her big brother, and I have to protect her.”

Read the fully story here.

Do you have a suggestion for our next Random Act of Kid-ness? Know a kid(s) doing awesome things in the world? Let us know!

Random Act of Kid-ness: Saving Grandma’s Home

This week’s Random Act of Kid-ness comes to us from Wisconsin, where 12 year old Noah Lamaide raised $10,500.00 to save his grandma’s home from foreclosure. When his grandma Janice fell short on her
mortgage payments, Noah stepped in and posted on his website about how much his grandma deserved support:

“My Grandma incase you don’t know her has a heart of gold. She has given so much to our community since I can remember!!!” 

He asked for donations to help save her home from being taken away, and people listened!

Philanthropy is not new to Noah, though. When he was only 9 years old, his mom challenged him to do one community service project every year. Noah has given donations to food banks and even raised money for a trip to Disneyland for his family friend who had cancer. Noah is truly an inspirational kid.

Read more about Noah’s random acts of kindness here.

Do you know a kid who has done or is doing random acts of kindness? Let us know!