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CHILD
HERO: CALISTA
M. PIERCE by
Jenifer Pierce from
Calista knows how much her brother struggles to do
the things most kids can do with ease. She also knows how much he loves
being able to go to Special
Olympics competitions and how great he feels when he wins an
award. She has wanted to become an official Special Olympics volunteer
ever since he started participating in the program in 2005. Calista decided that since she is only 7 and too
young to be an official volunteer right now, she would try to help out
in another way. When she found out that our local Special Olympics
program lost their largest fundraising event and was worried about
having the funding to be able to take athletes to competitions, she came
up with her own unique plan! She decided to make and sell crafts to help
fundraise for the program. Since December 2006, she has spent over 100
hours making and selling her crafts and has raised $440.00 for the
program thus far. She continues to make and sell her crafts every chance
she gets and says that her goal is to raise $3000.00! She also donated
40 bowling picture frame magnets to be given out as awards at the
Crawford County Special Olympics bowling party! She named her project
Calista Cares and has a website
in the hopes of getting the word out and raising more money for Crawford
County Special Olympics. Not only has she done all of this, but since the age
of 5, Calista has helped out as much as she possibly can at all of the
Special Olympics events she goes to. Whether it be keeping scores in
bowling, timing during track and field, ball chasing during the softball
throws or simply cheering on the athletes, she has been ready and
willing to lend a helping hand! She is her brother's biggest cheerleader
both in and out of competition! She is an amazing little girl who spends
many hours working on her crafts and is constantly trying to find more
places to sell them. She never expects anything in return; she just
wants to bring in as much money for the program as she possibly can to
make sure area athletes can continue to compete! She has been an
inspiration to her family, friends and Crawford County Special Olympics!
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