Charity

I have been humbled by a 5 year old.

My eldest niece, Olivia, has made me feel like I should be doing something. I will be looking for a local charity here in San Francisco (suggestions welcome) to somehow raise money for. I do not know how I will do this, but I will be thinking about it greatly over the next few weeks.

The reason for this, as I have said, is my niece. Olivia was watching tv back home in Nottingham and saw and ad/commercial (delete as appropriate to your take on English) for a charity called CAFOD - Catholic Agency For Overseas Development. In the ad she saw young children starving and it upset her. She wanted to know why they had no food and she had enough. It wasn't fair. She turned to my Sister and said: "Mummy, I want to help those children. Can I raise money for them?" Michelle asked her how she wanted to do it. "Daddy ran a marathon, can I do that?"

So this Sunday, September 30th 2012, my 5 year old niece is running a mini-marathon to raise money. She will run 1.5miles and so far has raised over £500 (her target was £100). She has spoken in Churches, at school, and she has a just giving page:

http://www.justgiving.com/Olivia-Brogan

Please, if you can sponsor her. She is such an inspiration to me.

Maybe one day, I'll be half the wonderful person she is. Maybe. One day.