Brae's Brown Bags

I am honestly blown away by the number of organizations that have formed around people's desire to help others.  Many of them by young people, which is even more interesting.  I've written about others in previous posts. 

There's a thirteen year old boy named Braeden Mannering that lives in Delaware.  His "Brae's Brown Bags" foundation (3B) has given over 4,600 sacks of food to the homeless since 2013.  Braeden is the CEO of this nonprofit, and his mother Christy is the COO.
www.braedenquinn.com

Braeden won the 2013 Healthy Lunchtime Challenge www.letsmove.govand was invited to the White House for the Kid's State Dinner.  First Lady Michelle Obama asked him how he would pay his experience forward to benefit others.  He came up with the idea for Brae's Brown Bags.  As Braeden says on his web site:

"Our mission is to provide healthy snacks to homeless and low-income individuals.  Every bag includes a letter from Braeden, contact information for additional services who can provide further assistance.  Three healthy snacks (each one is below 180 calories) and a bottle of water.  Our belief is that every person regardless of their financial situation deserves to have access to healthy food. This helps to balance the paradox between obesity and food insecurity."

As his work continues, he and his mom have expanded into different directions, with specialty food bags, Brae giving educational talks, especially to youth, about food insecurity and raising money for 3B as well as other hunger relief organizations.

 You may have seen him on TV recently because Michelle Obama was so intrigued with the work he does for the homeless that she invited him to be a guest at President Obama's January 2016 State of the Union address.

If a 13-year-old child can accomplish this much in such a short time, what can us adults do with 

just a little bit of ambition?

Next week watch for a post about Paper for Water, "Bringing water and the Word to the Thirsty one piece of paper at a time."