A Kentucky student shows love to her classmates by making sure everyone’s birthday is celebrated.
A Kentucky third-grader was featured on ABC’s Good Morning America’s website recnetly for a project she started after an impoverished classmate told her he did not get a birthday party at home.
9-year old Bella Smith collects donations of cake mixes, icing and party supplies; packs them into boxes; and gives them to the family resource center at her elementary school in London, Kentucky. Family Resource Center staff send the supplies to the homes of students who might not otherwise have a birthday celebration.
Bella told GMA, “I thank God for the opportunity for letting me be able to shine my light and show that I love my neighbors,”
Bella was in the first grade when a classmate told her that his family could not afford to have a birthday party for him.
Bella’s mom, Marlana Evans told the Herald-Leader, “She was talking to a little boy in her class about her birthday… and he told her that he didn’t have a birthday. His family couldn’t afford that so he had never had a birthday party or a cake or any kind of celebration. And that was the spark of an idea to make sure no one gets left out.
Bella has made 80 boxes this school year. Her goal for this year is 100, “But her mom thinks she’ll surpass that. Evans said, “Bella has a “big heart, she’s a pretty special kid.”