A 7-yr-old asks for coloring books for her birthday so she can donate them to sick kids.
For Gracie Chambers’ seventh birthday, she only wanted two things — or, rather, a lot of two things: coloring books and crayons. But they weren’t for her.
While the little Texan loves coloring, she had something much sweeter planned for the gifts. You see, Gracie really cares about other people, and as such, wanted to take advantage of her birthday to brighten sick children’s days. She said it makes her feel happy.
After talking it over with her mom, Tara, Gracie decided coloring books would be the most fun for young patients at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Ft Worth. So that’s what she asked for when she turned 7 years old. Tara spread the word on Facebook, asking for coloring book and crayon donations that would be given to the hospital.
Shortly after Tara shared the birthday girl‘s request, packages upon packages began piling up at the Chambers family door. Soon, Gracie had more boxes of crayons and coloring books than she knew what to do with.
By the time they stopped collecting donations, Tara and Gracie had over 600 coloring books, smashing their goal of 100. And they couldn’t have come at a better time — the day Gracie and Tara delivered the books and crayons, the hospital asked the public for donations!
But Gracie isn’t anywhere near done with her philanthropic pursuits. Next year, she’s planning to donate 700 books.