7-year-old s bracelet making raises $20,000 for hospital pandemic gear By: CNN
By Caralyn Ryan, CNN (CNN) Hayley Orlinsky wanted to raise $200 for Chicago s Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children s hospital by making colorful rubber band bracelets.
A few months and more than 8,000 bracelets later, Hayley, 7, has raised more than $20,000, helping the hospital purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) and support research efforts.
The Chicago second grader began the project with an apparent knack for entrepreneurship she sold the most cookies in her Girl Scout troop last year and a desire to spread kindness in response to bullies who made fun of her height.
By Caralyn Ryan, CNN
Hayley Orlinsky wanted to raise $200 for Chicago s Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children s hospital by making colorful rubber band bracelets.
A few months and more than 8,000 bracelets later, Hayley, 7, has raised more than $20,000, helping the hospital purchase personal protective equipment (PPE) and support research efforts.
The Chicago second grader began the project with an apparent knack for entrepreneurship she sold the most cookies in her Girl Scout troop last year and a desire to spread kindness in response to bullies who made fun of her height. When I was 3 years old, I got bullied for being the shortest kid in the class, and my mom wrote a book about it, and it was my moment I knew I wanted to spread kindness everywhere, Hayley said.