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Shining World Compassion Award:
Phoebe’s Food Bank Charity Project
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Everywhere in the world,
we can observe
and be touched
by acts of kindness.
People from all walks of
life, faiths, and cultures
extend themselves
beyond the call of duty
to help others
unconditionally.
Through their noble deeds,
humanity as a whole
is elevated.
To commend
virtuous actions and
encourage more people
to be inspired
by their examples,
Supreme Master
Ching Hai
has lovingly created
a series of awards,
including the Shining
World Leadership
Award, Shining World
Compassion Award,
Shining World Hero and
Heroine Awards, Shining
World Honesty Award,
Shining World Protection
Award, Shining World
Intelligence Award,
and Shining World
Inventor Award,
to recognize some
of the most exemplary,
generous, caring,
and courageous people
who walk amongst us.
It all started when
Phoebe came to notice,
on her way to the daycare,
a man holding a sign
asking for food
on the street.
Phoebe, at the tender age
of five, asked her parents,
“Why does that man
look so sad?”
Phoebe would often ask
her teacher about it too,
who explained that
sometimes, people lose
their homes or their job
or encounter hardship.
Once she understood that
the Food Bank is
somewhere the hungry
people could get help,
she had a plan.
Phoebe, can you tell us
a little bit about
your project and what
you did to raise money?
I collected cans.
What gave you the idea
to collect the cans?
Because every week
my dad and me and my
sister, we go to a place
and give the cans
to get money.
She was determined to
collect US$1,000 to feed
hungry people through
this only way she knew
how to earn money –
trading in aluminium
cans for recycling for
only five cents per can.
What were you
raising money for?
The people
who don’t have food.
And so now
they do have food
because of the work
you’ve been doing, right?
Yes.
And so this is the box
that you collected
the money in? (Yes.)
Wow! It’s a beautiful box.
Did you decorate it
yourself? (Yes.)
It has got rainbows and
flowers and everything
all over it, wow!
That’s money,
and the bag of money.
A bag of money? (Yes.)
Within two months,
big-hearted Phoebe
had raised a grand total
of $3,736.30.
This amount was enough
for the city’s Food Bank
to provide nearly 18,000
warm meals – meals that
people in need would not
have if it weren’t for
one girl’s perseverance.
Watching and supporting
Phoebe throughout
the whole achievement
is her preschool teacher,
Ms. Kathleen Albert.
Ms. Albert shared with us
more details.
When it’s time to
graduate, [the children]
need to pick a project,
a charity project, and
sometimes there’s three
or four kids graduating,
sometimes there’s five.
This year, Phoebe was
the only one graduating .
And she decided that she
wanted to raise money
for the Food Bank and
she would collect cans.
In the past the kids have
all done lemonade stands
and have done quite well.
But she explained to me
that you get 5 cents
on a can.
And if I sat down and
did the math with her,
she figured she could
make a thousand dollars.
That was her goal.
Kathleen Albert wasn’t
sure if such an ambitious
amount could be raised.
But she decided to assist
her resolute student.
Phoebe and I sat down
with the other children.
We made a list and
we talked about
she needed to send out
a letter and she needed
to call people .
She took most of the names
from my mailing list,
which was a little over
a hundred people,
and then there were some
other mailing lists that
I had that she knew about
from other projects.
And so she wrote
the letter.
Every word in the letter
was written by
Phoebe herself.
She wrote the letter,
we copied it .
She wrote every person’s
name and she signed
each one herself.
“Dear Family and Friends,
I am going to
graduate from
With Care Preschool.
My charity project is to
raise lots of money
for the Food Bank.
They need money.
I am collecting soda cans.
Would you please give
me your soda cans
and bring them to
With Care between
May 1 and June 15?
I will collect 5 cents
for each can.
I need to get some
sponsors to match what
I make or any donations
would be great!
If you have any questions,
please call my teacher,
Kathleen…
Thank you
for helping me.
My goal is really BIG!!!
Phoebe – [age] 5
The phone’s over here.
She would stand
on the chair and say,
this is what I am doing,
would you help me please?
And that was the process.
And then,
money started to come in.
Optimistic Phoebe asked
for cans and funds, and
that is what she received.
People came to leave
bags of cans at the gate
of the school, while
others sent small amounts
of cash and checks.
Not everyone
she contacted responded,
and some days went by
without any cans.
But the next day,
or the next, the giving
would continue.
And Phoebe continued to
focus on what
she was able to do.
She wanted to count
the money regularly.
So she made a little box,
she has the box now.
It said “Food Bank” on it.
And we put it
about the door, so that
when people came in,
they could put
change or their coins.
And money started
flowing in.
It was Phoebe’s first
saving box, and it was
all set up for people
she didn’t even know.
A few weeks later,
an article appeared
in the local magazine
about Phoebe’s project.
Many were
touched to tears.
There was an article
by a man name
C. W. Nevius.
And he said several weeks
into this project
he had heard about it.
He said if she’s five, and
look what she is doing,
what are you doing?
And that article did
change the pace of it,
because we got
a lot of money.
I mean, we got probably
close to US$1,000
dollars soon after that.
And from various places,
from families, from stores,
we had merchants
in the neighborhood,
who contributed money.
We will be returning
shortly with more details
on Phoebe’s story.
Please stay tuned to
Supreme Master
Television.
Welcome back to today’s
program featuring
five-year-old Phoebe,
a recipient of
the Shining World
Compassion Award from
Supreme Master Ching Hai.
Having seen
hungry people on the
streets in her own city,
one young girl
from the United States
wanted to help.
When she learned that
the local Food Bank is
a place where people can
receive food,
Phoebe set out to raise
US$1,000 by collecting
and redeeming soda cans.
She had a total of
4,497 cans.
Those are the cans
some people collected
and gave, and then
there’s the box.
And there is me
counting the money,
there is me counting
the money again and
there is me with the box.
The Food Bank that
would benefit from
Phoebe’s charity project
provides food to over
22,000 households each
week through more than
400 non-profit groups.
Our warehouse is
45,000 square feet
and generally
at any given time,
we have 2 million pounds
of food.
In this building right here,
we have 10,000 square feet
of freezer space.
And this building here
exists because one in five
adults don't know where
their next meal is
going to come from.
About 60% of the people
whom we serve at our
pantry sites are actually
from working families.
And now that
the economy has being
deteriorating, we've been
seeing a lot of more need
in our community.
Phoebe’s project collected
more than US$3,700.
When applied to
the Food Bank's network,
it could translate into
US$33,600 worth of food,
or almost 18,000 meals.
The project has made us
as a family talk more
about what’s going on
in our city.
we would like Phoebe
to take it beyond
just collecting cans
this one project and
actually continuing work
with food bank so she can
become more aware
on a day to day level,
where this money is
going to go and how
it’s going to help people.
Phoebe’s two-month
fundraising endeavor
has become not only
an inspiration, but a
catalyst that has brought
the family and greater
community together.
It’s a continuation
of what we do here.
This is a village
of families that
all participate and
all help each other.
It made the community
very aware that
there was a need for food
and that there were
hungry people out there.
Phoebe saw somebody
wanting food,
and that’s for her,
what made a difference.
And it’s made us
all very aware.
For her love for others
in need, five-year-old
Phoebe was honored
with the Shining World
Compassion Award from
Supreme Master Ching Hai,
along with
a letter of appreciation.
“We sincerely thank you,
Phoebe, for your intuitive
purity and goodness,
uplifting our world
with your inspirational
example of compassion
and love in action.”
It’s a beautiful crystal
heart and it’s shiny.
Here do you want to
hold this?
It’s heavy, be careful.
Your favorite, Phoebe,
crystal. ( Hearts.)
And a heart.
And a heart, and it’s
got your name on it.
It says
“tender, noble angel,
from Supreme Master
Ching Hai.”
What do you think of that?
Good.
In addition to
the recognition,
Supreme Master Ching Hai
gifted a matching
contribution of US$4,000
to the Food Bank for
Phoebe’s ongoing project.
Phoebe presented this
check to a representative
of the Food Bank.
Thank you, on behalf of
the Food Bank and
all the people who don’t
have enough food to eat.
We thank you very much,
Phoebe for presenting
this check.
Mr. Paul Ash,
Executive Director of
the Food Bank, later
wrote a letter to
Supreme Master Ching Hai
expressing his gratitude.
“Dear
Supreme Master Ching Hai,
On behalf of [the city’s]
Food Bank, I want to
thank you for your gift
of $4,000 made
in honor of Phoebe’s
fundraising project.
Your gift increases
the impact of
Phoebe’s effort…
Thank you for
your generosity and
confidence in our work
and for your help
in building a stronger,
healthier [city].
Indeed, including
Supreme Master Ching Hai’s
donation, as of
late December 2009,
Phoebe’s charity
had raised a total of
US$18,647.
Over 18 times her
original goal of US1,000,
the amount was enough
to provide
over 81,000 meals!
Heaven bless the
beautiful spirit of Phoebe,
her supportive family
and teacher Ms. Albert,
her schoolmates
and the Food Bank.
May Phoebe’s story
continue to inspire many
more people to have faith
in their own noble deeds.
Caring viewers,
thank you for your presence
on today’s program.
Please keep your dial
tuned to
Supreme Master Television
for Words of Wisdom,
up next after
Noteworthy News.
May your life overflow
with grace and love.
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