A little girl dreams BIG! - 1 Kid Making A Difference

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A little girl dreams BIG!
By Joan Ritchie
One little Saskatchewan girl is
making a world of difference!
Taylor DeVos is only eleven
years old but to date she has
raised $11,219 towards the
goal of $15,000 needed to build
a school in Haiti. DeVos and
her family reside in Porcupine
Plain, Saskatchewan but her
inspiring story is making
headlines across the province
and beyond.
It has only been a little over a
year-and-a-half since Taylor “1 Kid Making a Difference” Taylor DeVos collects donations
has been fundraising. Her with her dad at the 2nd Annual Girl’s Day Out Tradeshow.
desire is to achieve her goal
within two years by November
Taylor says that she wants Mesline’s life to be way
of this year.
“She was watching TV and a World Vision better when she is done sponsoring her. That’s
commercial came on,” said Taylor’s mom Cora. when her dream expanded to building a school in
“From there she got obsessed with the idea of Haiti.
sponsoring a child. It inspired her!” Cora says World Vision sends out catalogues of items to
that after that, Taylor watched as many world purchase from in support of the organization.
Taylor began to save all her money so she was
vision programs as she possibly could.
For her 10th birthday, all Taylor wanted was to able to purchase items in support of Mesline’s
sponsor a child. Her dream became a reality when village,” said Cora. “She had saved $40 and was
her parents decided that it was a great idea. She looking at things to buy.”
chose World Vision as the organization and was As well, Taylor just recently held her 2nd Annual
able to personally pick her child online to sponsor. Girl’s Day Out Tradeshow fundraiser event on
Mesline is a nine year old girl from Haiti and is in May 12th. It was a celebration of mothers in
and around Porcupine Plain and the tradeshow
grade 3.
event featured over 34 local
vendors, a professional
photo shoot for each family,
things of interest like a
masseuse and reflexologist
and a salad and sandwich
lunch. Cora DeVos was
overwhelmed with the
community and area’s
support of a little girl’s Mesline
wishes to make a big difference.
Taylor is continuing her efforts by organizing a
Kid’s Dance in June and other fundraising ideas
to help realize her goal. Cora mentioned that her
other daughter has decided to sponsor a child, as
well. The DeVos family must be exceptional to
instill compassionate values on a global scale into
their children.
If you would like to learn more about Taylor’s
journey or to donate toward her dream, visit
www.1kidmakingadiffference.com .
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