Business-savvy Falls girls help Project Share
The entrepreneurial spirit of two Niagara Falls girls has led to kids helping other kids in need.
A few weeks ago, Fourth Avenue friends Clare Craig and Antonella Terreberry, both eight years old, found a way to keep busy during summer by making bracelets out of colourful hair elastics. They were good enough to sell, but what to do with the money?
Clare’s mom Kim had a solution — help Project Share.
“Her mom was like, ‘Well, if you make any money from it, why don’t we do something good with it?’” says Clare’s dad Chris. “The kids were happy with that.”
With the help of Antonella’s seven-year-old brother Sebastien, they set up a sidewalk stand and went to work, selling the bracelets for $2 each. By the end of last weekend, they had raised $130. But rather than simply make a cash donation to Project Share, the girls opted to purchase 25 boxes of cereal to make up for the loss of school breakfast programs over the summer.
“It makes me feel proud of myself,” says the soft-spoken Clare, who preferred to let her dad do most of the talking during a Saturday morning interview.
Soon after they set up their stand and sign, cars were stopping along Fourth Avenue last weekend, curious at their wares. Antonella says many people bought four or five of the bracelets each.
“People were giving donations for no bracelets.”
Asked if they’ll do it again before summer’s over, both girls sheepishly nodded yes.
They’ll deliver the cereal boxes to Project Share today.
Chris is proud not just of their sense of giving, but their business sense. Instead of the traditional lemonade stand, they created their own product.
“It’s part of being a kid, I guess.”