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Help The Homeless

I didn’t want to have a life where I never thought about other people.It made me feel good to help them. I feel like I should keep helping more, because I should think of others rather than myself. You can always help more, and there are always people that need help!

I feel like I should keep helping more, because I should think of others rather than myself. You can always help more, and there are always people that need help
Helping Ninja Nathan

It made me feel good to help them.
Helping Ninja Isaiah

Helping Ninja Mission:

Help The Homeless

Story submitted by Helping Ninjas Nathan (Age 12) and Isaiah (Age 9)

Hamilton County, Indiana

Why did you join Helping Ninjas and why did you decide to help the homeless?

Nathan:

I didn’t want to have a life where I never thought about other people.

Isaiah:

We have more than others, so we should give stuff to other people who have less than we do.What happened? My mom saw a facebook post from Rebecca on her page “Michele’s Mission of Love” about needing supplies to deliver to the homeless.

We previously have helped Rebecca, by meeting her at the Maker space in the Fisher’s library. This is where we helped her make sleeping mats woven out of plarn (plastic yarn) for the homeless. We also helped tie the ends of small blankets that were given to the senior center.

We have also been helping another women named Evon, who made a facebook page named “Breakfast Buddies”. She goes downtown in Indianapolis to feed and give clothes to the homeless every Sunday.

Nathan:

We heard about the people sitting on the street with no home and felt sorry for them and wanted to help. We decided to make two donations so we could help pass things along to both ladies. My mom went to the store and bought supplies to make 24 kits that included a bottle of toothpaste, a toothbrush, toothbrush case, and a bar of soap.

She also sewed 24 face masks to go into the kits, plus more for the second donation. We bought socks, hats and gloves to help keep them warm. We made 40+ scarves by buying thick fuzzy fleece fabric, cutting it into strips and then tying knots on the ends.

We went through our food to see what food and candy we could donate. We made kits that we put into plastic ziplock bags and sorted items into trash bags. It took about 1 week to make the scarves and get everything assembled.

Isaiah:

It made me feel good to help them.

Nathan:

I feel like I should keep helping more, because I should think of others rather than myself. You can always help more, and there are always people that need help

Why I Chose Marine Biology As My Career

I decided at a really early age (around fifth grade) that I wanted to work with dolphins. Yeah, I know…pretty cliché, right? I wanted to swim with them and become their best friend because dolphins are, of course, the coolest animals to a little kid. This was the dream that I stuck with for a really long time, but as I grew older and learned more about our oceans, I discovered that dolphins aren’t the only ones in need of our help. I became fascinated with rays, sharks, seals, and so on (the list could go on forever). Visiting institutions like the Tennessee Aquarium and Georgia Aquarium further confirmed that I wanted to be involved with the ocean in whatever way I could. When I got accepted to Auburn University, I immediately enrolled in the Marine Biology program.

Classes at Auburn were no cake-walk, but I knew that the end product would be me working and saving marine animals somewhere in the field of marine biology. Part of the curriculum included taking classes at Dauphin Island Marine Lab outside Mobile, Alabama over the summer, and I learned much more and got hands-on experience with research and the amount of work that must be put into it. The classes I took part in were some of the best (and worst) of my life, but they formed me into the marine biologist I am today.

Why did I choose marine biology?

Now, five years later, I have decided that I want to educate people about the importance of ocean conservation and what they can do to help.

It is my dream to work at an institution whose mission is to educate and encourage the future generation to care about our oceans because we are the only ones who can protect them.

Hopefully one day I can be the person to inspire a little kid to love the ocean just like trainers and educators have inspired me.

Sydney is our newest addition to the Helping Ninjas!

Stay tuned for more photos and posts from Sydney as she travels to Dauphin Island to further her education as she begins the new journey with her career in Marine Biology; Sydney is currently working in Tampa Bay, Florida at a sea rescue center.

Welcome Sydney!

Stand Up For Something You Believe In

#standupforsomething #helpingninjas

We talked about the importance of standing up for something you believe in! And we watched the Stand Up For Something Music Video by Andra Day and Common. These Helping Ninjas stand up for kindness, anti-bullying, equality, and foster kids! Join our mission: #standupforsomething

How Kids Can Help Hurricane Victims

A Note from a Ninja:

Hi Im a Helping Ninja! I want everyone to know that kids can help the world too! We, the Helping Ninjas, raised $208 for Hurricane Victims at 5 days of lemonade stands in our neighborhood! And over $100 in supples. 100% of it was donated to the Midwest Food Bank. (They are a partner of the Salvation Army). Whats even cooler is that I got to help edit and make this video showing what we did!

Helping Ninjas, Age 9, Carmel, IN College Wood Elementary