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HUMANE HERO

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When Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in Jayden started a nonprofit called From the
2017, it flooded streets. Power went out. Basic Bottom of My Heart which gives food and supplies
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supplies were needed. Over a thousand miles to people and animals in need. That included the
away, 12-year-old Jayden Perez worried about abandoned cats, dogs, chickens, and roosters he saw
the children. It would soon be Christmas time. in Puerto Rico and victims of Hurricane Michael in
“I wanted to donate [my presents],” he says, Florida the next year. When Hurricane Dorian hit The
“but it wouldn’t be enough.” He talked with his Bahamas, Jayden organized another toy drive to
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mom and decided to host a toy drive to collect help the children there. In 2019, he turned to his
200 toys. His local TV news station heard about hometown, donating school supplies for those in his
it and came to interview him at home in New area who needed them. When COVID-19 came, he
Jersey. He asked viewers, “Can you donate one gave away masks and sanitizer. Last spring, it was
thing from the bottom of your heart?” The toys Easter baskets.
poured in: 1,100 of them! Jayden’s advice to other young people? “Just get
Jayden went to Puerto Rico with his family involved,” he says. “You can help your neighbor.
to give the toys to children in orphanages, Watch the news. See what’s happening in the world
daycare centers, and homes. “I felt joy and and what needs help. Be kind. Smiling at someone is
happiness from seeing their faces and smiles,” making a difference and brightening someone’s day.”
he says, “so I continued.”

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