High school senior loves to give back the best way she can – Salisbury Post

SALISBURY — Giving again to these in want throughout the holidays is one thing that individuals typically take into consideration, however not as many are really proactive in following by means of with it. Fortunately, Carson Excessive Faculty senior Caylee Fleming is doing her finest to assist.

Fleming leads a fundraising undertaking, with  Organ Lutheran Church helping her, to collect donations and provides them to the homeless. That is the second yr she has finished this after getting impressed to do it in 2021.

“I had an concept to make little Christmas luggage as a result of it was round Christmas time and put snacks in there, waters, something they want, fuzzy socks, scarves, blankets, and I needed to do it once more this yr. I requested my pastor Tonya (Brittain) to assist me out and we obtained some assist from the church and lots of people have donated stuff for us,” Fleming mentioned.

Donated gadgets embody scarves, blankets, mittens, toothbrushes, deodorant and Bibles. Fleming is aware of it’s how she was raised by her mom and grandmother that made her need to give again as a lot as she may.

“My youngsters have been raised that they’re supplied with issues they want and a few issues they need. They understand how lucky they’re and so they know there’s much less lucky folks on the market,” her mother, Clancy Shive, mentioned. “I’ve had them concerned. I labored in oncology with oncology sufferers. I had them concerned giving again to the group whether or not or not it’s the homeless shelter, simply various things I put them in and she or he has been the one who has grasped the giving again to the folks, the group.”

Her church’s pastor is pleased with Fleming’s initiative to assist enhance the lives of individuals in her group.

“I believe loads of Christians consider mission discipline as on the market someplace and so they overlook mission discipline is in their very own yard additionally,” Brittain mentioned. “So it’s actually good to have that world perspective, but it surely’s additionally good to have the native perspective. We’ve got loads of criticism, folks argue something you place in entrance of them, however the truth stays there are people who find themselves in want and when they’re seen it makes a distinction and she or he’s ensuring that they know they’re seen.”

Fleming plans on going to Pfeiffer College subsequent yr the place she needs to review training. “I want to be a trainer and train the Bible as a result of I did need to be a pastor at one level, however I additionally needed to be a trainer, so go within the center,” Fleming mentioned.

Given her age, Fleming might not be who folks count on to be main an effort to assist the homeless, however that might encourage others who’re older to do some good.

“Youth are completely able to contributing to society. It is a nice, enormous, great undertaking, however think about what would occur if all people in her class did this on this group,” Brittain mentioned.

Fleming and her church plan on donating all the gadgets on Saturday round downtown Salisbury to the suitable shelters and organizations. She additionally needs to do one other undertaking like this in the summertime by giving out issues like water to the homeless, which she’s finished with building employees previously.

Seeing firsthand the happiness she provides others by serving to out and listening to their experiences, tales and the way they obtained thus far makes her understand what she’s doing is the correct factor to do.

“I believe that’s what makes me hold eager to do it. Seeing their faces, seeing how completely happy and the way a lot it means to them.”

Fleming poses with a number of the gadgets folks have donated.

Organ Lutheran Church says they “need to present in a method that’s useful.”

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