Dallas Crilley’s Kidpreneur Blog — Ways Kids and Teens Can Make Money

The Story:

In 2005 while most of the world was watching the destruction of Hurricane Katrina, 12-year-old Talia Leman was determined not to leave the rebuilding to grown-ups.  She went to her school and organized a trick-or-treat campaign where the kids would ask for donations to hurricane relief instead of candy.

It caught the news media’s attention and after it hit all the network news programs, every school in the state wanted to get involved.  Before it was all over she had raised $226,000.

The Secret:

You can either sit on the sidelines or get in the game.  Millions of kids watched the news and were touched by the tragedy, but Talia knew that in order to organize an army of adolescents it would take a student leader — not an adult.

Now It’s Your Turn:

What’s going on in your community, and how can you make a difference?  Is there crime in your neighborhood?  Form a crime-watch club made up of kids, then call up the news and tell them about it.

Everyone can make a difference, and you don’t have to wait until you’re 18 to do it.  Live your life with passion and purpose and there’s no telling what you can do.  And like Talia Leman, you’ll discover that even the forces of nature can’t keep you down.