Generous young fundraiser. (The Goodness of America).

On the afternoon of January 5th, Moses and Brenda Canty of Wilmington, North Carolina, were watching television with their three children when a fire broke out. The Cantys made it safely outside, but the house, its furnishings, and most of their belongings were destroyed.

It was an especially heavy blow since Mr. Canty had recently lost his job with a local container manufacturer and the couple (who owned the home outright) had opted to carry mere dwelling insurance rather than a more expensive full homeowners policy. With some help from the Red Cross, the family stayed in a hotel for a week, then moved into a rental home.

A few days earlier (shortly after Christmas), Camie Greene, a student at Roland-Grise Middle School in Wilmington, had turned 13. Camie is a classmate of the Canty's youngest child, Dedrick, and Camie's older sisters, Katie and Jordan, sing in a high school chorus with the older Canty children, Moses Jr. and Monique.

As described in the January 29th Wilmington Sunday Star-News, when Camie heard about the fire she threw herself a birthday party, inviting friends "from school, soccer and her church youth group" who were asked "to bring money for the Cantys instead of presents for her" "I have plenty of stuff," the new teen ...