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‘Heartwarming to do something for others’: Florida teen collects toys for children in hospital
Florida teen collects toys for kids in hospital
A Florida teenager is spreading vacation cheer by bringing toys to youngsters within the hospital. Teddy Pentz, from Lake County, might be bringing 240 toys to Arnold Palmer Youngsters’s Hospital Friday. As a part of a corporation the 14-year-old began, Teddy’s Large Coronary heart Venture, he and his mother collected the toys utilizing social media.
LAKE MARY, Fla. – A Florida teenager is spreading vacation cheer by bringing toys to youngsters within the hospital.
Teddy Pentz, from Lake County, might be bringing 240 toys to Arnold Palmer Youngsters’s Hospital Friday. As a part of a corporation the 14-year-old began, Teddy’s Large Coronary heart Venture, he and his mother collected the toys utilizing social media.
“It’s probably the greatest issues I might know, that I’m made somebody’s Christmas,” mentioned Teddy Pentz.
“We had been hoping for 100 toys, and it simply blew up. With 240 toys later, we’ve an SUV packed able to go,” added his mother Krista Pentz. “It’s actually heartwarming to do one thing for others and Teddy selecting the youngsters’s hospital was a good way for us to point out we wish to pay it ahead, and it makes me proud.”
On this season of giving, Teddy hopes to encourage others to pay it ahead.
“Everybody’s pleasure after I shock them. It’s worthwhile,” mentioned Teddy Pentz. “Nonetheless outdated you might be 90 or 14 you’ll be able to nonetheless do good and that’s an important factor.”