“It started out again as just something fun to do, and then I saw that he was pretty serious about it,” the boy’s mother, Eliza Burgess, told wwaytv3.com. “I decided,twell, let’s share this to uplift some people… I’ve been blown away at the amount of people that have wanted to donate.”
Steven Burgess, whose school closed several weeks ago, said he simply wanted to help his community during difficult times. “I just wanted to raise money for the hospitals and [the charity] Vigilant Hope,” he said.
After running for 6 hours and taking 37,000 steps in total, Burgess was able to raise approximately $1,500 for hospitals. According to the 7-year-old, the daunting task became possible with a little faith. “I just had to faith in me and believed that I could do it,” he said.
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Original Author: Anthony Leonardi of Washington Examiner
Article Syndicated from washingtonexaminer.com
