Charlie Lettice tells 'Fox & Friends' why he started putting together care packages for first responders amid the coronavirus pandemic. To help Charlie and our heroes log onto http://kidswhokare.com/ to donate.
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Thank you so much.
You got your flannel shirt,
Steve thats right! Thank you!
Jeff
its been a challenging year for
everybody, especially Americas
frontline workers. One
11 year old from New Jersey is
on a mission to bring our heros
extra help and happiness. This
year
in March, Charlie Latic founded
the nonprofit kids, who care to
deliver care packages to
families and first responders in
need, and since then has sent
hundreds of packages filled with
items, and you know
nonperishable food cleaning
supplies, you name it
Charlie pictured right. There
joins us, live along with his mom
Jill Good Morning to both of
you,
Charlie. Where did you get this
idea?
So I saw this boy on TV in
Maryland and he was given care
packages, so he couldnt risk
people going to the stores and
getting covid. So I wanted to
help. But little did we know that
he was going to start giving us
packages, so we can help make our
own stuff
Steve, thats, fantastic,
Jill, its such a great project.
It must warm your heart that
your son is doing for so many
people that you will never know
its really been an amazing
trip for the whole family, great
journey,
Steve indeed
Charlie. What do you put in each
bag,
so weve had a sponsor
brought towels. They brought in
one thousand towels rolls and cleaning
supplies
Steve. What you put in each
package depends on the donations
that you receive at the time,
yeah
Steve, very good.
In the beginning, you were just
going to do for frontline
workers, but Jill now youve
expanded to families that need
it as well, and your family has
been hit by the pandemic.
I understand you and your
husband have both been furlough
ed.
Yes, yes,
Steve. What kind of pressure is
that putting on your family?
It has been really difficult
for both of us to not be working,
but it has opened up a great
opportunity for us to be able to
help Charlie with kids, who care
and really dedicate all of our
time to helping him grow this
and be part of our community, so
its been good and bad,
financially, its tough but
theres more to life than money.
We are learning that
Steve thats important.
A lot of people are learning
that during this pandemic,
Charlie, how does it make you
feel to do
I like seeing everyones
faces and how happy they get
when I give them the care
packages or gift cards like we
did last week, and it makes me
feel happy just seeing them be
Happy
Steve yeah, especially if you
wind up with the bounty towels,
because those are hard to come
by these days,
Charlie, I read somewhere
youre only eleven years old, I
read somewhere that when you
grow up, you want to be a
baseball player and a policeman
yeah
Steve. How do you do that at the
same time?
Do you walk the beat in the
morning and then in the late
afternoon you go to the baseball
stadium. How is that going to
work? For you
probably
laughter,
Steve, a kid can dream, and this
is a great thing that you are
doing
for people who you would like to
donate: go to kidswhocare dot, com
for more information
and Jill and Charlie Laticce. We.
Transcript generated on 2020-12-07.