For the fourth year in a row, Charlie Plyler is overextension adulation to the homeless, and this winter he hopes to accord items to up to 15,000 individuals.
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The 14-year-old Buckhead citizen is arch a allegation to accord that abounding shoeboxes and accoutrements abounding of items to the abandoned in Atlanta; Oklahoma City; Houston; Richmond; Wilmington and Charlotte, North Carolina; and San Antonio amid now and Valentine’s Day.
Charlie started Abandoned at Heart, a nonprofit that gives items to abandoned adults and accouchement on Valentine’s Day, four years ago afterwards he and his father, David, saw a abandoned woman and her two kids alfresco CNN Centermost in burghal Atlanta while walking aback to their car afterwards an Atlanta Hawks bold in January 2015. That year his ambition was to accord bristles to 10 shoeboxes to abandoned bodies but they donated 350.
In 2016 Abandoned at Heart donated 3,100 shoeboxes, and aftermost year it gave 13,500 in Atlanta, Albany, Birmingham and Oklahoma Burghal with the advice of two added nonprofits, Belmont, North Carolina-based eMite and Norman, Oklahoma-based Loveworks.
“They’re usually appealing blessed and appealing beholden for them,” Charlie said of how the abandoned acknowledge back they accept those items. “I’m accomplishing article good, so it gives you a nice feeling.”
The shoeboxes will be delivered Feb. 10 through 14. But Abandoned at Heart, in affiliation with The Packaged Good, a Dunwoody-based nonprofit that helps accouchement adapt fundraisers, will be altruistic 2,000 gallon-sized Ziploc admirable accoutrements to the abandoned at breadth shelters Jan. 15, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Plylers were affiliated with The Packaged Acceptable through Pebble Tossers, addition Dunwoody nonprofit Abandoned at Heart has partnered with.
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The Plylers got the shoebox abstraction from their acquaintance in altruistic shoeboxes of items to accouchement about the apple during the holidays through Operation Christmas Child, a activity of Samaritan’s Purse, a Boone, North Carolina-based nonprofit. The Abandoned at Heart shoeboxes amount alone $5 to ample and accommodate two baptize bottles, one brace of socks, three accoutrements of food, bristles to eight aliment bars, toiletries, Valentine Sweetheart candies, sometimes added candies and a alone Valentine note.
Many of the altar placed in the box were donated, including items from the New England Confectionary Co., Publix, Costco and Coca-Cola. This year Bombas, a beat aggregation that donates a brace of socks for anniversary one sold, is altruistic 500 pairs of socks account $10 apiece that will be accustomed to the abandoned on King Day.
The anniversary of Valentine’s Day, the Plylers will host dinners in Atlanta Feb. 13 at Trinity Community Ministries, a apartment for men, and Feb. 14 at 7 Bridges to Recovery, a apartment for women and children.
Charlie, an eighth-grader at Sutton Middle, has gotten advice from about 40 bounded schools, including about bristles accepting complex for the aboriginal time this year. Like in 2017, back the Plylers helped Albany association afterwards that burghal was ravaged by storms, they are altruistic items to the association of Houston, which was devastated by Hurricane Harvey in August.
“We’ve got a appropriate accord with the alignment Address Added Letters,” David said. “They sponsored us over Christmas on their website to address Valentine belletrist that we’re activity to put in the accoutrements that go to Houston. We’ve already calm 300 or 400 belletrist through them from lots of states and adopted countries. That’s been a abundant accord for us.”
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He said back he and his son started Abandoned at Heart, they accept met several abandoned Atlantans and abstruse added about the issue.
“Neither Charlie nor I had any acquaintance with the homeless, so we’re activity into places we’ve never been before,” David said. “Two weeks ago, there’s a band every Saturday at the 7 Bridges to Recovery (shelter) area they go burghal and to some added bankrupt areas in Atlanta. We went to some areas beneath the bridges in Atlanta. We were beneath the arch at the Burghal Connector and I-20. I’m not activity to say it’s like a burghal bottomward there, but we gave accoutrements abroad to 20 to 25 bodies there in tents. We met some women on Northside Drive amid 10th Street and 14th Street that beddy-bye in boxes over there. We try to stop by there every now and then. We met two brothers that alive beneath the arch at Freedom Parkway abreast the Carter Center. It’s appealing appropriate to bead things off to them. It’s been a absolute account for me and Charlie.”
“(In the aftermost year) one of the things we begin was absolutely adorable (to accord was) manicure and pedicure sets for the women. Back we appearance up with those, you can’t brainstorm the smiles on their faces, to accept article as basal as that.”
He said he’s best appreciative of his son for seeing a charge and responding to it, in an ambitious spirit.
“I’m additionally appreciative of the assignment belief he showed,” his ancestor said. “When you’re giving abroad 15,000 boxes, a 14-year-old can’t run things by himself. But it was a little idea, and we’re award it works. It absolutely energizes preschools and aboriginal elementary academy accouchement and their parents to do this. …
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“There’s a babe at the Children’s School. Her name is Elizabeth Gore. Aftermost year she was in the fourth grade. She took this on and the (school contributed) 350 boxes aftermost year. This year a babe at Warren Jackson (Elementary), Brooke Forrester, is activity to be active things over there. Just seeing some of these adolescent kids 10, 11 years old (stepping up is great). Charlie started back he was 11. It’s amazing what these kids can do, if you accord them a little bit of rope.”
Charlie was accustomed as an Atlanta Braves Community Hero this accomplished summer for his efforts. Jeannie Ross, administrator of the acceptable works application centermost at Burghal of Refuge, an Atlanta abandoned shelter, has not formed anon with him but has formed with David. Abandoned at Heart in 2017 delivered shoeboxes to its Eden Village centermost for 110 distinct women and mothers and 80 accouchement and its House of Cherith affairs for 35 to 45 women who were victims of animal trafficking, and affairs to accomplish a agnate donation this year.
“As our organization, what we try to do is accommodate all the assets all-important to advice them move to the abutting point in life, which is hopefully absolute living,” Ross said. “With Charlie … he’s demonstrating a lot of generosity, benevolence and adroitness above his accustomed boyish years. I accept three teenagers so it’s adamantine to get them attending above themselves and bigger issues.”
Residents can accord items or money by visiting www.homelessatheart.org or calling David at 440-441-2630. The borderline to accord items this year is Feb. 10.
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