Local kids respond to ‘if you had a million dollars ...’

Sunday, April 9, 2017

At the Putnam County Community Foundation’s booth during the recent Mini-Farm Fest, children were asked to think about what they would do to make the world a better place.

“Every year we hear new ideas,” PCCF Executive Director Elaine Peck said in revealing some of the answers.

Children were asked, “If you had a million dollars or superpowers, what would you do to help people and make the world a better place?”

The answers proved to be both fun and varied.

Addie: I would fix people’s hair.

Aiden: I would give money to the bank.

Alex: I would get the bad guys away from people.

Alexia: I would feed the world.

Anita: I would restore lakes.

Bralyn: I would help people learn to swim so they would not drown.

Bronson: I would give people money.

Brooklyn: I would help people get things they need – like paper.

Carly: I would save the world.

Chevelle: I would build schools in areas that don’t have them and institute programs like FFA that would help all people find friends.

Cooper: I would donate $10,000 to nonprofits.

Corbin: I would feed people.

Corbin: I would help people by killing the giant squid.

Elin: I would buy warm clothes for people.

Elizabeth: I would help people work if they need help.

Elyse: I would help animals and make sure they had enough to eat.

Emily: I would use my superpowers to read people’s minds, so I would know the truth.

Emma: I would clean up trash.

Emma: If someone needed something, I would share with them.

Garrett: I would help people so they would not be sick.

Grayson: I would give money to the poor and save people with a superpower of speed.

Hadleigh: I would give people money.

Jacob: I would build housing for the homeless.

Jacob: I would end sex slavery.

Jacy: I would help people go on mission trips to build wells and give people water.

Jasmine: I would give money to the schools so people could go on trips.

Kaylee: I would create world freedom.

Kendall: I would give money to charity so they could buy high tech equipment and save more people’s lives.

Kiara: I would get rid of pollution in lakes and streets.

Kyla: I would help the animals.

Leslie: I would buy goat pens for my 4-H club.

Liam: I would make the world a better place.

Mary: I would completely change the schools, making them smaller and more available.

Melissa: I would give money to Riley Children’s Hospital.

Micah: I would give money to the needy.

Micha: I would build more houses.

Mimi: I would help people buy things they need.

Mya: I would donate money to charity to help people get clothes, water and food.

Noel: I would save people.

Sage: I would give money to help schools and help people work.

Selena: I would help nonprofits.

Tatum: I would help people buy clothes.

Trenton: I would lock up all the criminals.

Victoria: I would make bathtubs for people so they would not be “nasty.”

Virginia: I would clean all the showers, one at a time.

Whitley: I would sing.

The Putnam County Community Foundation is a nonprofit public charity established in 1985 to serve donors, award grants and provide leadership, enriching the quality of life and strengthening community in Putnam County forever. To discuss ways you might make the world a better place, contact Elaine Peck, executive director, 653-4978 or epeck@pcfoundation.org.

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  • OMG! Loved this! Started my day impressed with the young people in our community, and even a good laugh!

    -- Posted by chicki1112 on Mon, Apr 10, 2017, at 8:47 AM
  • Totally loved this! The one about killing thee giant squid gave me a much needed laugh. Great job everyone

    -- Posted by putnamcountyproud on Tue, Apr 11, 2017, at 2:52 PM
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