Spencer: Humanitarian of the year, Part 2

On Saturday, I gave him a large plastic container and told him it was for all of his school papers, drawings, special things, etc. He was so excited that he carried the box around all afternoon, even outside to play. He went out for a little while and when I looked outside, I couldn't see him anywhere. He had been gone for about a half an hour when I started to get worried. I then heard something outside and looked out to see him coming up the walkway, carrying his box. It looked like he could hardly lift it off the ground. He came inside and I asked him what was in the box (it was empty when he left), I was not prepared for what came next... He said, "I went to all the houses and asked for food for the people that don't have any." I looked in the box and saw about 6 cans of food. I started laughing (inside, I didn't want him to think I was laughing AT him) and smiling and telling him how sweet he was. I also didn't want the neighbors thinking that I send my son around asking for food, so I found out who gave him the food. Amazingly, it all came from one house, he had carried it a block and half all by himself!! He told his dad what happened while I called the neighbor. She said that she was happy to help him and that he looked so sad that no one else had given him any. I told her that he did this all on his own and I told her where we were going to donate the food. The next day we took the cans to the donation box and dropped them off. He was so excited!! I can't believe that my little 6 year old organized and carried out a food drive all on his own. What a kid!