Video: West Point Student Helps Flint Kids

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WEST POINT, Miss.(WCBI)–Emotionally touched by children dealing with contaminated water in Flint, a West Point middle school student is challenging people at her school to do something about it.

What’s happening hundreds of miles away, somehow isn’t sitting well with 12 year old Honor Brown of West Point. While watching the nightly news with her grandmother, she is seeing all the dirty water in schools in Flint Michigan.

“It was kind of saddening because I have family in Flint. My grandmother has kind of distant relatives there. And it really made me upset,” said Honor Brown/Central School Student.

“During dismissal right after our morning announcements in the auditorium Honor walked up to me and she said Mrs Cousins can I talk to you for a second. I said sure what is it and she said is there any way we can do something to help the residents of Flint Michigan?,” said Wynesther Cousins/Principal-Central School.

“Its a whole community being affected by this and I thought maybe I can get the school together. Lots of people to help lots of people,” said Honor Brown.

With a little help from her mother, along with faculty, classmates, and the rest of the student body little Honor launches her plan to help raise money to buy clean water for the children in Flint.

“All of our students this week and our faculty have an option to not wear their uniform bottoms, they can wear jeans for a dollar or they can just make a donation to the cause. And we’re going to take all of that at the end of the week and go to Wal Mart to do our site-to-store purchase,” said Wynesther Cousins/Principal-Central School.

Thinking $5 for the week is not enough, student Zoe Bell has her own individual plan and is going above and beyond what’s required.

“Its to bring a dollar each day and wear jeans each day but I’m not doing it just to wear jeans. I’m doing it to help. And I’m also going to bring at the end of the week money that I have collected up,” said Zoe Bell/Central School Student.

“I think it speaks volumes about Honor’s character. She is very conscientious of current events, whats going on in the world. And it also shows how she is willing to lend a helping hand when needed,” said Wynesther Cousins.

“I would just like to see everyone have water and just be able to like help the kids who got lead poisoning,” said Honor Brown.

As of Monday Honor Brown and her fellow students and faculty at Central School have already collected over $200.

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