Simone thiab Eliana Pierotti ua txoj kev rau ib inspiring endeavor--cov hluas philanthropy. Tus vivncaus, Simone muaj hnub nyoog 10 thiab Eliana 13, jointly tsa ceg thiab pub ntau tshaj $1,000 nyob rau hauv kev them nyiaj yug me nyuam txoj kev puas siab puas ntsws ntawm Washburn Center rau cov me nyuam.
Rau (6) xyoo dhau los, lawv tsev neeg tsim ib endowment nyiaj nco txog lawv grandma Patricia Klibanoff txhawb Washburn Center postdoctoral koj txog haujlwm. Txij thaum ntawd los, cov hluas nkauj muaj ib xyoos ib zaug koom hauv lub Washburn ua si thiab nrhiav tau lwm txoj kev nyob koom tes nrog. "Nws tseem ceeb heev uas yuav tau txhawb kev puas siab puas ntsws," Simone piav. "Ib txhia me nyuam yuav muaj teeb meem nyob rau hauv tsev kawm ntawv, ua phooj ywg los yog tau ib txoj hauj lwm yog hais tias lawv tsis muaj kev pab."
Thaum Eliana bat Mitzvah lis xaus, phooj ywg thiab tsev neeg ya mus nyob ib ncig ntawm lub teb chaws tsis zoo xwb los tsim nws tab sis kuj ua hauj lwm nws txhawb. Tus hluas nkauj thiab ntau tshaj 20 qhua toured Washburn Center lub chaw tshiab. Eliana pom tias tias tsis txhob khoom plig, phooj ywg thiab tsev neeg pub rau nonprofit organizations, xws li Washburn Center.
Simone pib nws philanthropy ua hauj lwm hauv khwv nyiaj tom qab tuaj koom lub Washburn ua si. Nws muaj lub hom phiaj ntawm raising $100 los yog ntau dua, tiam sis tsis yuav coj cov yooj yim lawv nyob rau hauv fund raising. Simone pib ib lemonade sawv ntsug thiab nug donations thaum Hanukkah mus cuag nws lub hom phiaj.
"Kuv xav tias zoo kawg thiab vim kuv tsa ceg cov nyiaj los ntawm kuv tus kheej," Simone piav. "Kuv tsis cia li nug ib daim tshev los ntawm kuv niam thiab txiv, kuv ua haujlwm rau nws."
Eliana lub hom phiaj los mus ntxiv nws kev them nyiaj yug rau lub Washburn Center los pab dawb rau lub Washburn ua si xyoo no thaum nws tus muam koom. Simone lub hom phiaj mus ntxiv fundraising. Tus Pierotti vivncaus qhia tias philanthropy yuav tuaj ntawm tag nrho cov shapes, luaj li cas thiab, feem ntau notably, muaj hnub nyoog.
"Yog vim li cas kuv ua tej yaam num zoo li no yog pab lub zej zog," hais Eliana. "Washburn Center ua hauj lwm zoo kawg thiab, thiab kuv xav pab."