Sunday, May twenty second the year 2011, tragedy struck Joplin, Missouri. The city was overcome by a mile long destructive tornado. This frightful day around 7,000 houses were destroyed and sadly a numerous amount of lives was taken. I remember this day clearly, because it was the most terrifying day of my life. I remember my mother walking for three hours that night to see if I was alright. Many people stood up and helped the people of Joplin. I was only in the fifth grade when the Joplin tornado occurred and I thought to myself, “What can I do to help the families affected?”, because I knew that they must be in such distress. I decided that I was going to sell candy bars to donate to the Joplin tornado victims. First all I had to do was …show more content…
As soon as they could, my grandparents drove me to Sams and we bought one hundred assorted candy bars to sell. I was ready for the real excitement to begin. The next morning, I began trying to sell my candy immediately, I was so excited to do something helpful. But, my candy wasn’t selling, I didn’t know what to do. I soon decided to create a sign above my candy, explaining “DONATIONS WILL BE MADE TO THE JOPLIN TORNADO VICTIMS”. I wasn’t sure if it would help, but I wanted to do whatever I could to make sure something did. A sweet elderly woman noticed my sign, and approached me. I for sure knew that this would be my first customer. The woman asked “Have you sold any candy?”. I replied “No,” feeling down that I haven’t been raising money at all yet. She noticed that I looked a little blue, and replied “That’s okay sweetie, I’ll buy five.” “Thank you!” I exclaimed as I was taking her money. She said “Don’t worry you’ll start selling. Good luck!” Later, just as the sweet old woman had told me, customers finally started noticing my delicious candy. I was receiving one dollar bills left and right. My plan had finally started working! I was going to donate money to help Joplin! I saw lots of people enjoying my candy, it was great seeing people happy