a magazine, she saw a photo of a poor Haitian boy, his belly swelled. “I thought, this kid has
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,” Paige says.
The image
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with her, and she determined to do something to help. “I decided I would use my talents to
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birthday parties for
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kids,” Paige says.
For the next four years, Paige and her husband, Colin,
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time out from parenthood to visit shelters to determine how best to
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the parties.
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, in January 2017, Paige launched the Birthday Party Project, a nonprofit organization, and recruited (征募) friends and family to help
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Dallas’s 75-occupant Family Gateway Shelter
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balloons and banners, celebrating the
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of 11 boys and girls, with 60 more homeless kids in attendance. “That first party was
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than I could have ever imagined,” says Paige.
Now Paige and her staff of three paid
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work with regional volunteers, also known as “birthday enthusiasts”, to plan
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themed parties at 15 shelters across the country, some of which house abused or abandoned kids. Each child celebrating a birthday that month gets a $30
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