A birthday at the shelter

Thursday, November 21, 2013

At the McCook Humane Society Animal Shelter on Wednesday, Nov. 20, Bailee Foster, left, of McCook, Nebraska, celebrates her sixth birthday with her friends. Bailee said she had her party at the shelter so she and her friends could "donate things they need to help the animals." Instead of buying presents for Bailee, her friends brought paper towels, hand soap, cat food, cat litter and blankets, and they donated them to the shelter. Bailee is the daughter of Lindsey and Eric Foster. Lindsey said that she and Bailee talked afterward about the wonderful feeling she had when they took her friends' donations to the shelter, "and realized that God has given us the gift of giving. The next thing out of her mouth was, 'Mom, do you know where hungry people are? Next year for my birthday I want to help hungry people.' "

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