WRITING
COMFORT FOR KIDS
blankets for kids at age 12 when my
to help children in those traumatic
always taught me about the importance
of helping others and inspiring more
people to do so as well. That night I
came up with the idea of blankets to
blankets made by other children would
provide them with a blanket to comfort
them. Each blanket has a personal note
from the child who made it letting the
other know they are caring for them.
Eventually Junior Achievement helped
museum honored me with this award for
Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst &
Young along with $1000 to help me
about the meaning of entrepreneurship.
Several small groups helped keep the
Children’s Museum allowed me to work
there throughout the summer and have
the kids who visited the museum make
have been so successful without the
chosen to be the Indianapolis Colts
Game Day Collection for four years in a
and businesses. I especially appreciate
the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic
Violence for sponsoring me for so many
Children’s Museum of Indianapolis was
gracious enough to recognize me as a
Power of Children Award winner in 2010.
Indiana.
Anniversary
Making a Difference
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me with a $2000 grant to let me keep my
Claire Helmen