11-year-old Matthew Stephenson knows how to play video games, but he also has learned how to play and maneuver through the world of raising money.
"We obviously have people helping but Matthew as an 11-year-old, I've never seen anything like that," Kelly Klien of United Cerebral Palsy said.
If you look on a desk in his westside home, you see just some of the money coming Matthews way recently. All of the money is going to United Cerebral Palsy. Matthew has a mild form of the disorder which affects things like motor skills and posture. He always wanted to help others, but it all came-together when he saw a fundraiser recently on a street corner for another charity. That led to Matthew to start raising money on his own.
"I just asked people to help, they're really generous they really help a lot," Matthew said.
They helped.
The money came quickly from people he knew and total strangers. It included $2.00 and a note from girls who took coins from their piggy bank. Soon, Matthew had $3,000. Matthew has now started another challenge: he wants to raise $30,000.
Now it's part of a campaign called "Matthews Challenge." Three billboards are now on Houston highways.
The billboards are donated and the local office of United Cerebral Palsy is now helping get the word out.
"I kind of expected something like that, he's a real go getter he never lets his disability stop him. UCP didn't even know who he was, he had never met them," said Matthew's mother Suzy Stephenson.
Matthew thinks the billboards are "awesome."
The billboards have been helping. Matthew is about halfway toward his goal of $30,000
"We obviously have people helping but Matthew as an 11-year-old, I've never seen anything like that," Kelly Klien of United Cerebral Palsy said.
If you look on a desk in his westside home, you see just some of the money coming Matthews way recently. All of the money is going to United Cerebral Palsy. Matthew has a mild form of the disorder which affects things like motor skills and posture. He always wanted to help others, but it all came-together when he saw a fundraiser recently on a street corner for another charity. That led to Matthew to start raising money on his own.
"I just asked people to help, they're really generous they really help a lot," Matthew said.
They helped.
The money came quickly from people he knew and total strangers. It included $2.00 and a note from girls who took coins from their piggy bank. Soon, Matthew had $3,000. Matthew has now started another challenge: he wants to raise $30,000.
Now it's part of a campaign called "Matthews Challenge." Three billboards are now on Houston highways.
The billboards are donated and the local office of United Cerebral Palsy is now helping get the word out.
"I kind of expected something like that, he's a real go getter he never lets his disability stop him. UCP didn't even know who he was, he had never met them," said Matthew's mother Suzy Stephenson.
Matthew thinks the billboards are "awesome."
The billboards have been helping. Matthew is about halfway toward his goal of $30,000
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