Calista knows how 1 her brother tries to do the things most kids can do easily. She also knows how much he loves being able to go to Special Olympics competitions and how great he feels when he wins an award. She has wanted to become an official Special Olympics volunteer ever since 2005 when she was only 7. 2 she was too young to become a real volunteer at the moment, Calista found another way she could do to help. When she knew that their local Special Olympics program lost their largest fundraising( 筹款 ) , she came up with 3 ! She decided to make and sell crafts( 手工艺品 ) to help 4 money for the program. Since December 2006, she has spent over 100 hours and selling her crafts and has raised $440 for the program. She continues to make and sell her crafts every chance she gets and says that her goal is to raise $3 , 000. She named her project Calista Cares and even set up a website, in the hope of 5 more people to know about 6 and raising more money for Crawford County Special Olympics. Not only has she done all of these 7 , but since the age of 5, Calista has helped out as much as she can at all of the Special Olympics s she goes to. Whether it is keeping scores or recording time on the field, picking balls during the softball throws or simply cheering on the athletes, she has been always ready to give 8 . Calista is an amazing little girl who 9 many hours working on her crafts and always tries to find more places to sell them. She expects 10 from others, just collecting as much money for the program.