Update:
We just called them up and donated $600 and 3 snow mobiles. Little Sunshine was SO EXCITEDDDD!!!
Original Story:
Two weeks ago, a 5-year-old girl named Sunshine Oelfke of Michigan, emptied out her piggy bank onto the living room floor and immediately started "counting."
Her grandmother, Jackie Oelfke, thought she was playing as she carefully lined up stacks of nickels, pennies and dimes — but then she saw the girl stuff the coins and crinkled bills into a plastic bag and place it in the front pouch of her backpack.
"What are you doing with that money?" Oelfke asked her granddaughter. "I'm taking it to school," Sunshine replied. "I'm going to take it for milk money. I'm taking it for my friend Layla," she explained. "She doesn't get milk. her mom doesn't have milk money and I do."
Oelfke's heart sank and melted at the same time. The 5-year-old was raised in a non-traditional household, Oelfke explained. Her mom is a drug addict and has been in and out of prison.
Last week, Oelfke and Sunshine met with her teacher, Rita Hausher, at Birchview Elementary School and handed her the $30 the kindergartner had saved.
There are 20 kids in Sunshine's class and about half don't get milk. It costs $0.45 a carton. The total adds up to about $180 a month for every child in the class to have milk every day during snack time.
"Milk is important in our family, so it's very important for Sunshine's friends to have milk with her," Oelfke said.
Donate to her GoFundMe page---> HERE
After dropping Sunshine off at school, Oelfke posted this tearful video on Facebook to explain her granddaughter's mission: