Read original article at San Diego 6.
After learning the words "ma ma" and "da da," one of the next words we learn is "Mine!" And as we get older, many people still live by the words, "No, that's mine!"
Well, 9-year-old Luke Nelson learned early in life that there are things more important in life than things.
When Nelson invited his friends to his birthday party, instead of asking for a gift like most kids his age would, he asked for his friends to give a donation to the make-a-wish foundation for a child he had never met. Online, he saw this child on the make-a-wish foundation's website -- a 10-year-old who was suffering from a liver disease and wanted to be able to see the Yankees play. Nelson raised $600 in place of presents he would have received for that money in order to make this child's dream come true.
For people who would like to donate their birthdays to those less fortunate, a website has been created called The Birthday Club. The birthday club encourages people to ask for others to donate food tofood pantries instead of giving them a birthday present. Or you can pick a foundation, as Nelson did, to give the money you would have made from your birthday presents instead of asking for another DVD or another video game or another pair of shoes.
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