b' philanthropyRecipe for philanthropy: Start small, think bigDr. Leaphart shares thoughts during an interview with The DePaul Healthy Trailblazer Journal.By Healthy Trailblazer Journal staffyouve ever given to an organizationtalent. Its sharing our treasure.The DePaul Catholic School or helped someone or stood up to bullying or given sympathy toToday, Dr. Leaphart is an example Kids can be philanthropists, too. Allof his own advice. He is a medical it takes is someone who is willingsomebody suffering, you are showingdoctor and business owner. He is also to do for others, to care for others,enterprise executive vice president to put others before themselves,of Jefferson, which includes Thomas says Dr. Keith Leaphart, who hasJefferson University, Jefferson Health, served as a board member ofseveraland Jefferson Health Plans. His job organizations that donate money toinvolves helping people in the area get groups that help others. medical care and other services they He says philanthropy is a big word withKeith Leaphart, D.O.need for a healthy life, such as food and a simple meaning: Love of mankind. ItPhilanthropist housing.can involve donating money to others,Dr. Leapharts advice to kids is to start he says, but it doesnt have to. that youre a philanthropist.small but think big. When others dont Becoming a philanthropist is veryWe can all volunteer and dobelieve in you, you have to believe in easy, Dr. Leaphart says. Were allsomething, whether its coachingyourself, that you can do it. With self-philanthropists in our own right. Ifsomeone or tutoring someone. Its ourdetermination, self-confidence, and grit, when challenges happen, you can achieve.I am going to help my community by picking up trash on the streets. I am going to donate clothes to a shelter. I will also help feed the homeless. I am a Girl Scout and our job is to help the community. We planted flowers in the church garden. I donated toys to Goodwill. In conclusion, I will help an older woman in church on the days she attends. Skylar Jordan, 4th gradeRussell Byers Healthy Knight NewsPage 4 illustration by Emily Miller, 7th grade4B Y K I D S , F O R K I D S | S p r i n g 2 0 2 4 MaST Community Charter Healthy Panther Post'