Joshuas Heart Foundation

Joshua Williams is president of his own nonprofit agency, Joshua's Heart Foundation, which steers food and supplies toward needy adults and families in Miami and the surrounding area, according to a report in The Miami Herald.

 

Joshua has raised thousands of dollars for his cause. He and his mother, Claudia McLean, and other relatives and volunteers regularly offer food to homeless people in Miami-Dade County.

 

His mission to help the hungry started when he was just 5 years old. He was riding in his mother's car when they passed a panhandler holding a sign reading "Help Me." Joshua urged his mother to stop so he could donate his church offering money -- $20 -- to help him.

"It's my money. I want to help him, mom," Joshua recalled saying.

 

One year later, he created his foundation with the help of his mother and Francine Hanna, a local businesswoman.

 

"He just made up his mind that this is what he wanted to do,'' McLean, who works as the director of operations for her family's home health care business, told the Herald. "And there is no stopping him.''

 

The organization now stockpiles clothing, furniture and food donations for the less fortunate in South Florida. At the center is Joshua, who never misses a chance to give and inspire others to do the same whether at church, political meetings, community gatherings or the streets.

"He is a blessing from God,'' Earl Laird, who relies on food from Joshua's Heart Foundation, told the Herald.

 

Joshua has won the Miami-Dade County's Do the Right Thing award and the Kohl's Kids Who Care annual competition, which netted him a $1,000 scholarship prize.

 

Even though he's accomplished plenty already, he said his mission to provide for the needy is far from over.

"I want to get a team together," Joshua told the Herald. "I want my team to go out and give food to people who have a need for food. I want to stretch it all the way to countries in Africa.''

 

Source: AOL.COM