12-Year-Old Arizona Girl Collects 1,000 Coats for the Homeless [1]

This is one of our heroes!

A 12-year-old Arizona girl spent her holiday season collecting coats for those in need. [2]

Makenna Breading-Goodrich dropped off about 1,000 items at Phoenix Rescue Mission Shelter on Dec. 12, after going door-to-door collecting coats, jackets and hoodies for the homeless. The seventh-grader told People that she wants to help those in need keep warm for the winter.

“It gets really cold around here at night, like 30 degrees, and I want to make sure homeless people aren’t walking around without jackets or blankets at night!” Makenna said. “I just want people to know someone cares about them.”