See How 9-Year-Old Girl Helped Friend With Rare Skin Condition

A 9-year-old girl Bethany Walker has shown you are never to young to help someone after she raised about forty seven thousand dollars in nineteen weeks by selling rubber band bracelets to help her friend suffering from a rare skin condition.

Parenting reports:

Bethany’s goal was to raise money for her best friend Anne Marie Cox, who suffers from epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a painful, rare skin condition that results in blisters and tears from friction or trauma. Kids with EB are often called “butterfly children” because their condition makes them as fragile as the thin-winged creature. Anne Marie can’t go to school on a regular basis due to her illness.

Even Bethany’s mom admits the rubber band bracelets her daughter began selling were a “sweet” project she only expected to raise a few hundred dollars, but the little girl was determined to help Ann Marie’s family afford a saltwater pool, one of the few therapies that helps with the pain from EB.

Her diligent fund-raising at restaurants and local businesses, as well as her efforts on Facebook, enabled the Cox family to break ground on their new pool, and soon thereafter, celebrate with a pool party, which also marked Anne Marie’s first-ever swim.

Anne Marie’s mom is grateful for the pool because she says it allows her daughter to feel like a normal little girl.

“Anne cannot go out outside and ride a bicycle. She cannot jump rope or roller skate but now she can spend time with her family and friends and swim without it causing harm to her. It is so much more than a swimming pool. It is really life-changing for this child and for our family,” explains Kandi, who adopted Anne Marie after finding out about her condition.

As for Bethany, she isn’t done with her fund-raising efforts. She hopes to help a family of a little boy named Riley, who passed away from cancer recently. Bethany’s kind acts have also earned her a nomination for a college scholarship for dedication to community service.

It’s hard to imagine someone more deserving.