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Greg's son, Kyle, 10, was relieved to have a way to help. When he first learned of the attacks, he says, "I didn't really think it had happened. But when I learned it was true, I felt nervous. I was afraid they might strike here next. I kept imagining a plane would crash into my school. I wanted to help out." Word leaked out to the rest of the town, and when the boys set up the car wash early that Saturday morning, some 500 friends and neighbors joined them, "including about 300 kids," Greg says. One third-grade Girl Scout and her best friend brought ribbons and flags that they had stayed up making the night before. One mother and daughter brought 12,000 cookies that they had baked in 36 hours. Some kids stood out on the road with donation buckets, which was fun, Kyle Henry, 10, says, "but really hot." Other children scrubbed, vacuumed, and hosed down cars. "One man even came with a truck that he said he hadn't washed in ten years," Greg says. "He gave the kids a hundred dollars to clean it." At the start of the event, Greg Henry worried that the car wash would have too many people and not enough cars. "But we were full-time busy all day," he says. Within five hours, the team collected $12,400 in donations and $6,000 in pledges, which Compass Bank will match. "Altogether, we raised more than $32,000," Greg says. The most moving aspect of the event for Greg was that the children "learned how they can make a difference. Part of the Girl Scout and Boy Scout promise is to 'do my duty to God and my country and to help other people.' This event let the Cub Scouts live their promise to the world. We adults were crying all day watching these kids doing their best to help." For son Kyle, the event "helped me feel a lot better," he says. "And I helped the United States, too. I'm really proud." Read another story: When Those in Need Lend a Helping Hand
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