PITTSBURGH—Alexis Allen, 14, wants to build a hospital in Haiti.
Two years ago, she read about a Haitian girl who was unable to get necessary treatment for a tumor. The story spurred Allen to action, and she launched The Blue Lion Foundation to begin raising time and harnessing volunteer efforts to make the hospital a reality. She is focusing locally at first, helping Pittsburgh residents who are facing difficult challenges. But the hospital in Haiti is never far from her mind.
To raise money for the foundation, Allen is working on a book titled Dream Big. The book will feature interviews with such celebrities as Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell and former Miss America Erica Dunlap.
She also seized on a more immediate opportunity to raise some funds. When her father gave her tickets to see The Jonas Brothers, she decided that instead of seeing the band perform she would raffle the tickets online. All money raised by the raffle will go to the foundation.
For more information about the foundation, visit bluelionfoundation.org.
For her selflessness and determination to help others, Alexis Allen has been named a TeenUp Award winner. The awards are directed by Michael Robert Evans, the author of the young-adult novel 68 Knots, and they are given to teens who take the initiative to make this world a better place.
The awards are also announced via a YouTube video:
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