Bryn's Purpose: How a 6th grader is changing Columbia

One sunny afternoon, as I was scrolling through Facebook notifications, something caught my eye: Bryn’s Purpose tagged you in a video.

Curious, I clicked the notification. A cellphone-recorded video started playing of a passionate young girl asking her followers for one thing: to shop her Amazon wish list so she can make Care Kits for the men and women at Oliver Gospel. My heart was instantly warmed and encouraged by her inspiring call-to-action.

What started with seeing a St. Jude’s commercial has led to passion being lived out through Bryn’s Purpose, a mission dedicated to advocacy and service in the community. Bryn has done everything from donating her hair to children battling cancer, to selling lemonade for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Now, she has brought it close to home by partnering with Oliver Gospel and using her platform on social media to rally the community. From that video she posted on Facebook, Bryn received enough supplies for 100 care kits, which she assembled and dropped off at Oliver Gospel. We sat down with her and got a glimpse into why she started Bryn’s Purpose: