(DAILY MAIL) A 12-year-old stopped his grandmother from becoming homeless by appealing to strangers to donate money to help save her home from foreclosure.
Noah Lamaide, 12, managed to stop the house going into foreclosure by appealing to people through the charity website he set up two years previously to help those in need after Hurricane Katrina.
A few weeks later enough money had come in from across the U.S. to save the home of Janice Sparhawk in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
Good deed: Noah Lamaide (right) saved his grandmother, Janice Sparhawk's home in Stevens Point, Wisconsin after appealing to the kindness of strangers and raising $10,000
Mrs Sparhawk, 72, who has fostered more than 100 children, became in danger of losing her home after she fell ill and got behind on her bills. Now that her home has been saved, she plans to begin fostering again.
Her grandson Noah told a local television, ''I never knew that there were so many good people in this world.''
Mrs Sparhawk also told the station: 'I called our local representative, the governor, the president, not asking for money but asking them to help me find a program and they couldn't do it. But this 12-year-old could. He saved the house.'
Noah said that he had been coming to visit his grandmother since he was young at the house, which has been in the family for generations.
Noah set up his charity called Noah's Dream Catcher Network when he was just ten years old to help those still recovering from Hurricane Katrina.
People can donate to community projects through the site and will receive a small keychain of a dream catcher in return. Dream catchers are popular in Native American cultures and said to protect children from nightmares.
The 12-year-old writes on his website: 'My dad lost his job that he worked at for 18 years and I know how scary it can be to have a parent without a job.
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