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Girl Builds Mobile Shelters Because 'Nobody Should Sleep Outside'

Girl Builds Mobile Shelters Because 'Nobody Should Sleep Outside'
Hailey is handy with an electric drill, and homeless folks in Bremerton, Washington are glad. The nine-year-old is building them mobile sleeping shelters.

Two months ago, we broke the story about a man named Elvis who built a tiny mobile shelter for a woman sleeping in the dirt on his block.

Meanwhile, one nine-year-old girl has been doing the very same thing-and she came up with the idea all on her own.

Hailey Fort of Bremerton, Washington, first befriended a homeless man named Edward when he lost his job at their local supermarket. Hailey, who happens to be handy with an electric drill, decided to get to work building him a "mobile sleeping shelter," and she knows what she's doing.

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"If there was no insulation, he would get cold. If there was no tar paper, he would get a draft," she told King 5 news. With a little help from her grandfather, who is a contractor by trade, she successfully built Edward a 8×4 wooden shelter.

Hailey's fundraising campaign has already raised $29,000. You can also follow Haily's Harvest on Facebook.

(WATCH the King-5 video below to see Hailey in action) -Story Tip from Denise Keeran

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