KNOT PERFECT NINJA
Some young people are just so dang impressive, you kind of sit back in awe. Stone Bridge High School alum Austin Baron is one of those people.
At age 12, Baron – who lives in the Ashburn Manor neighborhood with his parents and his three brothers – participated in a charity event where they packed food for hungry families. That’s when he learned that an estimated 1 billion people go to bed hungry each night. This fact moved him so deeply, he’s spent the past seven years focused on helping feed the hungry.
He started his own nonprofit called Knot Perfect giving away knotted dog toys – strips of fabric twisted and knotted tightly together that dogs love to play tug-of-war with. He learned how to make them on YouTube.
Local businesses keep the toys near the checkout counter, and when someone makes a donation they get a toy. Baron has raised more than $30,000 – all of which has gone to a variety of local and national charities that feed the hungry. The money he’s raised was enough to create more than 100,000 meals…