Iowa 9-year-old receives national award for civic leadership

A nine year old central Iowa boy has won a national award for being a civic leader.

Henry Menninga of Des Moines has helped organize mock elections to teach people about elections, he distributes care packages to homeless individuals and he writes thank you notes to locally owned businesses in his neighborhood.

“I feel like I just want to help everybody,” Menninga said. “…I like helping people. It makes me feel happy.”…

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