NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) – We all know kids have a lot of imagination! Maybe you had an imaginary friend as a child, or liked to play make-believe. One 4-year-old boy from Norman conjured up his own imaginary donut shop – and even though there are no actual donuts, his pretend business has raised hundreds of dollars for a good cause.
When Leo Hartman crafted his creative imaginary donut shop, his dad made this creative video, and sales took off! They weren’t selling fake donuts, but t-shirts. And they sold so many that little Leo’s imaginary “Old Western Town Donut Shop” came up with a very real $900! Then came the question – what to do with all that cash?
Leo lives on a farm in Norman with sister Eliza, 3, and brother James, 7, all of whom are big-time animal lovers. They adopted their dog, Abby, and several barn cats from Norman Animal Welfare. So, Leo thought it only fitting to give his $900 t-shirt profit to the shelter as a thank you.
“So young, and to come up with such a great idea!” said Norman Animal Welfare Manager Kellee Robertson. “You know, it tells me that he’s going to grow up to be an amazing human being.”
First Fidelity Bank rewarded Leo’s kindness with a $400 Pay It 4Ward award. Leo decided that $400, too, belonged to the shelter, so he handed the money to Kellee. “Thank you so much, Leo!” she said.
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In exchange, Norman Animal Welfare and county and city staff all got together and threw Leo a donut party – with real donuts. They also gave him a shirt and hat, and all the animal snuggles he wanted.
Leo loves the cats, James loves the shelter’s chicken, and Eliza loves Pixie, a very sweet girl who was adopted right after our interview. And thanks in part to Leo’s now $1,300 gift, Pixie’s shelter friends will get to play in the facility’s soon-to-be-built dog park until they’re adopted too…