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Many high school seniors who’ve been graduating have been enjoying graduation parities to celebrate their achievement. However, Leanne Carrasco didn’t want that she decided to give back with a pizza party at a homeless shelter for women and children in Houston, Texas.

“Not a lot of people have the same options as me. It’s not fair,” she told CNN. “There are a lot of people who need help. So I give it.”

Carrasco asked a bunch of her friends and got started to work. Before the party they collected toothbrushes, toothpaste, hand wipes and deodorant. The group packed the items into 400 hygiene bags to hand out to residents of the shelter. The teen and her friends pose after serving pizza to some 200 homeless women and children.

The pizza party and bags was a success with the residents. “They (the teens) had respect for the these people. They saw them as peers,” said Scott Arthur, a spokesman for Star of Hope. “The residents saw this as a validation that people do care.”

Carrasco and her friends served about 200 people.

“It was a very magical day,” Arthur said. “It gives you a hope for the youth of today. They (the high schoolers) were able to think of other people.” The teen plans to enroll this fall at Briar Cliff University and study nursing. “I think you should always know you’re lucky to have what you have,” she said. “Don’t take that for granted and continue to give.”

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