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HER PARENTS TOLD ME THEY SUPPORTED HER, BUT THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEY WERE GETTING INTO. >> SO THESE ARE THE ONES MY MOM SHOWED ME HOW TO DO. ARI: NINE-YEAR-OLD TESS SNYDER HAS BECOME AN EXPERT IN BRACELET MAKING. >> WHEN YOU DO THE SPIRALS, THAT MEANS YOU’RE DOING IT RIGHT. ARI: SHE’S CERTAINLY HAD ENOUGH PRACTICE OVER THE LAST WEEK. BRACELET MAKING HAS BEEN THE THING DO IN THIS PALM CITY HOME. >> EVERY TIME WE’RE HOME, WE’RE MAKING BRACELETS. ARI: IT STARTED LAST TUESDAY, AS IT BECAME EVIDENT JUST HOW HARD THE BAHAMAS HAD BEEN HIT BY DORIAN. >> WE WERE MAKING BRACELETS AND THEN I SAID, HEY, WE CAN MAKE BRACELETS AND RAISE MONEY FOR THE BAHAMAS. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA SO WE WENT TO THE STORE. WE BOUGHT THE COLORS. ARI: HALEY POSTED ON NEIGHBORHOOD SOCIAL MEDI BRACELETS FOR $1. >> I THOUGHT WE’D GET 30 PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, 30 BRACELETS WE’D HAVE TO MAKE. ARI: LET’S JUST SAY THEY’VE MADE MORE. A LOT MORE. >> I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE RESPONSE. AND ALL THE SUPPORT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. >> AND THEY WENT LIKE, I WANT FIVE. I WANT 10. I WANT 15. ONE FAMILY WANTED 20. ARI: ALL THOSE ORDERS MEAN LOTS OF HOURS. >> WHEN I MAKE BRACELETS, TO HELP ME FOCUS, I USUALLY SING. ARI: LOTS OF TRIPS TO THE STORE TO RESTOCK THE SUPPLY. >> ♪ GONNA TAKE MY HORSE TO THE CANDY LAND GONNA RIDE TILL I CAN’T NO MORE ♪ ♪ ARI: TESS’S FRIENDS ALSO JOINED IN. IN ALL, THEY’VE NOW MADE ABOUT 300 BRACELETS. >> WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WE WERE GETTING INTO. >> AND THEN WE HAVE SOME BEAD ONES. ARI: AND THEY’VE RAISED MORE THAN $850. AND COUNTING. >> I’M VERY PROUD. AND I’M HAPPY, TOO. >> I AM JUST AMAZED AT HOW SHE JUST HASN’T STOPPED. YOU KNOW? EVERY DAY, WE COME HOME AND THERE’S MORE BRACELETS TO MAKE. SHE’S TOLD ME SHE WANTS TO FILL EVERY SINGLE ORDER, SO SHE’S NOT STOPPING UNTIL SHE’S DONE. FELICIA: WAY TO GO. ARI: HALEY TELLS ME THEY’RE ONLY GOING TO CONTINUE MAKING BRACELETS FOR A SHORT TIME. NINE-YEAR-OLDS HAVE HOMEWORK, YOU KNOW. SO THEY ARE GOING TO USE UP THE MATERIAL THEY HAVE NOW, THEN CALL IT QUITS. AND I WASN’T LEAVING WITHOUT A BRACELET. I BOUGHT ONE MYSELF. I LIKE IT. I BROUGHT BACK SIX FOR THE NEWSROOM. FELICIA: I WILL TAKE ONE OF THOSE. ARI: YOU MIGHT HAVE TO FIGHT SOMEBODY.P[LAUGHTER] FELICIA: I LOVE HOW SHE GOT THE FAMILY INVOLVED AND HER GIRLFRIENDS. ARI: IF YOU WANT TO BUY ONE, THEY ARE SELLING THEM FOR A SHORT TIME. I PUT

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