“AUDREY4CARE-Care 4 Animals and Respect 4 the Earth” is a project that a 6 years old girl started after reading a book about oil spills which made a great impact on her understanding of the responsibility in protecting the ocean mammals and environment. This project is an initiative that increases public awareness of the importance of “CARE” through communication and taking actions.

In the summer of 2016, Audrey wrote a letter to a former President Obama to share her concerns about oil spills’ negative effects on the environment and received a very inspiring letter back from him. It encouraged her to start her own fundraising site and raised over $3300. To bring awareness to her local community regarding “CARE”, Audrey has donated her birthdays and made more than 1000 paper roses and natural soy candles to hand out for free. Audrey’s story was introduced on TV, radio, and national and local newspapers.

Audrey’s continued interests in making others aware of “CARE” led to an expansion of her project. Audrey asked her classmates to join her for beach clean-up activities and raised funds to donate to Pacific Marine Mammal Center as a class project. She volunteered to display her works that showed “CARE” at a local library. Audrey has also worked closely to Korean-American community, and spoke to Korean American Business Forum regarding “CARE”. Audrey has been creating weekly videos highlighting endangered animals and current environment news, which have been used as educational videos in different schools in her local community.

AUDREY4CARE has not only generated interests among young people about “CARE”, but also inspired grown-ups to get motivated to “CARE”. Long-term goals of the AUDREY4CARE are to promote environmental awareness and encourage appropriate public involvement to treat the earth with respect, ultimately ensuring a healthy planet for future generations.