8-year-old dedicated to helping homeless veterans

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难词探意

1. veteran /'vetərən/ n. 老兵；退伍军人

2. hygiene /'haɪdʒiːn/ n. 卫生；卫生状况

3. grooming /'gruːmɪŋ/ n. （人的）打扮；装束

4. kit /kɪt/ n. （用于某种目的或活动的）成套工具（或服装）

Eight-year-old Tyler Stallings is the son, grandson and nephew of veterans, and he's dedicated to helping those who have 1.（served/worked）. When he was just 4 years old, Stallings' mom, Andrea Blackstone,showed him a video of homelessveteransand he told his mom he wanted to build homes for veterans.

The young boy and his mom started their own company Kid Time Enterprises, LLC and created “Give Back to Veterans Day” to raise funds to help 2.in need. First, he received a grant for $100 and used it to make hygiene kits for elderly and homeless veterans. He continued to raise money and put together hundreds ofhygieneandgroomingproducts, which were donated to homes for veterans.

For his second annual “Give Back to Veterans Day”, Stallings raised over $1,000 from several donation 3.. One of those sources was a book he had written, Tyler Goes Around the World. And to promote the effort, Stallings would dress up like the superhero from his book and collect donations. He used a portion of the donations to buy supplies for homeless veterans and packed them up in what he calls Hero Bags. These bags could be given to any veteran, but homeless veterans have received the most. They contained essentials and the hygienekitwas one part of it. When cold winter came, things to keep a veteran 4.were included.

Stallings also started giving out Hero Boxes, which contained items that couldn't fit in bags or that weren't included in the bags because his charity couldn't afford them at the time.

In just four years, Stallings has been able to donate thousands of dollars worth of clothes, hygiene products and other items. He was even able to buy a new laptop for The Maryland Center for Veterans Education and Training, so veterans there could search for jobs.

Tyler refers to himself a “kidpreneur”—but to those he helps, he's really a 5.described in his book.

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Stallings also started giving out Hero Boxes, which contained items that couldn't fit in bags or that weren't included in the bags because his charity couldn't afford them at the time.

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【点石成金】句中which引导的是一个非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词Hero Boxes；that couldn't fit in bags or that weren't included in the bags为定语从句，修饰先行词items；because引导的是原因状语从句。