- One silver lining to this pandemic is seeing
all the incredible ways people
of all ages are stepping up.
You met my next guest last year.
He's an awesome ten year old kid
who created his own non-profit called
From the Bottom of My Heart.
Not only does he collect toys, food and clothes
for people in need,
part of his mission is to also combat bullying.
This is Jayden earlier this season.
Check it out.
Please welcome today's rad human, Jayden.
- So I was bullied myself in Kindergarten
but I don't like to hold grudges
so I told the kid,
"Do you wanna be friends?"
- He's on 25 missions now
with helping shelters with hats and gloves
for the winter.
Sending backpacks.
We just did 419 backpacks for our community.
- You're planning a Christmas toy mission, aren't you?
- Yes, for Puerto Rico, like how I did last year.
That was my first ever mission.
- So we 're giving you 10,000 dollars worth of toys.
(audience cheers and applauds)
Jayden has refocused his efforts a bit recently,
donating hand sanitizer to the people
who need it most in his New Jersey town.
He's with us.
What's up Jayden?
- Hi!
Hey what's up yo.
How are you doing?
Are you all handling the quarantine okay?
- Yes we're handling the quarantine okay.
I try to keep myself busy by playing
with my dogs outside.
I draw a lot, you should see my window.
It's full of drawings and posters.
And I love playing with my dog.
- Oh, what's your dog's name?
- This one'S Smily nd I have another one Pretzels.
- Pretzel, (laughs) I love that.
That's awesome.
So why did you want to distribute hand sanitizer
during this pandemic?
Is that your way of helping?
- Well, there's a crisis right now going
and if people don't stay clean and healthy
they can get the virus and it can spread a lot.
So if we give people hand sanitizer,
they can stay clean
and the virus can spread less.
Also, you can just stay healthy
by washing your hands
and it's just good to have hand sanitizer.
- Yeah and I think that it was really awesome
'cause who did you actually end up giving
the sanitizer to?
- Well I gave 1,000 to my local school district.
I gave 50 to the fire department,
50 to the police department
and then 50 to the library.
And also I had extra so I gave it
to some people that needed it
or if they were like, out of state,
I would ship it to them.
- All right, so Jayden where did you get all
this hand sanitizer 'cause a lot of people
couldn't find it.
How did you find it all?
- Well in March, I was researching hand sanitizer
for my friends and just so the people
that I mostly hang out with
'cause if I give them it, they would stay clean
and it wouldn't spread.
So, I was researching
and I told my mom about this hand sanitizer website
that gives you in big bottles With the designs.
I wanted my non-profit From the Bottom of My Heart
to be in it.
So, I found that website and I loved it.
So I told my mom about the hand sanitizer.
And I told her,
"I wanna give it to my whole community."
So, we were brainstorming about
how much hand sanitizers we would get
and we got 1500 hand sanitizers.
And the website was saying if you're
gonna buy hand sanitizer,
buy it right now because they're selling out everywhere.
- So Jayden, you're also collecting gloves
and masks right, for people?
- Yes, I'm collecting gloves and masks
for the hospitals in New Jersey and New York
'cause New York is the first very big state
and then New Jersey's in second.
So I wanna help the doctors in New Jersey
and New York as well.
- Jayden you're incredible.
- Also, I have to thank you for the 10,000 dollars
with the toys.
I appreciate it so much.
I shipped it to the kids in Puerto Rico
and the Bahamas after the hurricane
and they loved it.
Just thank you so much.
- Oh my god.
You are so cool.
- My next guest is also helping people
in her community during this crisis.
She's a 12 year old fashion designer
who I first met earlier this year
when I surprised her with a mentorship
alongside Baby Phat creator Kimora Lee Simmons.
Remember Skylar?
How did you get into designing clothes?
- When I was eight me and my mom were cleaning
out my closet.
I was like, "Mom, I don't wanna give away my clothes.
"I wanna upcycle them."
Then she enrolled me in private sewing lessons.
- If you would be willing, I would like to accept you
under my wing and offer you a mentorship.
We brought her to New York
and we put her right to work.
She had sketches, we've lectured, we've mentored,
we've reviewed all her things.
- Kimora's team was able to put together Skylar's design
and she's here to show it off.
- I just wanna thank you for having me and.
- You're awesome.
- Well these days Skylar is using her sewing skills
to make thousands of masks for people who need them
in her Virginia town.
All right, Skylar, are you there?
- Yes, hi.
- All right.
How have you been first of all
and how is your family?
Are you all healthy and safe?
- Yeah we're all good.
- That's good, that's good.
Are you staying sane?
Is it kind of a crazy time?
- Yeah, but you know I've found little things
around the house to do. (chuckles)
- Aw that's good, that's good.
Well, so have you been in touch with Kimora at all?
- So, actually I have.
You know, when she saw that I was making masks,
she said how proud of me she was
and she always comments on my Instagram posts.
And actually, she recently just sent me a Baby Phat
track suit which I love.
Like every chance I get I'm always wearing it.
Thank you and I just can't wait for everything to be over
so that way we can meet up again.
- All right Skylar, so recently I talked
to women nationwide making masks.
It's so cool to do for people.
When did you start and who did you give them to?
- So at first my mom, she showed me how
all the hospitals and like doctor's offices had
been running out of supplies.
So I immediately got on the CDCs website
and I was like,
"Let's see what I have to do in order, the requirements,
"in order to donate."
So, I started donating to hospitals
and I thought that it wold be a good idea
to sell some on my website as well
just to raise more money in order
to get supplies to make more masks
for donations.
And actually, recently my great-grandma just got
diagnosed with Corona Virus.
So, she's in a rehab center right now.
Because her symptoms haven't,
she's doing pretty well.
Her symptoms haven't gotten too bad.
So she's still in a rehab center
and she's actually doing pretty well,
so that has committed me to make more masks.
- Wow, that could have gone another way.
So, that's a blessing.
I'm so happy that she's doing well and stable.
That's awesome.
Jayden and Skylar, you're both doing so much
to help others.
What can parents and other adults do
to help kids like you get through this time?
- Well for me, I told my mom not really
to talk about it 'cause if you really talk about it,
then that's when you really start noticing it.
And then, I don't want the kids to think,
"Oh, it's very easy to get."
And then you get the virus.
So, I wouldn't talk about it a lot.
And try to keep busy watching movies,
playing with your family,
spending time with your family.
So just doing other things instead of talking about it.
- What about you Skylar?
Any tips?
- Yeah, just like Jayden said it's good to play games
as a family and stuff like that.
Me and my mom actually have been playing 21 questions
which is a good game to play while we're sewing
because it doesn't really take us off of our work
because it's just like talking.
So, it's not like oh our works are done.
So, that's a good game that I like to play.
And it's all super good.
So, for kids as well, they should know that parents
can be a little bit stressed by it too.
So, do the best that you can.
Be the best version of you that you can be
in order to help out the best way that you can.
- But all of us need that advice, young and old man.
It's a difficult time 'cause we're all used
to having a life that's busy
and really full in the sense of going out
and seeing people and your friends
and it can be hard for kids.
Especially, you miss your friends.
You wanna go to school.
You don't wanna do school online.
You know, you wanna see people
and have physical contact.
So, thank you guys for just being such rad
and amazing young,
young women and young man - Thank you
I mean, you are just amazingly good examples
for not just kids but adults out there as well.
Especially for all the help that you're doing.