CALLED
CALLED FRESH STARTS. THE IDEA BEHIND IT IS TO HELP CHILDREN WHO MIGHT BE BORN WITH A
PHYSICAL DEFORMITY. PROVIDE A
SURGERY WHEN THEY WOULD
OTHERWISE NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD
IT. I LOCAL TEENAGER WHO I WANT
YOU TO MEET WHO IS TAKING THIS
TO A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL NOT JUST
PROVIDING PHYSICAL COMFORT TO
THESE KIDS BUT ALSO EMOTIONAL
SUPPORT. AS A 17 YEAR OLD ARIA,
LET THE CHECK GO FIRST OF ALL.
GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I'M SO
GLAD YOU'RE HERE. YOU'RE JUST
STARTING YOUR SENIOR YEAR AT
CATHEDRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
AND YOU'LL GIVE ME
THE BACKSTORY A LITTLE BIT. I
SEE YOU HOLDING A BUNCH OF
DOLLS ARE THESE YOUR OWN
DESIGNS OF WHAT ARE THEY FOR?
YES. SO FOR MY SCHOOL I'M A
PART OF A PROGRAM CALLED
THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY AND
THROUGH THAT PROGRAM WE EACH
HAD TO CREATE A SERVICE PROJECT
AND SO FOR MY PROJECT I DECIDED
TO MAKE DOLLS FOR CHILDREN WITH
UNIQUE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
.AND SO THESE ARE THE DOLLS
THAT I MADE FOR EACH OF
THE CHILDREN AND I PARTNERED
WITH FRESH START THE WONDERFUL
ORGANIZATION THAT HELPED AND
GUIDED ME THROUGH THIS PROCESS
.TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THE DOLLS OF THE CHILDREN THAT
BENEFIT FROM THESE DOLLS.
BECAUSE I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT IT
MUST BE LIKE FOR THEM TO
ACTUALLY RECEIVE A GIFT THAT
MIRRORS WHAT THEY MIGHT BE
FEELING GOING THROUGH. RIGHT.
SO EACH OF THESE DOLLS IS
UNIQUE TO ONE OF THE CHILDREN.
SO THIS ANDRE HERE AND SHE IS
THIS I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN
SEE BUT THIS BEAUTIFUL COLORING
ON HER FACE AND THEN WE HAVE
THIS DOLL HERE FOR ZOO LEMMA
AND SHE ACTUALLY ONLY HAS ONE
EAR AND THEN WE HAVE THIS DOLL
HERE FOR PHILIPPE AND HE HAS
THIS SCARRING ON HIS HEAD AND
THEN WE HAVE THIS LAST DOLL
HERE AND SHE ACTUALLY HAS LIKE
UNIQUE FACIAL CONSTRUCTION AND
I JUST REALLY WANTED TO LIKE
EACH OF THE CHILDREN TO BE ABLE
TO SEE A REFLECTION OF
THEMSELVES IN THESE DOLLS AND
TO REALLY CONNECT WITH THEM. SO
WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE? DO YOU
KNOW THE CHILDREN? I MEAN I
KNOW ONE OF THEM HAS THAT
COURTS SAME BIRTHMARK ON HER
FACE AND THE OTHER YOU KNOW,
YOU MENTIONED THE CHILD,
THE SCAR ON HIS SKULL. WHAT WAS
IT LIKE FOR THEM TO RECEIVE
THIS DOLL AND KIND OF LOOK AT
IT AND HAVE THAT MOMENT OF
REFLECTION THAT CHILDREN HAVE
NOT RECEIVED THE DOLLS YET? BUT
I'M REALLY HOPING THAT IT'S AN
EXCITED REACTION AND ALSO
THEY'RE ABLE TO FEEL THAT
CONNECTION AND JUST REALLY
TREASURE THESE DOLLS. DO YOU
KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO BE
GIVING THE DOLLS TO
THE CHILDREN? HOPEFULLY VERY
SOON. MY GOSH, THAT'S SO
SPECIAL. DO YOU THINK YOU'LL BE
CARRYING THIS ON OUR YELLA IN
THE FUTURE AS YOU LEARN MORE
ABOUT SOME OF THE KIDS WHO ARE
BENEFITING FROM FRESH START AND
WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH? I
WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE TO
CONTINUE ON RIGHT NOW.
DEFINITELY BUSY WITH SCHOOL.
BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY A WOMAN
WHO REACHED OUT TO ME WOULD
LIKE TO CONTINUE THIS PROJECT
ON AND SO I'VE BEEN SHARING
WITH HER ALL THE INFORMATION
AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE ABLE TO
CONTINUE IT TOGETHER. I KNOW A
LOT OF KIDS WOULD BENEFIT FROM
IT. BY THE WAY, IN YOUR LIFE
WHO TAUGHT YOU HOW TO SEW AND
COME UP WITH SOME OF THESE
DESIGNS IDEAS? WELL, I HAD JUST
ALWAYS REALLY LOVED SEWING AND
CREATING BUT I HAD NEVER DONE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEFORE SO I
THOUGHT ONLINE AND I JUST FOUND
DIFFERENT YOUTUBE VIDEOS AND
TUTORIALS AND I KIND OF TAUGHT
MYSELF HOW TO DO IT WHERE THERE
IS A WILL THERE IS A WAY
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO
DESIGN. WHAT DO YOU WANT THESE
KIDS TO KNOW IF YOU COULD SORT
OF SPEAK TO THEM IN A MESSAGE
ALONG WITH THE DOLL? WHAT WOULD
YOU LIKE TO SAY TO THEM? I'D
JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT THEY'RE
ALL SO BEAUTIFUL AND THAT YOU
KNOW, NO MATTER WHAT ANYBODY
TELLS THEM, THEY'RE UNIQUE
QUALITIES REALLY MAKE THEM WHO
THEY ARE AND THAT'S REALLY
SPECIAL AND YOU'RE SPECIAL.
ARIEL PACHECO, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR STORY
WITH US THIS ALREADY AND WE DO
APPRECIATE IT. KEEP UP THE GOOD