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'I just want to inspire people to help': Perry family donates food from their pantry

While doing some spring cleaning, Holly Beard's daughter asked if they could give some of their food to someone in need.

PERRY, Ga. — Holly Beard was tackling items on her spring cleaning to-do list over the weekend. Her next item was cleaning out the pantry.

Her 7-year-old daughter Makenzie was helping pull cans and boxes from their pantry and came up with an idea.

"She started a pile and said, 'Mama we don't need all this,'" Beard said.

Makenzie asked her mom if they could give the food to someone else who might need it.

"For her, in that moment, to put another family she didn't even know first, you should have seen her. She was so excited," Beard said. "I'm just so proud of her."

Beard posted a photo of their pile of food on Facebook asking if anyone needed some extra groceries. She offered to put them on her porch with no strings attached. A family with six children reached out to her and picked up the food from her home.

Beard says it was so gratifying knowing she could help someone else so much just with a simple gesture, and she's hoping others will do the same.

"I just want others to do the same thing I did, to bless other families," she said.

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