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A 13-year-old Blue Springs girl has turned her compassion into action, running her own nonprofit organization dedicated to helping other nonprofits keep people warm during the winter months.

Reagan Gallaway, 13, founded K'ing the Cold when she was just nine years old, inspired by learning about a family member who didn't have the best childhood and lacked basic necessities like a bed to sleep on.

"So when I was nine, I learned about a family member that didn't have the best childhood, and, like, didn't have a bed to grow up on, like, to sleep on. And so we, like, we're talking about it, we're sitting at the dinner table. I was like, Yeah, I really want to help people," Reagan said.

The nonprofit's name comes from a softball term meaning to 'strike out'

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