Six-year- old Dylan Siegel wrote a children's book to raise money for treatment for his best friend Jonah, who is ill.
Often when we have a friend who is sick, all we do is sit around and empathize with him or her. However, we all could learn a thing or two from a six-year-old boy who refused to just sit around and watch his friend suffer from a rare disease.
When Dylan Siegel found out his best friend Jonah was not well, he revealed to his parents his desire to raise money for Jonah's treatment. Dylan's father suggested setting up a lemonade stall but Dylan had bigger plans in mind and so he set out to write a children's book.
The book titled "Chocolate Bar" first sold 200 copies at his school for $6000. However, as word spread, more people started buying the book along with T-shirts, phone cases and bags. It wasn't long before the young lad collected $400,000.
Jonah is suffering from a rare liver disease called glycogen storage disease. It causes his blood sugar to drop dramatically, and can be fatal.
"Boy, have I been shocked," Dr David Weinstein, who is currently looking after Jonah, told ABC News. "He's raised more money for this disease than all the medical foundations and all the grants combined. Ever."
Dylan's dad told the news channel that his son had taught him a valuable lesson in life that nothing is impossible when you set your mind to it.
"Kids can change the world just like any of us," he said. "It's been a blast. It validates a six-year-old's vision of what he thought change could be."
