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COLUMBIA(WACH)-An 11 year-old boy knows first hand what the Talk About Giving is all about.

The youth minister at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral gave 11-year-old Chalmers Allen and his classmates an assignment to further God's Kingdom.

Each classmate recieved $100.00 as part of a national movement called The Kingdom Assignment, a pay it forward type challenge.

They were told to use their talents to make the world a better place within 90 days.

Chalmers decided to use the money to start a foundation to raise funds for Jubilee Academy, a local, independent, Christian school that reaches underserved youth from Richland One.

His original goal was to raise $28,000 to fund a teacher's salary for one year.

As he began exceeding the original goal, he increased it and is now trying to raise $56,000 to fund a teacher for two years.

He has been traveling around town making presentations to civic organizations, corporations and anyone else who will listen to him.

Since Thanksgiving he has raised $51,816.00 with just over a week to raise an additional $4,184 to reach his goal.

If you would like to support Chalmers in reaching his goal, checks can be made payable to Heartworks/Jubilee and mailed to the address below.