Chloe Newman lost her right leg when she was a baby, so when Mattel introduced the Barbie Fashionista 121 -- a stylish doll with a prosthetic leg -- she wanted to give them to kids just like her.
The 18-year-old and her family donated about 430 of the Barbies on Monday to Shriners Hospital for Children in Springfield, Massachusetts. Chloe Newman helps unload some of the Barbie dolls donated for kids at Shriners Hospital for Children on Monday in Springfield, Massachusetts.Chloe has been going to the hospital several times a year for prosthetic treatment since her parents adopted her from Kazakhstan when she was a year old, her mom Cindy Newman told CNN.
"She asked her family and friends on Facebook to keep an eye out for the Barbies, and promised to pay them back if they bought them for her.The request worked, and for about three weeks, the dolls kept arriving at her home in Mechanicville, New York."Not one person wanted reimbursement, and I received 15-20 dolls at a time," Newman said. She said Mattel Donated another 200 dolls to Shriners, on top of what they collected.
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